Clients/AOL Instant Messenger
| OSCAR Protocol |
| Introduction • Terms • Clients |
| Basic |
| Datatypes • FLAP • SNAC • TLV |
| UUIDs • Errors • Tool IDs |
| Host Interaction |
| Rate Limits • Migration • Messages |
| Other Services |
| ADMIN • ADVERT • ALERT |
| BART • BOS • BUCP • CHAT |
| CHAT_NAV |
| Tutorials |
| Sign On • BART • Rendezvous |
| ICBM • Locate • Buddies |
| Foodgroups |
| OSERVICE (0x0001) |
| LOCATE (0x0002) |
| BUDDY (0x0003) |
| ICBM (0x0004) |
| ADVERT (0x0005) |
| INVITE (0x0006) |
| ADMIN (0x0007) |
| POPUP (0x0008) |
| PD (0x0009) |
| USER_LOOKUP (0x000A) |
| STATS (0x000B) |
| TRANSLATE (0x000C) |
| CHAT_NAV (0x000D) |
| CHAT (0x000E) |
| ODIR (0x000F) |
| BART (0x0010) |
| FEEDBAG (0x0013) |
| ICQ (0x0015) |
| BUCP (0x0017) |
| ALERT (0x0018) |
| PLUGIN (0x0022) |
| UNNAMED_FG_24 (0x0024) |
| MDIR (0x0025) |
| ARS (0x044A) |
This is a near-complete list of safe-to-download clients.
If you know of any others, please email contribute@wiki.nina.bz. Please include the version number if you can, most of the time it must be installed first and the version number is available either at the bottom of the sign on window or in Help -> About AIM on the buddy list.
Various clients have special URLs/URIs to control the application from other programs, typically web pages, these are called AIM URLs or AIM links.
For potential errors you may encounter, see our errors page.
Legend
Here is the support legend for the current state of features.
| Color | Meaning |
|---|---|
| White | In development/not yet tested |
| Grey | Not applicable |
| Red | Partially implemented |
| Yellow | Implementation in alpha |
| Blue | Implementation in beta |
| Green | Fully implemented |
OSCAR
NOTICE This list is subject to constant change as the drive to alpha approaches. It may also be updated in batches so it may not currently reflect the current state of things.
Windows
| Version | Login | BOS | CHAT | BART | ADMIN | ADVERT | ALERT | ARS | XDIR | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| X | L | B | C | B | A | AD | AL | AR | D | O |
| X | L | B | C | B | A | AD | AL | AR | D | O |
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.0.386.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.0.414_32bit.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.6N_36bit.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.7.486.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.7.563_(Sysop).zip
- Called AIM "Sysop" for historical reasons. You can learn more about it here.
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.75.574.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.75.574_(Cybergold).exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.75.582_(CompuServ).exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.8.924.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.1475_[FR].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.741.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.813.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.847.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.912_(MCI).exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.996.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0N.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.1.1187.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_3.0.0.1642_(TestBuddy).exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_3.0.1464.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_3.0.1466.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_3.0.1571_(Juno).exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_3.0N.zip - Contributed by PCRA via VoyArchivist
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_3.5.1808.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.0.1904_[FR].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.0.2050_[FR].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.1.2010.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.1.2010_(CompuServ).exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.1.2010_(Earthlink).exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.1.2010_(Gateway.net).exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.1.2010_(Juno).exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.1.2010_(Lycos).exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.1.2010_(Netscape).exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.1.2050_[CA-EN].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.1.2050_[CA-FR].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.1.2050_[HK].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.1.2090_[JP].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.2.2184.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.3.2229.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.3.2229N.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.3.2229_(diff).exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.3.2229_[CA-EN].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.3.2229_[CA-FR].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.3.2232_[CA-EN].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.3.2232_[CA-FR].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.3.2232_[FR].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.3.2234_[JP].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.4.2286.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.4.2286a.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.4.2286_Edited.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.2398.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.2442.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.2468.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.2468_[CA-EN].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.2480.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.2480b.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.2480_(Earthlink).exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.2480_[CA-EN].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.2480_[CA-FR].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.2517b_[CA-EN].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.2517b_[CA-FR].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.2517_[BR].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.2577_[ES].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.2577_[JP].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.2577_[UK].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.8.2540.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.8.2616.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.8.2646.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.8.2646_[AU].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.8.2768.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.8.2781.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.8.2790.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.0.2829.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.0.2867.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.0.2938.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.1.3009.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.1.3030.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.1.3030_[UK].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.1.3036.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.1.3036_np.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.1.3036_[BR].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.1.3036_[ES].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.2.3074.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.2.3139.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.2.3255.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.2.3277.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.2.3281.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.2.3290.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.2.3292.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.5.3415.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.5.3501.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.5.3553.