Praya gives you

• one window to all your messages
  • It ships with many protocols, including: DICT, IRC, gale, Maildir, A simple timer, Yahoo! Pager (adapted from libyahoo)
  • Adding new protocols is relatively straightforward
• Freedom, under the terms of the GNU General Public License. You can download it here.
• A way to store messages.
  • it's easy to add new user interfaces to get at your messages.
• A platform on which to write bots, gateways, spam filters, etc.

Wesley Tanaka