naim is a chat program for use with America Online's AOL Instant
Messenger. The name naim is derived from n's AIM client, but it could
also have been derived from ncurses AIM client because of naim's use of
the ncurses text-mode screen library.

naim is based on firetalk, the multiprotocol chat library.  naim is
capable of connecting to IRC as well as AIM services.