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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#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

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