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Version: 2.10.12	Size: 8.60 MB
License [?]: Open Source	Price: Not available
Last Updated: Feb 17, 2016	Category: Chatting and IRC Software
Developer: Pidgin
Operating System: Unix Windows 98 Linux Windows ME Windows XP Windows Vista Windows 7 Windows 8 Windows 10
Additional Requirements: GTK+ runtime (2.6.10 or older) for Win 98/ME (Refer Download Page)
Limitations Not available

Pidgin is an instant messaging client that lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously from a single application. Therefore, you can chat with friends on MSN, talk to a friend on Google Talk, and sit in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time.

Pidgin is a cross-platform application that supports operating systems such as Windows and Unix.

Pidgin offers secure end-to-end encryption with its popular Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) plugin. Several other powerful and advanced features are extendable by plugins.

Key Features:

• File transfers
• Manage and group contacts from multiple networks
• Custom Themes to change the look and feel
• Away messages
• Contains no ads
• Available in multiple languages
• Buddy icons
• Spell checking
• Custom smilies including animated
• Typing notifications

Pidgin supports the following protocols:

• Yahoo
• MSN
• AIM
• Bonjour
• Gadu-Gadu
• Google Talk
• Groupwise
• ICQ
• IRC
• MXit
• SILC
• SIMPLE
• Sametime
• XMPP
• Zephyr

Other protocols such as QQ, Skype, WhatsApp and Telegram are supported by using plugins.

NOTES:
Pidgin supports voice and video but is limited to Unix systems and the XMPP protocol only.

If you are looking for Pidgin for Mac OS X, please try Adium!