The iiimf package is a sample implementation of the internet/intranet input method (iiim framework). iiim is the next generation input method framework under development. compared to old solutions like xim, iiim provides benefits like platform independence; multilingual, unicode support; distributed architecture; and efficient, lightweight client and server.

iiimf-im-switcher provides an applet for gnome to switch the input method for iiimf.