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The most popular messenger on Linux

Pidgin (formerly named Gaim) is a popular multi-platform instant messaging client that supports many commonly used instant messaging protocols. Pidgin is free software available under the GNU General Public License.

Supported protocols are AIM, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, Google Talk, Groupwise, ICQ, IRC, MSN Messenger, MySpaceIM, QQ, SILC, SIMPLE, Sametime, Windows Live Messenger, XMPP, Jabber, Yahoo! Messenger and Zephyr.

Other protocols, such as Facebook chat and Twitter are supported through the plugin system.

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  • wasisdebubu enthusiast
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    open source...better than !YM

  • zeekthegeek devotee
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    One of my favorite open source applications, pidgin does all that and then some with multiple IM services accessible and a great user interface.

  • Avinandan devotee
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    Very effective messenger for Ubuntu!

  • gayantha fanatic
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    My First Choice for Messenger on both Windows & Linux..

  • AmirMaralani devotee
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    مزایا:
    ۱.ازچندتا اکانت میشه با هم استفاده کرد
    ۲.کاربردش راحته
    ۳.امکاناتش خوبه
    ۴.با فارسی مشکل نداره
    معایب:
    ۱.وویس چت نداره
    ۲.ویدیو چت نداره
    ۳.کنفرانس نداره
    ۴.توی فایل ترنسفر مشکل داره

  • levleshenko enthusiast
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    Just best and nothing else.

  • ultramancool fanatic
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    Best IM client on the planet, handles all my chats, logging, supports OTR well. Overall great!

  • ravicious expert
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    There's many IMs, but only a few can compete with Pidgin.

  • JoshuaL enthusiast
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    It's fast, it's plain and it works with multiply networks. What else do you need?

  • Babak Mehrabani fanatic

    Great multi-protocol chat client

  • romanzolotarev fanatic
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    I stop using this messenger for two reasons:
    group chats are mess, I don't need multi-protocol (I prefer GTalk and Skype).

  • willysr devotee
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    Support multiple acccounts, flexible, light, but sometimes have problem with file transfer and status updates.

  • GromBeestje enthusiast
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    Good Multi-Protocol Instant Messenger. The downside of this client is, that it doesn't support all features supported by the various IM networks.

  • laCour devotee
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    One of the best IRC clients I've found and used. Great looking, could use some more feature though, but its all around awesome.

  • Hu_ devotee

    One of the best irc clients. I use it on windows, ubuntu and kubuntu. Alot of features in one small client. Excellent.

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Website: pidgin.im
Developer: The Pidgin developer community
License: Open source
Version: 3.5.3
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Usage: 15 years, 10 months, 3 weeks, 5 days, 8 hours and 58 seconds
Usage since: 02 May 2007
Platform Usage:
Linux
(38%)
Windows
(61%)
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Rank: #32