Questions tagged [pidgin]

Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time. Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems.

Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time. Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems.

Pidgin may be downloaded Here and Pidgin support is available Here.

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, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MXit, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It can support many more with plugins.

Pidgin supports many features of these chat networks, such as file transfers, away messages, buddy icons, custom smilies, and typing notifications. Numerous plugins also extend Pidgin's functionality above and beyond the standard features.

Pidgin integrates with the system tray on Windows, GNOME2, KDE 3, and KDE 4.

Pidgin is free and contains no ads. All code is open source and licensed under the GNU General Public License. This means you can get Pidgin's underlying code and modify it to suit your needs, as long as you publish the changes you make for everyone to benefit from as well.

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How to connect YMSG (Yahoo IM service) by server IP

I need a IM client that support yahoo and allow user to set yahoo IM server address. Yahoo IM servers names (scs.msg.yahoo.com, scsa.msg.yahoo.com, scsb.msg.yahoo.com, scsc.msg.yahoo.com) are not accesible through my company LAN, so I should use IP…
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video chat using pidgin?

Hi i am very new to pidgin.Is it possible to do voice/video chat through talk using pidgin on windows??As in bolgs i found that its possible on linux but nor sure about windows.If its possible please tell me how is it possible.I already installed…
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How can I send an XMPP message using C#?

I am building an application, using C#, to use for distributing alert information at my work place. At this time we have to manually send each alert to multiple emails, a forum, a notification website, and a XMPP chat server (We use Pidgin to…
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python-purple fails with "CRITICAL **: purple_ssl_connect_with_ssl_cn: assertion 'purple_ssl_is_supported()'"

I'm using python-purple to build own chat application with lipburple. When I use Facebook or Hangouts plugin, which require SSL connection, I get the error: ** (process:6574): CRITICAL **: purple_ssl_connect_with_ssl_cn: assertion…
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Error Compiling pidgin on windows

Good day, I have been trying to compile pidgin on Windows 8 for some time now. I have been able to download all necessary files and put them in the correct folders, but when I attempt to use $ make -f Makefile.mingw install I get the following: $…
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Send a link in an m or something that has the same effect, in an XMPP message using Smack

I'm using the pidgin xmpp client and I want to send from java a hyperlink, I have all the code necessary to send messages, but when it comes to sending a hyperlink the only format that I can successfully send from java seems to be the raw…
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Constant problems with pidgin

I am having the hardest time finding a solution to this pidgin problem. I have been using it for a long time, but recently it has quit connecting for me. Every time I try to connect, it tells me my account is disabled and not authorized. Here is…
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Is there an alternative to Pidgin, but with less restrictive licensing?

Recently came across pidgin. Its great, and does what I want, but I am not too keen on the GPL license. Other any alternatives, with less restrictive licenses? I would prefer the library to be C or C++, as I am most familiar with those languages,…
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Pidgin facebook IM protocol line

I spent my last 3hours trying to remove this annoying line from Pidgin facebook IMs. Does anyone know how can I make it disspear? I just want messaging to look clear and compact Here is the image of what I am talking…
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Is Facebook Chat integration possible with API 2?

Is it still possible to make webapps/programs (e.g. as Pidgin) to chat with Facebook friends using the new Facebook Platform (2.x) as chat.facebook.com is no longer available nor it is possible to get the full list of a user's friends. Does this…
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User registration in MongooseIM server

I have tried to register an account from Pidgin chat client to Mongoose Instant Messaging server. But, I would like to confirm whether the account has been registered successfully in the server ? Could any one please let me know, where I can see all…
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STDOUT from Pidgin plugin script

Yesterday, I wrote a perl plugin script for Pidgin 2.10.9, running on Windows 7, and using Strawberry Perl 5.10.1.5 Basically, on the receipt of an IM, it uses backticks to call a console application (written in .NET) and returns the console output…
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How do I add custom preference into Pidgin?

I need to add preference into Pidgin to serve my custom menu item as shown in How do I add item to Pidgin menu. How can I achieve this?
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How do I add item to Pidgin menu

I want to add arbitrary item to Pidgin menu. Let it be Buddies → Show → Groups. I want it to be checkbutton (like Buddies → Show → Empty Groups) with custom function associated. How can I do this? In Pidgin 2.10.9 In Pidgin 3.0.0 (development…
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How to compile "portable" pidgin?

i want to compile a portable version of pidgin , and copy it to other machines. my system is centos 6.4 x64 without root privilege. if i configure it like this ./configure --disable-screensaver --disable-gtkspell --disable-vv --disable-meanwhile…
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