Ask HN: Chat Status Checker Challenge

Hi HN, any one interested in a challenge ? Looking around online I could not find any good working chat status checker that shows if user is online or offline. So if you're a programmer and would like to participate please post your git repo here when you're done :-) Challenge: Chat Status Checker Protocols: AIM, ICQ, MSN, XMPP, Yahoo Languages: PHP, Python or Ruby Features: User online/offline status, API (XML|JSON) Hosting: GitHub please Time: The sooner the better Comments and suggestions are welcome :-)