Pidgin, Finch, and libpurple
Pidgin is a graphical IM program that lets you sign on to AIM, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, and other IM networks. It uses GTK+. It was formerly called Gaim.
Finch is a console-based IM program that lets you sign on to AIM, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, and other IM networks. It uses ncurses. It was formerly called Gaim-text.
libpurple is a library used for developing IM programs. See What is libpurple? for more information.
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The Road to Pidgin 2.0
Planning for a new PidginWebsite
Please check out and discuss the WebsiteWireframes
- #3
- Get a webpage
- #6
- planet css stuff
- #31
- Alert Coverity of the VCS Change
- #36
- Trac allows account creation without e-mail or verification
- #80
- Pidgin GUI improvements
- #82
- Fix Pidgin Perl Loader
- #134
- Gaim/pidgin 2.0.0. beta6 (and previous) in CPU-intensive loop on Solaris 9
- #212
- libpurple, dbus, & errors when pidgin/finch are not running
- #214
- Auto-growing the input imhtml doesn't work as well as it should
- #215
- MSN mobile status only half-implemented
- #223
- Cached buddy icons disappear from disk
Development Tools
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RecentChanges
LocalTracChanges
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