Tinkle is a tickertape and presence client for Mac OS X (10.5 and later). In a slightly heretical move, it does not actually provide a tickertape-style scrolling display.

What Tinkle does provide:

• A scrolling IRC-like message log display.
• A presence roster panel.
• Growl support.
• Secure messaging.
• General integration with Mac OS X, including doing the right thing on system sleep, better idle detection and drag and drop support.

Tinkle for iPhone

There is also a companion version of Tinkle for iPhone (iPhone OS 3.1 and later). Tinkle for iPhone has basic presence roster support and simple tickertape text messaging. It is available for a minimal fee from the iTunes App Store.

Download

• Tinkle 1.1.1: Tinkle-1.1.1.dmg (Release notes).
• Tinkle 1.0.0: Tinkle-1.0.0.dmg.
• Tinkle 1.0 for iPhone: iTunes App Store Download

Screenshots

• Tinkle on the desktop
• Messages window
• Presence display
• Growl notifications

News

June 11, 2010	Tinkle 1.1.0 released	Release Notes
May 22, 2010	Tinkle 1.0 for iPhone released
Jan 4, 2010	Tinkle 1.0.0 released	Release Notes

License

Tinkle is available under the GPLv3 license. A source download will be available soon.

Tinkle uses the LGPLv3-licensed Avis C client library from the Avis project to interact with Elvin.

Author

Tinkle is developed by Matthew Phillips.