The client component of the CIM (Command [Line] Instant Messenger) project, counterpart to the CIM Server.

Installers are not currently available.

There are precompiled executables in a portable format for Windows and Linux.

1. Go to the releases page
2. Go to the "Assets" section of the latest release
3. Download the appropriate compressed file for your operating system
   • Windows: cim-client-windows-portable.zip
   • Linux: cim-client-linux-portable.tar.gz
4. Extract the compressed file to a directory of your choice
5. You can now use the program through cim-server.exe (Windows) or cim-server.bin (Linux)

1. Have a Python 3 environment set up (recommended to use a version >= 3.8)
2. Go to the releases page
3. Download the source code compressed file
4. Extract the compressed file to a directory of your choice
5. Create a virtual environment (optional, but recommended)
   • Run python -m venv venv (or python3 -m venv venv) in the directory
   • Activate the virtual environment with venv\Scripts\activate (Windows) or source venv/bin/activate (Linux)
6. Install the required packages with pip install -r requirements.txt
7. You can now use the program through python sim-client.py (or python3 sim-client.py)

The client is a command-line interface (CLI) program. Run the program with python sim-client.py (or python3 sim-client.py) to view the help message.