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Pidgin is an instant messaging program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. It runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems. Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, MXit, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It is written in C and makes heavy use of GLib and GTK+.

Finch is a command line instant messaging program. It also lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat network simultaneously, and it is compatible with the same chat networks as Pidgin. It is written in C and makes heavy use of GLib and ncurses.

Features

  • Instant Messaging
  • IM
  • Chat
  • Bonjour
  • IRC
  • Gadu-Gadu
  • Jabber/XMPP

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Categories

Chat, IRC Clients, XMPP, Messaging

License

GNU General Public License version 2.0 (GPLv2)

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Operating Systems

BSD, Linux, Server Operating Systems, Windows

Languages

Bosnian, Brazilian Portuguese, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese (Simplified), Chinese (Traditional), Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Hindi, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Lithuanian, Macedonian, Norwegian, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Spanish, Swedish, Telugu, Vietnamese

Intended Audience

Advanced End Users, Developers, End Users/Desktop

User Interface

GTK+, Win32 (MS Windows), X Window System (X11)

Programming Language

C, C#, Perl, Python, Tcl

Related Categories

C# Chat Software, C# IRC Clients, C# XMPP Software, C# Messaging Platform, Python Chat Software, Python IRC Clients, Python XMPP Software, Python Messaging Platform, Perl Chat Software, Perl IRC Clients, Perl XMPP Software, Perl Messaging Platform, C Chat Software, C IRC Clients, C XMPP Software, C Messaging Platform, Tcl Chat Software, Tcl IRC Clients, Tcl XMPP Software, Tcl Messaging Platform

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1999-11-13
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