Open AIM has changed! We've improved our APIs, added documentation, removed many restrictions on usage, and created a new AIM Gallery to allow you to distribute your applications. Get started today!
It takes just a few minutes, and allows your app to interact with the AIM Network. A key also lets you track basic usage stats for your application. Register now and get started!
You'll need an AIM Screen Name to register for a key. Don't have one yet? Sign up for free!
Choose the application you want to build.
Explore our documentation and examples. And don't forget to check our forums and FAQs to see if your questions have already been answered.
The AIM Gallery is designed to give tens of millions of AIM users access to applications like yours to enhance their internet experience with AIM. Check it out for yourself, and upload your application today!
Get Paid with Open AIM! AIM Money is here!!
Make Money on your Open AIM applications today!
AIM Money is a new revenue-share platform that allows you to make money from ad views generated in your Open AIM application. The more ads displayed, the more money you make. It’s that simple. There are no fees to participate, and monthly payments are issued only via PayPal. So what are you waiting for? Check out AIM Money now!
Congratulations to the winners of the Open AIM Topcoder Challenge!
The results are in! There was a tremendous response to the Open AIM Topcoder Challenge, with over 295,000 unique visitors to the site from 152 countries. Check out our $10,000 prize winners, listed below! And come back soon—we’ll be featuring our winning developers and applications in our Spotlight below over the next several weeks!
| IM Remote | IM Loud | IM Whiteboard |
| LinkPreview | Free2IM | Infomess |
| Share-a-Map | PopsChat | FeedReader |
Featured Applications
Tiny Buddy
A web IM application for iPhone/iPod Touch that allows you to view your buddy list and send IMs without using SMS messages. Check out Tiny Buddy now!
Prof Gilzot
Your fun and friendly quiz and poll bot. You can vote on daily polls or test your skills on celebrity, driving exam, movie, sat prep, music, smarter than a 5th grader and many other quizzes. Just IM the Professor and and type "hi"! Check out the Professor Gilzot bot now!
Developer Spotlight
James Burke
James Burke is a fan of Web AIM, AIM Bots and the Dojo JavaScript Toolkit. He contributes code to the Dojo Toolkit and is active in the Dojo community. He also helps AOL and AIM teams use Dojo in products like Webmail, myAOL and AIM Chat. He used Web AIM and Dojo to create TinyBuddy IM, a web app optimized for the iPhone and iPod Touch that shows your buddy list sends IM messages without using SMS. TinyBuddy IM is open source.
James maintains a blog about TinyBuddy IM and another blog about JavaScript and Dojo.
Developer Forums
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Our forums are the place to be. Get help tweaking your latest creation, or you can help other developers with their work.