Linux IM bots

Well one more thing Java bots run on java vitual machine, so no matter what operating system you use. They can run in linux, in window and in mac just you need Java run time enviorenment installed.

seriousjoker said:

You can do it in python, ruby, scala or Java, well Java is the solution for me. I have already made few bots in it. One scraper which use jsoup library, one email verifier which use java mail library and one account creator whic use selenium wedriver to drive the firefox and chrome. Now creating a article spinner. As far as c and c++ is concern, forget about it. It may take few decades to make a simple bot.

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But have you tried using the selenium grid. I mean in my opinion it doesn't make any sense to use the selenium grid when you can just use celery for the task managing and then use a broker like rabbitMQ to set up a scalable browser bot. I haven't played with the jsoup, but I did try a lil bit the beautiful soup from python.

I think if your gonna do all of that, you might as well get fancy and use some API's to gather articles, search, and post. Really its all about using the API's to enhance your bots ability.

If you don't need gui most can be done in a scriptlanguage such as php. However most users would Think of cli bots to be unfriendly and coders would have a hard time to protect their work.

About the only IM programs Ive ever really seen for linux if you really want to call it a program is cloaking scripts, Other than the occasional bots I see floating around. But like the OP, Ive always wondered why there wasnt more of a market with linux based apps myself. One nice thing would be the fact that everyone of our servers costs would go down drastically. I know if I had all the same tools for linux as we do windows I would instantly save almost $1,000 a month just by being able to cut server costs in half.