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.5.3572.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.5.3583.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.5.3588.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.5.3590.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.5.3591.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.5.3595.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.5.3596_[UK].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.5.3598.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.5.3598_[BR].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.5.3598_[CA-EN].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.5.3598_[UK].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.5.3599.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.9.3672.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.9.3690.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.9.3690_with_3rd_Party_Services.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.9.3702.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.9.3759.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.9.3771.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.9.3782.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.9.3793.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.9.3797.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.9.3828.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.9.3844.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.9.3850.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.9.3857.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.9.3861.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.9.6082.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_5.9.6089.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.0.23.1_Triton_Beta.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.0.26.1_Triton_Beta.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.1.17.1_Triton_[U].7z
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.1.19.1_Triton_[UK].zip
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.1.2.2_Triton_[ES].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.1.22.1_Triton_[UK].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.1.24.2_Triton_[ES].zip
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.1.26.2_Triton_[FR].zip
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.1.28.1_Triton_[DE].zip
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.1.29.1_Triton_[NL].zip
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.1.29.4_Triton_[ES].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.1.3.1_Triton.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.1.3.1_Triton_[NL].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.1.30.1_Triton_[FR].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.1.31.1_Triton_[DE].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.1.46.1_Triton.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.1.5.1_Triton_[IT].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.2.6.1_Triton_[UK].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.2.7.1_Triton_[ES].exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.5.11.1.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.5.3.12.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.5.4.15.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.5.4.16.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.5.5.2.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.5.6.11_[JP].exe - Contributed by PCRA via VoyArchivist
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.5.7.13.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.5.7.14_Beta.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.5.7.18_Beta.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.5.7.20_Beta.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.5.8.1.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.5.9.1.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.8.1.5_Beta.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.8.10.1.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.8.12.4.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.8.14.6.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.8.15.1.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.8.16.7_(TMZ).exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.8.18.4_(Moviefone).exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.8.19.5_(AOL_Music).exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.8.2.18_Beta.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.8.2.19_Beta_2.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.8.5.17_Beta_3.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.8.6.12_Beta_4.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.8.7.7.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.8.8.4.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.9.1.2_Beta.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.9.10.16_Beta_4.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.9.10.16_Beta_4b.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.9.11.1_Beta_4b.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.9.13.4.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.9.14.5.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.9.15.1.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.9.16.2.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.9.17.2.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.9.2.27_Beta_2.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_6.9.7.4_Beta_3.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.0.12.2.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.0.13.4.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.0.15.3.exe - Contributed by PCRA via VoyArchivist
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.0.3.16_Beta_1.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.0.5.30_Beta_2.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.0.5.38_Beta_3.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.0.8.15_Beta_5.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.1.3.4_Beta_2.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.1.4.10_Beta_3.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.1.5.1_Beta_3.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.1.6.4.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.2.3.10_Beta_1.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.2.5.5_Beta_2.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.2.6.1.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.2.7.2.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.3.11.2_FB.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.3.12.3.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.3.14.1.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.3.3.6_Beta_1.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.3.4.4_Beta_2.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.3.6.4.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.4.2.22_Beta_1.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.4.2.24_Beta_1b.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.4.4.13_Beta_2.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.4.5.12.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.5.10.2.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.5.11.9.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.5.12.6.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.5.14.8.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.5.21.5.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.5.4.11_Beta_1.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.5.5.7_Beta_2.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.5.6.2.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.5.7.6.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.5.8.2.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_7.5.9.1_[UK].exe
AIM for Windows (Chromium)
At this point AIM becomes a Chromium based ... thing, confusingly called "AIM for Windows". Later they changed the version numbering and started over.
