Other IDN Software

The software or projects listed below are somehow related to IDN.

Programming Languages / Libraries:

• GNU IDN Library - implementation of Stringprep, Punycode and IDNA specifications. [LGPL]
  http://www.gnu.org/software/libidn/

• International Components for Unicode (ICU) Libraries. [ICU License]
  http://oss.software.ibm.com/icu/

• JPNIC idnkit - IDN processing library and patches/utilities (formerly mDNkit) [BSD-like license]
  http://www.nic.ad.jp/ja/idn/idnkit/download/index.html

• Paul Hoffman's Perl Libraries.
  http://www.imc.org/idna/

• Verisign IDN Software Development Kit for C & Java. [BSD License]
  http://www.verisign-grs.com/idn/sdk_download.html

• Python - version 2.3 has IDNA support built into the language.
  http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-encodings.idna.html

Applications

• Mozilla browser - IDN support is released to the public since version 1.4. (1.4 has some problem with IDN implementation which is fixed in 1.5)
  http://devedge.netscape.com/viewsource/2003/idn/

• Netscape browser - version 7.1 is based on Mozilla 1.4. (see above)

• Konqueror browser - uses GNU IDN Library to support IDN. May be available in version 3.2?
  http://devedge.netscape.com/viewsource/2003/idn/

Plug-ins

• Verisign i-Nav - Internet Explorer plug-in that provides IDN support.
  http://www.idnnow.com/index.jsp

Other Tools

• UTF Converter (no punycode).
  http://www.macchiato.com/unicode/convert.html

• GNU libidn Web-based tool.
  http://www.josefsson.org/idn.php

If you know of any projects / tools that belong here please feel free to edit this page.