= Plugins =

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== Official Plugins == 

Pidgin and Finch ship with a large collection of officially supported plugins which modify standard behavior in a number of ways.  You can manage available plugins by accessing the "Tools" menu from the Buddy List window and selecting "Plugins."

If you have a problem with one of the plugins included with the software, you should report it via a [/simpleticket ticket].  Generally our stock plugins will have the same version number as Pidgin or Finch and the web site address for the plugin will be listed as http://pidgin.im/

== Third-Party Plugins ==

Third party plugins '''are not supported'''.  Do not open tickets on our trac about these plugins.  If you do, those tickets will be closed as invalid.
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=== Additional Protocols ===

There are third-party plugins for some protocols:

Note that some of these plugins may be insuffiecently maintained, outdated, or not working at all.

|| '''Protocol Name''' || '''Downloads''' || '''Website''' || '''Short Description''' ||
|| Xfire || 70,000 + || [http://gfire.sf.net/ Go] || Gaming network ||
|| Facebook IM || 10,000-50,000 || [http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-facebookchat/ Go] || Social network [FacebookIm More info] ||
|| msn-pecan || 1,000-10,000 || [http://code.google.com/p/msn-pecan/ Go] || Alternative MSN access ||
|| Netsoul || 1,000-10,000 || [http://sourceforge.net/projects/gaim-netsoul/ Go] || French network ||
|| Rediffbol || 1,000-10,000 || [http://rediffbol-prpl.sourceforge.net/ Go] || Indian network ||
|| Microblog || 1,000-10,000 || [http://microblog-purple.googlecode.com Go] || Twitter updates ||
|| !CyanChat || 0-1,000 || [http://pidgin-cyanchat.googlecode.com/ Go] ||  ||
|| SIP-e (MS Communicator) || 0-1,000 || [http://sipe.sourceforge.net/ Go] || ||
|| WinMX Peer Network || 0-1,000 || [http://sourceforge.net/projects/wpn-gaim-prpl/ Go] || File sharing network ||
|| !NateOn || Unknown || [http://nateon.haz3.com/forum/ Go] || Korean network [NateOn More info] ||
|| Tlen.pl || Unknown || [http://nic.com.pl/~alek/pidgin-tlen/ Go] || Polish network ||
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=== Security and Privacy ===
|| '''Protocol Name''' || '''Downloads''' || '''Website''' || '''Short Description''' ||
|| Pidgin-Encryption || 10,000-50,000 || [http://pidgin-encrypt.sf.net/ Go] || Encrypts coversations using stored RSA keys ||
|| Bot Sentry || 1,000-10,000 || [http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin-bs/ Go] || Stop spam bots ||
|| Pidgin-Paranoia || 0-1,000 || [http://pidgin-paranoia.sourceforge.net/ Go] || Encrypts conversations using one-time pads ||
|| Pidgin-privacy-please || 0-1,000 || [http://freshmeat.net/projects/pidgin-pp/ Go] || Stop spam bots ||
|| Off-the-Record Messaging || Unknown || [http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/ Go] || Encrypts conversations and provides security even when keys are compromised ||
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=== Notifications ===
|| '''Protocol Name''' || '''Downloads''' || '''Website''' || '''Short Description''' ||
|| Guifications || 70,000+ || [http://plugins.guifications.org/ Go] || Provides "toaster" popup notifications. ||
|| Pidgin Snarl || 1,000-10,000 || [http://tlhan-ghun.de/?q=node/22 Go] || Notifications using Snarl on Windows ||
|| Audible Alerts || 0-1,000 || [https://sourceforge.net/projects/audiblealerts/ Go] || Audible notification of a received IM by reading the buddy's screen name ||
|| Mumbles-project Plugin || Unknown || [http://www.mumbles-project.org/2007/06/03/pidgin-plugin-now-available/ Go] || Pidgin Plugin for mumbles-project - modern notification system for Gnome (linux only). ||
|| MX610-notification || Unknown || [http://simo.h.mattila.googlepages.com/mx610-notification Go] || Provides notifications with Logitech MX610's IM led ||
|| Smart Ear || Unknown || [http://somewhere.fscked.org/smartear/ Go] || Customized per-buddy sound events ||
|| Led-notification || Unknown || [http://simo.h.mattila.googlepages.com/led-notification Go] || Provides notifications with laptops' extra LEDs and similar ||
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=== Profile and status updates ===
|| '''Protocol Name''' || '''Downloads''' || '''Website''' || '''Short Description''' ||
|| Music Tracker || 1,000-10,000 || [http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-musictracker/ Go] || Displays the music track currently playing in the status message. Supports a wide range of audio players. ||