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_8.0.10.2.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_8.0.6.1.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_8.0.7.1.exe
- AIM_for_Windows_0.0.8.234.exe
- AIM_for_Windows_1.0.0.2.exe
- AIM_for_Windows_1.2.1.6.exe
AIM Lite
AIM Pro
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_Pro_1.1.0.208.exe - Contributed by PCRA via VoyArchivist
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_Pro_1.1.0.209.exe - Contributed by PCRA via VoyArchivist
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_Pro_1.2.1.255.exe - Contributed by PCRA via VoyArchivist
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_Pro_1.4.0.272.exe - Contributed by PCRA via VoyArchivist
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_Pro_1.5.0.291.exe
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_Pro_1.5.0.292_(Business_Edition).exe - Contributed by PCRA via VoyArchivist
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_Pro_2.0.0.3263_(Cisco_WebEx_Connect).exe - Contributed by PCRA via VoyArchivist
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_Pro_2.0.0.3358_(Cisco_WebEx_Connect).exe - Contributed by PCRA via VoyArchivist
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_Pro_2.4.0.3436_(Cisco_WebEx_Connect).exe - Contributed by PCRA via VoyArchivist
Netscape with AIM
Windows CE
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_0.8.753_(Windows_CE).hpc_mips.cab
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_0.8.753_(Windows_CE).hpcpro_arm.cab
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_0.8.753_(Windows_CE).hpcpro_mips.cab
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_0.8.753_(Windows_CE).hpcpro_sh3.cab
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_0.8.753_(Windows_CE).hpcpro_sh4.cab
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0_(Windows_CE).exe
Windows 16bit
Mac OS X
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.5.127_(Mac).zip
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.5.129_(Mac).zip
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.227_(Mac).zip
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.228_(Mac).zip
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.229_(Mac).zip
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.1.296_(Mac).zip
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.1.302_(Mac).zip
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.2.429_(Mac).zip
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_8.0.0.6_(Mac).zip
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_8.0.5.2_(Mac).zip
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_8.0.9.3_(Mac).zip
Mac OS <= 9.x
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.8.924.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.1617.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.1617.hqx
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.1644.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.1644.hqx
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.1663.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.1663.hqx
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.466.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.477.hqx
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.912_(MCI).bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.912_(MCI).hqx
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0.996.hqx
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.01.617.sit
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0N.hqx
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.0Nx.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.5.720.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_2.5.720.hqx
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_3.0.1466.hqx
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_3.0.750N.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.0.1068.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.0.972.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.0.972.hqx
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.1.1068_[FR].bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.1.2010.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.1.2010.hqx
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.2.1193.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.2.1228.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.3.1233.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.3.x.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.5.144.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.5.237.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.5.355.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.5.494.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.5.494.hqx
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.5.651.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.5.78.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.5.794.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.5.863.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.5.967.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.1333.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.1b.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.2b.bin
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_4.7.3b.bin
Linux
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.1.112-1.i386.deb
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.1.112-1.i386.rpm
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.1.112-1.i386.tgz
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.5.234-1.i386.deb
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.5.234-1.i386.rpm
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.5.234-1.i386.tgz
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.5.277-1.i386.deb
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.5.277-1.i386.rpm
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.5.277-1.i386.tgz
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.5.286-1.i386.rpm
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.5.286-1_i386.deb
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.5.286-2_i386.deb
- AOL_Instant_Messenger_1.5.286.tgz
Android
Java
TOC
The TOC protocol has yet to be implemented, but it will be.