GenY - A Chat Client for Yahoo!

Important: I recommend downloading current developmental version of GenY. Read this forum post : About GenY-0.1.4

Download GenY-0.1.3 with minor enhancements A Small Note - 7 Feb. 2012

Download GenY-0.1.2 with SMS Support - 25 Nov. 2009 [ Not Recommended - Captcha support broken due to introduction of Catpcha5 ]

Download GenY-0.1.1 - 16 Sep. 2009

GenY-0.1 is outdated now!

See this forum post for build instructions: Compiling GenY

GenY is a substitute for Yahoo! Messenger for UNIX. It primarily targets GNU/Linux platform and it's tested on Ubuntu.

Feature List

• Instant Messages
• Chatrooms
• Conferences
• Managing Buddy List and Groups
• Managing Yahoo! Ignore List
• Local Ignore List
• Profiles are supported for every service including Instant Messaging, Chat etc.
• Formatted Text support including Smileys
• Spam Control
• Viewing Webcams
• Receiving Files through new Yahoo! File Transfer Service
• Receiving Photos
• Viewing Roomlist
• Status Messages
• Inbuilt Captcha Handler
• SMS Support

Contact Me

Sometimes I hang out at irc on channel #geny at freenode.net