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 runs on Microsoft Windows and Unixes. It is written in C and uses GLib and GTK+.
Finch is a console-based IM program that lets you sign on to AIM, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, and other IM networks. It runs on Unixes. It uses GLib and ncurses.
libpurple is a library used for developing IM programs. See What is libpurple? for more information.
For Users
Help
Frequently Asked Questions - Look here first!
Using This Site
Tips for Bug Reports - You must be logged in to submit bug reports! Get a Backtrace - Follow these directions to help us debug crashes.
Using Pidgin
Default Keyboard Shortcuts ConfigurationFiles - what is in your .purple directory
Using Libpurple Using FinchThe Pidgin Community
PidginCommunity Mailing Lists The Pidgin Philosophy - Why some things in Pidgin are the way they are Merchandise Spread Pidgin - User submitted "fanart" to help Pidgin become even more popular! Third-Party plugins - A page for plugin developers to list their plugins for users to see Third-Party Smiley Themes - A page for smiley theme authors to list their smiley themes for users to see
For Developers
Google Summer of Code
Development Tools
Development Information
Patches:
TipsForPatchSubmissions
All Patches Report Patches Needing Improvement Rejected and Abandoned Patches
TipsForTranslators Building Pidgin Development FAQ Design Guidelines Libpurple Architecture Building on Windows Source code from version control:
Plugins and scripting:
The future:
Possible License Violations EditorConfigs DeveloperPagesThe Road to 3.0.0
Tickets targeted for this release Tickets that require more information Tickets that are already fixed
The Road to 2.10.1
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