aMSN is an open source multi platform free Chat Messenger that works on Windows computers as well as on Apple Mac OS X, Linux & FreeBSD operating system machines as well.

aMSN now supports over 40 international languages.

Apart from the basic aMSN cross platform messenger software, there are plenty of additional plugins that can be downloaded free & extend the functionalities further.

Many of the plugins help you to personalize the messenger with custom messenger skins, pictures & emoticons.

Some of the popular plugins for the aMSN cross platform chat messenger are the:

• translator – very useful when communicating with someone using another language by auto-translating the text,
• GNotify – to notify an aMSN chat user of new emails in the GMail account,
• Music – shows current playing song in iTunes or Windows Media Player in nickname and show/send current playing song from the chat window,
• amsnEliza – a chat bot that replies to the messages that you receive while you are away &
• Say It – a text-to-speech program to read your messages aloud!

There are a lot more, and all these entertainment & productivity improvement plugins are available for free download.

aMSN contains almost all the features of any traditional messenger & some more. Being a free open source software, many new features could be available as & when any developer releases one. The aMSN cross platform chat messenger allows you to personalize your own messenger – there are numerous messenger skins available for downloads.

The key features that I have found to be either unique or helpful & comes along with the basic aMSN cross platform messenger are:

» Cross platform use – can run on Linux, Windows & Apple Mac OS X computers
» Voice Clips & custom notes for each user
» create & show Custom emoticons – normal, and animated emoticons with sounds
» Multi-language support (around 40 languages currently supported)
» Sign in to more than one account at once
» Webcam support
» Custom personalized Skins in chat window
» version upgrade alert New panel GUI to alert when there’s a new aMSN version
» Automatically update language files and plugins from the web
» Support for MSN Mobile services
» Tabbed windows so you can group conversations using tabs

You can download the multi-platform aMSN Chat Messenger for free.

You will also find many other similar free software in the collaboration tools section.

Free Downloads

• Free Crawler MP3 Radio Player
• Digsby IM to combine MSN, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, Jabber, Facebook & Google accounts into one
• Great American Photo Contest to WIN $2,500
• Create Custom Avatars for MySpace Hi5 Blogger profiles with Zwinky
• Free Photos, Exclusive 3-D Animations & Popular Screensavers