Pidgin is a multi-protocol instant messaging (IM) client for Linux, BSD, MacOS X, and Windows. It is compatible with AIM and ICQ (Oscar protocol), MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, IRC, Jabber, Gadu-Gadu, SILC, GroupWise Messenger, and Zephyr networks.
Pidgin users can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AOL Instant Messenger, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time.
Pidgin supports many features of the various networks, such as file transfer, away messages, typing notification, and MSN window closing notification. It also goes beyond that and provides many unique features. A few popular features are Buddy Pounces, which give the ability to notify you, send a message, play a sound, or run a program when a specific buddy goes away, signs online, or returns from idle; and plugins, consisting of text replacement, a buddy ticker, extended message notification, iconify on away, spell checking, tabbed conversations, and more.
Pidgin Current Version:
Pidgin 2.4.1
Pidgin New Version Change Log:
- Stu: We fixed some bugs, this release should be 110% better than 2.4.0
- John: Well, I didn't really do much this release except muck about with the configure script. Blame me if it worked in 2.4.0 but doesn't now.
- Will: We seem to be falling into a nice pattern of releasing on the lastday of a month. Hypothetical AIX users might be pleased to learn that Pidgin might actually run for them now!
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