Third-Party Plugins
Pidgin has a large number of plugins that add functionality.
Individual plugins are not supported by the Pidgin team. Use the plugin website to get help.
Additional Protocols
| Protocol Name | Downloads | Website | Short Description
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| Facebook IM | 10,000-50,000 | Go | Social network
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| XFire | 10,000-50,000 | Go | Gaming network
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| msn-pecan | 1,000-10,000 | Go | Alternative MSN access
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| Netsoul | 1,000-10,000 | Go | French network
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| Rediffbol | 1,000-10,000 | Go | Indian network
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| Microblog | 1,000-10,000 | Go | Twitter updates
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| CyanChat | 0-1,000 | Go |
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| SIP-e (MS Communicator) | 0-1,000 | Go |
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| WinMX Peer Network | 0-1,000 | Go | File sharing network
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| NateOn | Unknown | Go | Korean network
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| Tlen.pl | Unknown | Go | Polish network
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Security and Privacy
| Protocol Name | Website | Short Description
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| Off-the-Record Messaging | Go | Allows you to have private conversations over instant messaging.
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| Pidgin-Encryption | Go | Transparently encrypts your instant messages with RSA encryption.
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| Pidgin-Paranoia | Go | Provides information-theoretically secure encrypted conversations using one-time pads.
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| Pidgin-privacy-please | Go | Plugin to stop spimmers from annoying you.
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| Bot Sentry | Go | Plugin to help prevent bots from IMing you.
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Profile and status updates
| Protocol Name | Website | Short Description
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| Automatic Change Buddy Icon | Go | After configuration, this plugin can change your buddy icon automatically
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| Last.FM Plugin | Go | Shows information from your Last.FM / Audioscrobbler profile in your status message.
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| MusicInfo | Go | Displays the currently-playing music in your status message and profile. Winamp API compatible.
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| Music Tracker | Go | Displays the music track currently playing in the status message. Supports a wide range of audio players.
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| Twitter in your Profile | Go | Insert your Twitter history into your profile. It gets updated periodically.
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"Normal" Plugins
These plugins appear in the plugins list and provide additional functionality.
| Plugin Name | Website | Short Description
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| Audible Alerts | Go | Audible notification of a received IM by reading the buddy's screen name
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| Character Counter | Go | Plugin for displaying the character count of the current message.
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| Dexrex | Go | Allows you to store your logs online for free accessible and searchable anywhere
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| DockApp | Go or Go | Allows Pidgin to appear as an AfterStep Wharf icon.
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| Fonomo Video | Go | Enables Video-chat invitations via Fonomo.com (requires Adobe Flash v9 or higher)
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| Extended Buddy List Sort | Go | This Plugin allows you to sort your buddy list more flexible than pidgin does.
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| Extended Preferences | Go | Provides some additional, often-requested preferences for Pidgin.
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| gSMS | Go | Provides sms notification of received chats while the user is away. Sms notificiation is provided by Google Calendar service.
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| Guifications | Go | Provides "toaster" popup notifications.
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| IM-History Plugin | Go | Provides easy and convenient way to store your chats and contact list online (using im-history.com service).
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| Lazy Bums | Go | Sends a configurable message on the click of a button.
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| Led-notification | Go | Provides notifications with laptops' extra LEDs and similar
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| logstatus | Go | Logs all the status changes to the buddy history.
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| MX610-notification | Go | Provides notifications with Logitech MX610's IM led
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| Mumbles-project Plugin | Go | Pidgin Plugin for mumbles-project - modern notification system for Gnome (linux only).
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| Pidgin-Audacious-Remote | Go | Allows control over Audacious Media Player from the Pidgin conversation windows.
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| Pidgin-googledesktop | Go | Google Desktop Indexing Plugin for Pidgin
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| Pidgin-Identica-Status | Go | Use a feed from identi.ca as your Pidgin status.
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| Pidgin-LaTeX | Go | Allows you to include mathematical formulas in your conversations.
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| Pidgin Meebo Me | Go | Handles authorization and deletion of Meebo guest accounts.
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| Pidgin Personal Bar | Go | Adds a section at the top of your buddy list to change your display name and personal message.
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| Pidgin Windows Position Manager | Go | Places new conversation windows intelligently in Windows (i.e. doesn't always put them in the top left corner).
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| Pidgin Snarl | Go | Notifications using Snarl on Windows
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| pidginTeX | Go | Renders mathematical expressions. Lots of options, size, colors, etc. Built upon Pidgin-LaTeX.
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| Purple Plugin Pack | Go | Provides over 50 plugins for Pidgin, Finch, and libpurple.
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| QIP decoder | Go | Corrects invalid incoming QIP 2005 diacritics for CP1250 users
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| Quote selected text | Go | Quick specify message to answer
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| Session Save | Go | Session Save will remember what conversation windows you had open the last time you used Pidgin, and re-open them for you when you sign on.
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| Smart Ear | Go | Customized per-buddy sound events
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| Smiley Shortcuts | Go | Inserts a smiley on ctrl+(number) combination.
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| Textbon | Go | Textbon hyperlinks recognizable IM shorthands or acronyms or shortcuts. On user click, these links translate Instant Messaging acronyms or shorthands to definitions using the http://textbon.com acronym database.
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| Web Pidgin | Go | Access buddy list and conversations via mobile web browsers
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| YCaptcha | Go | Displays Yahoo! Chat captchas in a dialog instead of a browser.
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Other Enhancements
These plugins/services provide additional functionality for Pidgin, but do not fit into any of the other categories of plugins.
| Name | Website | Short Description
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| b64 | Go | Base 64 encoding of chat messages (A very simple Perl plugin)
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| Hab.la | Go | Lets you chat with visitors to your website for free using Pidgin.
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| Pidglet | Go | A Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget that displays your buddy list.
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| Splert | Go | A custom automatic answering machine and much more for pidgin.
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Development of Third-Party Plugins
If you're looking to develop a third-party plugin, you may find these resources valuable:
