Call, chat, messages, let's talk!

Meriel is an user communication application. It offers the possibility of traditional text "chatting", the voice calls, including conference calls with multiple participants, videocalls for two users, and last but not least, the file transfer. Meriel can be classified as both IM (instant messaging) and VoIP (voice over IP) communicator.

Not only is Meriel a client application – it also presents its own network protocol, main priority of which is to preserve highest possible user privacy, as that was the motivation for its development. Strong encryption of all transferred data is the key. For details, please see FAQ section. Both text messages and calls belong only to the sender and the intended recipient, the network operator nor anyone else has no opportunity to inspect their content.

Meriel does not contain any malicious code, ie. it does not interfere with user data, nor in any other way detects or transmits any information about the user, or the system.

The name “Meriel” origins from the Irish (Celtic) female name and means "shining sea"

Supported systems:
Windows 2000 - no limitations
Windows XP - no limitations
Windows Vista - no limitations
Windows 7 - no limitations
Linux - for more information, click here

Minimal requirements:
CPU for chat and VoIP: Pentium II 266MHz
CPU for videocall: Pentium4 2.4GHz, Core2 1.6GHz
RAM: requires 15MB to 30MB free memory
HDD: 3MB free space for application
Internet: 64kbps for chat and VoIP, 512kbps for videocall
Software: DirectX 9 (for Meriel 0.57 and above)
Additional: sound card, headset with microphone (VoIP), web camera (videocall)


You can use the free private server to connect to the Meriel network. Administrator however reserves the right to refuse any user. Since it is a private server, some users that could cause higher load or other complications to the server, are a priori excluded from its use (eg., filtering based on pre-generated list of blocked IP is used).


Ing. Petr Ličman, copyright (c) 2007 - 2011. Non-profit redistribution permitted.
Contact: support@meriel.cz
Application implementation uses (alongside with the auhor's personal work) only development tools and source code licensed as freeware and opensource. Application only uses the operating system and its components. No other applications or parts of applications, which would be subject to any other licensing policy than open source or free software were used. Also no GNU GPL licensed means were used within the application.


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