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## About

Spectrum 2 is an XMPP transport/gateway and also simple server.
It allows XMPP users to communicate with their friends who are using one of the supported networks.
It supports a wide range of different networks such as ICQ, XMPP (Jabber, GTalk), AIM, MSN, Facebook, Twitter, or IRC.
Spectrum 2 is written in C++ and uses the [Swiften](http://swift.im/swiften) library and various different libraries for "legacy networks".
Spectrum 2 is open source and released under the GNU GPL.


Spectrum 2 is not intended for strictly desktop users, ie those who have no familiarity with running server side applications.  It is intended to provide a service to desktop users, but be managed by server administrators.  If you are interested in the project but have no familiarity with running a server (and no interest in learning), please speak with your local system administrators about making Spectrum 2 available.