PidginCommunity

Finding Us

Where can I find Pidgin-related chat online?

There are two primary Pidgin-related chat resources, #pidgin on irc.freenode.net, and an XMPP MUC (Multi-User Chat), devel@conference.pidgin.im. Developers, contributors, and users alike are welcome to join us in either of these fora.

Is there a user mailing list?

We maintain only one general-topics mailing list for Pidgin, libpurple, and finch, and it is devel@pidgin.im (​Mailing Lists). Users and developers alike are welcome to post to this mailing list, and indeed many topics on the list are about usability and features, rather than nitty-gritty development details.

Community Topics

Can I ask you about third-party plugins, patches, etc.?

You are more than welcome to ask, but be prepared for the answer to be something like "ask the authors". We simply don't have the time or energy to keep up with all of the third-party projects out there, so we probably can't help you. Common topics that fall into this category are various encryption plugins, gfire, and various plugin pack plugins.

Hello?

We don't know the answer to this question. Stop asking it.