BlubberBlah
BlubberBlah is a very simple Python/Qt4 based serverless LAN chat client. Clients broadcast their messages simply to the local net and also listen for broadcasted messages by other chatters. Think of your LAN as a single IRC channel :) It severely lacks features as it’s my first “real” python program and it’s not really finished. But it scratched an itch for me.
Features:
- connectionless (UDP)
- serverless (peer to peer)
- system tray icon with notifications for new messages
Requirements:
- Python
- PyQt4 (python bindings for Qt4)
TODO:
- Save window size and position so it gets restored properly when unhiding
- Save nickname and window geometry to .blubberblahrc file
- create system tray icon context menu
- unhide window and bring it to foreground if notification bubble is clicked
- package the whole thing so it can be installed on windows and mac os x
- implement “private messages”
- create a real icon (one that doesn’t suck)
Download it from here:
blubberblah.tgz
Screenshot:
