KouChat is a simple and free serverless chat client for local area networks. KouChat is developed using Java.
KouChat is a cross-platform utility capable of running on any operating system that comes with Java support (e.g. Mac OS X, Windows, Linux).
Here are some key features of "KouChat":
· Main chat
· Private chat
· Selectable text color for your user
· Smileys
· See when someone writes
· Away messages
· Topic
· File transfer
· System tray integration
· Sound notification
· Logging
· No configuration needed
· Console mode
Requirements:
· Java 6
What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]
· Fix for PatternSyntaxException when parsing commands containing regex meta characters
· If the main window is minimized to the system tray and the system tray disappears, the window is shown as minimized in the taskbar instead
· If the system tray is missing, the minimize feature minimizes to the taskbar instead of being deactivated
· Removed annoying error message if the system tray is missing
· Added optional balloon notification on new messages and new private messages
· Changed license to LGPL v3
· Added support for logging private chats
· Added support for the startup argument --no-private-chat to disable private chat
· Added support for the startup argument --always-log to force logging enabled and disable the option to deactivate again
· Added support for the startup argument --log-location to specify a custom directory to store log files
· Increased the number of possible simultaneous KouChat instances (with private chat) and file transfers from 10 to 50