|| Last.FM Plugin || 0-1,000 || [http://pidgin-lastfm.naturalnet.de Go] || Shows information from your Last.FM / Audioscrobbler profile in your status message. ||
|| Twitter in your Profile || 0-1,000 || [http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-twitter-profile/ Go] || Insert your Twitter history into your profile. It gets updated periodically. ||
|| Pidgin-Identica-Status || 0-1,000 || [http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-identica-status/ Go] || Use a feed from identi.ca as your Pidgin status. ||
|| !MusicInfo || Unknown || [http://www.pidginmusic.info/ Go] || Displays the currently-playing music in your status message and profile. Winamp API compatible. ||
|| YuLastFM || Unknown || [https://sourceforge.net/projects/yulastfm/ Go] || Update TUNE status from Last.FM. ||
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=== Interface tweaks ===
|| '''Plugin Name''' || '''Downloads''' || '''Website''' ||'''Short Description'''||
|| Extended Buddy List Sort || 0-1,000 || [http://freakazoid.teamblind.de/2008/12/13/pidgin-extended-buddy-list-sort-plugin/ Go] || Adds more buddy list sorting options ||
|| Character Counter || Unknown || [http://dossy.org/archives/000545.html Go] || Plugin for displaying the character count of the current message. ||
|| Lazy Bums || Unknown || [http://www.civil.iitb.ac.in/~d3sachin/compwork/lazybums/lazybums.php Go] || Sends a configurable message on the click of a button. ||
|| Pidgin Windows Position Manager || Unknown || [http://extpos.mdsc.info/ Go] || Places new conversation windows intelligently in Windows (i.e. doesn't always put them in the top left corner). ||
|| Quote selected text || Unknown || [http://launchpad.net/quote/ Go] || Quick specify message to answer ||
|| Session Save || Unknown || [http://somewhere.fscked.org/sessionsave/ 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. ||
|| Smiley Shortcuts || Unknown || [https://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=186081 Go] || Inserts a smiley on ctrl+(number) combination.  ||
|| pidgin-cmds || Unknown || [http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-cmds/ Go] || Various conversation commands ||
|| autoresize || Unknown || [http://raoulito.info/pidgin_autoresize/ Go] || Automatically update the buddy list to fit its contents (vertically). ||
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=== Accounts and logs ===
|| '''Protocol Name''' || '''Downloads''' || '''Website''' || '''Short Description''' ||
|| Dexrex || Unknown || [https://www.dexrex.com/ Go] || Allows you to store your logs online for free accessible and searchable anywhere ||
|| IM-History Plugin || Unknown || [http://www.im-history.com/ Go] || Provides easy and convenient way to store your chats and contact list online (using im-history.com service). ||
|| Web Pidgin || Unknown || [http://www.thirdmartini.com/index.php/WebPidgin Go] || Access buddy list and conversations via mobile web browsers ||
|| logstatus || Unknown || [http://bla.thera.be/archives/20 Go] || Logs all the status changes to the buddy history. ||
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=== Miscellaneous ===
|| '''Plugin Name''' || '''Downloads''' || '''Website''' ||'''Short Description'''||
|| Extended Preferences || 10,000-50,000 || [http://gaim-extprefs.sf.net/ Go] || Provides some often-requested preferences ||
|| Purple Plugin Pack || 10,000-50,000 || [http://plugins.guifications.org/ Go] || Provides over 50 various plugins ||
|| Pidgin-LaTeX || 1,000-10,000 || [http://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin-latex/ Go] || Allows you to include mathematical formulas in your conversations.  ||
|| pidginTeX || 1,000-10,000 || [http://pidgintex.googlecode.com/ Go] || Renders mathematical expressions. Lots of options, size, colors, etc. Built upon Pidgin-LaTeX.
|| Pidgin-googledesktop || 0-1,000 || [http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-googledesktop/ Go] || Google Desktop Indexing Plugin for Pidgin ||
|| !DockApp || Unknown || [http://emvi.eu.org/pidgin_dockapp/index_en.html Go] or [http://wamarek.republika.pl/pidgin_dockapp/index_en.html Go] || Allows Pidgin to appear as an !AfterStep Wharf icon. ||
|| Pidgin-Audacious-Remote || Unknown || [http://pidginaudacious.sourceforge.net/ Go] || Allows control over Audacious Media Player from the Pidgin conversation windows. || 
|| Fonomo Video || Unknown || [http://www.fonomo.com/software/pidgin.html Go ] || Enables Video-chat invitations via Fonomo.com (requires Adobe Flash v9 or higher) ||
|| Pidgin Personal Bar || Unknown || [http://code.google.com/p/pidgin-personalbar/ Go] || Adds a section at the top of your buddy list to change your display name and personal message. ||
|| QIP decoder || Unknown || [http://adsl_337903.noveranet.cz/qip-decoder/ Go] || Corrects invalid incoming QIP 2005 diacritics for CP1250 users ||
|| Textbon || Unknown || [http://textbon.com 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. ||
||  b64 || Unknown || [http://chetanv.googlepages.com/technicalstuff Go] || Base 64 encoding of chat messages (A very simple Perl plugin) ||
||  Hab.la || Unknown || [http://www.hab.la Go] || Lets you chat with visitors to your website for free using Pidgin. ||
||  Pidglet || Unknown || [http://www.rudism.com Go] || A Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget that displays your buddy list. ||
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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:
 * [wiki:CHowTo C Plugin Howto] (still in progress)
 * [/doxygen/ API Documentation]
 * [/doxygen/dev/html/plugin-i18n.html Third Party Plugin Translation Support]