= Welcome to BarnOwl =

BarnOwl is a curses-based IM client forked from the [http://ktools.org/owl/ ktools owl] project.
BarnOwl currently supports [wiki:GettingStarted Zephyr], AIM, [wiki:Jabber], [wiki:IRC], and Twitter and aims to be easily extensible and
customizable through a Perl plugin interface.

== BarnOwl News ==

 * '''December 02, 2013''': BarnOwl 1.9 released. [/dist/ Download] it here, or read the [wiki:release-notes/1.9 release notes] or [/browser/ChangeLog?rev=barnowl-1.9 ChangeLog].
 * '''March 14, 2012''': BarnOwl 1.8.1 released. [/dist/ Download] it here, or read the [wiki:release-notes/1.8.1 release notes] or [/browser/ChangeLog?rev=barnowl-1.8.1 ChangeLog].
 * '''October 11, 2011''': BarnOwl 1.8 released. [/dist/ Download] it here, or read the [wiki:release-notes/1.8 release notes] or [/browser/ChangeLog?rev=barnowl-1.8 ChangeLog].
 * '''February 06, 2011''': BarnOwl 1.7.1 released. [/dist/ Download] it here, or read the [wiki:release-notes/1.7.1 release notes] or [/browser/ChangeLog?rev=barnowl-1.7.1 ChangeLog].
 * '''January 20, 2011''': BarnOwl 1.7 released. [/dist/ Download] it here, or read the [wiki:release-notes/1.7 release notes] or [/browser/ChangeLog?rev=barnowl-1.7 ChangeLog].
 * '''Jul 27, 2010''': BarnOwl 1.6.2 released, fixes CVE-2010-2725. [/dist/ Download] it here, or read the [wiki:release-notes/1.6.2 release notes]  or [/browser/ChangeLog?rev=barnowl-1.6.2 ChangeLog]
 * '''May 24, 2010''': BarnOwl 1.6.1 released. [/dist/ Download] it here, or read the [wiki:release-notes/1.6.1 release notes]  or [/browser/ChangeLog?rev=barnowl-1.6.1 ChangeLog]
 * '''May 08, 2010''': BarnOwl 1.6 released. [/dist/ Download] it here, or read the [wiki:release-notes/1.6 release notes]  or [/browser/ChangeLog?rev=barnowl-1.6 ChangeLog]
 * '''March 02, 2010''': BarnOwl 1.5.1 released, fixes CVE-2010-0793. [/dist/ Download] it here, read the [wiki:barnowl-1.5.1-announce announcement]  or see the [/browser/ChangeLog?rev=barnowl-1.5.1 ChangeLog]
 * '''December 31, 2009''': BarnOwl 1.5 released. [/dist/ Download] it here, or see the [/browser/ChangeLog?rev=barnowl-1.5 ChangeLog]
 * See [wiki:OldNews] for old announcements.

== Exploring BarnOwl ==

 * [wiki:Download Download BarnOwl!]
 * GettingStarted with BarnOwl on Athena
   * Getting help from the BuiltinDocs
   * Some [wiki:UsefulCommands]
   * [wiki:zcrypt Using encryption] in BarnOwl (aka zcrypt)
 * BarnOwl [wiki:Plugins]
   * How to [wiki:UsingPlugins install a plugin]
   * Get a list of [wiki:Plugins existing plugins]
   * [wiki:CreatingAModule Creating your own]
 * Customizing BarnOwl
   * Creating [wiki:Filters]
   * Setting [wiki:Keybindings]
   * [wiki:ColorUtils] makes it easy to configure colors
   * For jervt users: [wiki:VtStyle]
   * [wiki:Overriding] existing functions
 * For current or potential developers:
   * Get the [http://github.com/barnowl/barnowl source]
   * [wiki:Contributing] to BarnOwl
   * Looking for ideas for what to work on or want to suggest a feature?  Check out the [/query bugtracker] or our [http://barnowl.uservoice.com/forums/55696-general UserVoice forum].
   * New developers may wish to look at [wiki:StraightforwardTickets] for good places to start
   * BarnOwl's [wiki:code-review code review policy]
 * Other miscellany
   * Some [http://stuff.mit.edu/iap/2009/barnowl/slides.pdf slides] I wrote on hacking barnowl
   * Snappy answers to stupid questions: a [wiki:UserFAQ] created in penance for asking an unnecessary question on zephyr.


= Screenshot =
[[Image(barnowl.png,25%)]]