Download QIP 2005

The QIP you remember: contact list, statuses and the “uh-oh”. The icq.jimm.online server is already set — just enter your UIN and password.

macOS 12 or newer · Intel and Apple M1–M4 · Free · no ads

The original QIP 2005 was written for Windows XP, and it runs unreliably in emulators and Wine. So we ported it to macOS and Linux: the same look and sounds, as a native app for your system.

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Download for macOS
Open the downloaded archive and drag QIP 2005.app into Applications.
First launch: right-click QIP → Open → Open. Needed once — the build is not signed with an Apple certificate.
Enter your UIN and password and press Connect. The icq.jimm.online server is already set.

Won’t start?

macOS 15 and newer: System Settings → Privacy & Security → Open Anyway.
Says the app is “damaged”: run xattr -cr "/Applications/QIP 2005.app" in Terminal.
“QIP 2005” Not Opened / Apple could not verify: press Done, not Move to Bin. Then use Open Anyway in System Settings or the xattr command above.
QIP is “not responding” or does not open: force quit it (⌥⌘Esc → QIP 2005 → Force Quit), delete every old copy of QIP 2005.app and download the archive again.
Still stuck? Start QIP from Terminal, the log is saved to qip-log.txt on your Desktop: "/Applications/QIP 2005.app/Contents/MacOS/qip" 2>&1 | tee ~/Desktop/qip-log.txt Send us that file, your Mac model and macOS version.

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Which system do you use?

01 I use macOS macOS 12 or newer · Intel and Apple M1–M4 Your system

02 I use Windows Windows XP — 11 · original version Your system

03 I use Ubuntu, Debian or Mint Ubuntu 22.04+, Debian 12+, Mint 21+, Pop!_OS, Zorin · x86_64 Your system

04 I use Fedora, Arch or another Linux Fedora, Arch, Manjaro, openSUSE and others · x86_64 · no install Your system

05 I use Raspberry Pi or ARM Raspberry Pi 4/5 (64-bit), Ubuntu and Debian ARM64, Asahi Linux Your system