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Plugins
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 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.
Additional Protocols
There are third-party plugins for some protocols:
Protocol Name | Downloads | Website | Short Description |
Xfire | 70,000 + | Go | Gaming network |
Facebook IM | 10,000-50,000 | Go | Social network More info? |
Microblog | 10,000-50,000 | Go | Twitter/Identica/Laconica? updates |
msn-pecan | 10,000-50,000 | Go | Alternative MSN access |
MXit | 10,000-50,000 | Go | MXit IM |
Netsoul | 1,000-10,000 | Go | French network |
Rediffbol | 1,000-10,000 | Go | Indian network |
CyanChat | 0-1,000 | Go | |
SIP-e (MS Communicator) | 0-1,000 | Go | |
Twitter Protocol | 0-1,000 | Go | Twitter Buddylist Protocol |
WinMX Peer Network | 0-1,000 | Go | File sharing network |
NateOn | Unknown | Go | Korean network More info |
Tlen.pl | Unknown | Go | Polish network |
Why are some protocols not supported?
Security and Privacy
Plugin Name | Downloads | Website | Short Description |
Off-the-Record Messaging | 50,000+ | Go | Encrypts conversations and provides security even when keys are compromised |
Pidgin-Encryption | 10,000-50,000 | Go | Encrypts coversations using stored RSA keys |
Bot Sentry | 1,000-10,000 | Go | Stop spam bots |
Pidgin-Paranoia | 0-1,000 | Go | Encrypts conversations using one-time pads |
Pidgin-privacy-please | 0-1,000 | Go | Stop spam bots |
Notifications
Plugin Name | Downloads | Website | Short Description |
Guifications | 70,000+ | Go | Provides "toaster" popup notifications. |
Pidgin Snarl | 1,000-10,000 | Go | Notifications using Snarl on Windows |
Audible Alerts | 0-1,000 | Go | Audible notification of a received IM by reading the buddy's screen name |
Mumbles-project Plugin | Unknown | Go | Pidgin Plugin for mumbles-project - modern notification system for Gnome (linux only). |
MX610-notification | Unknown | Go | Provides notifications with Logitech MX610's IM led |
Smart Ear | Unknown | Go | Customized per-buddy sound events |
Led-notification | Unknown | Go | Provides notifications with laptops' extra LEDs and similar |
Profile and status updates
Plugin Name | Downloads | Website | Short Description |
Last.FM Plugin | 0-1,000 | Go | Shows information from your Last.FM / Audioscrobbler profile in your status message. |
Twitter in your Profile | 0-1,000 | Go | Insert your Twitter history into your profile. It gets updated periodically. |
Pidgin-Identica-Status | 0-1,000 | Go | Use a feed from identi.ca as your Pidgin status. |
Away-on-Lock | Unknown | Go | Sets you as away when the screensaver gets activated. |
Lock 'N Roll | Unknown | Go | Set any active accounts to Away (with a user-defined message if applicable) when the workstation locks, and back to Available when it is unlocked. If an account has an existing away message set, Lock ‘n’ Roll leaves it alone. |
Pidgin-Countdown | Unknown | Go | Sets your status counting down to a specific date & time. |
Google Talk Invisible | Unknown | Go | Adds the ability to go invisible with Google Talk (XMPP/Jabber protocol) |
Status to Twitter | 0-1,000 | Go | Update Twitter with your Pidgin Status |
'now playing' plugins
Plugin Name | Downloads | Website | Short Description |
Music Tracker | 1,000-10,000 | Go | Displays the music track currently playing in the status message. Supports a wide range of audio players. |
MusicInfo | Unknown | Go | Displays the currently-playing music in your status message and profile. Winamp API compatible. |
YuLastFM | 0-1,000 | Go | Yu Last.fm Pidgin tune status plugin. |
pilt spotify | unknown | Go | "now listening" plugin for spotify |
Interface tweaks
Plugin Name | Downloads | Website | Short Description |
Extended Buddy List Sort | 1,000-10,000 | Go | Adds more buddy list sorting options |
Character Counter | Unknown | Go | Plugin for displaying the character count of the current message. |
Pidgin Windows Position Manager | Unknown | Go | Places new conversation windows intelligently in Windows (i.e. doesn't always put them in the top left corner). |
Quote selected text | Unknown | Go | Quick specify message to answer |
Session Save | Unknown | 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 | Go | Inserts a smiley on ctrl+(number) combination. |
pidgin-cmds | Unknown | Go | Various conversation commands |
autoresize | Unknown | Go | Automatically update the buddy list to fit its contents (vertically). |
Manual Resize | Unknown | Go | Allows manually resizing the conversation window entry area. |
Accounts and logs
Plugin Name | Downloads | Website | Short Description |
Dexrex | Unknown | Go | Allows you to store your logs online for free accessible and searchable anywhere |
IM-History Plugin | Unknown | Go | Provides easy and convenient way to store your chats and contact list online (using im-history.com service). |
Web Pidgin | Unknown | Go | Access buddy list and conversations via mobile web browsers |
logstatus | Unknown | Go | Logs all the status changes to the buddy history. |
Pidgin Backup | Unknown | Go | Simply back up your preferences (prefs.xml) |
pidgin-autoanswer | Unknown | Go | A personal adviser, that tries to find suitable answers in your previous logs |
Miscellaneous
Plugin Name | Downloads | Website | Short Description |
Extended Preferences | 10,000-50,000 | Go | Provides some often-requested preferences |
Purple Plugin Pack | 10,000-50,000 | Go | Provides over 50 various plugins |
Birthday Reminder | 1,000-10,000 | Go | Reminds you of your buddies birthdays. |
Pidgin-LaTeX | 1,000-10,000 | Go | Allows you to include mathematical formulas in your conversations. |
pidginTeX | 1,000-10,000 | Go | Renders mathematical expressions. Lots of options, size, colors, etc. Built upon Pidgin-LaTeX. |
Pidgin-googledesktop | 0-1,000 | Go | Google Desktop Indexing Plugin for Pidgin |
DockApp | Unknown | Go or Go | Allows Pidgin to appear as an AfterStep Wharf icon. |
Pidgin-Audacious-Remote | Unknown | Go | Allows control over Audacious Media Player from the Pidgin conversation windows. |
Fonomo Video | Unknown | Go | Enables Video-chat invitations via Fonomo.com (requires Adobe Flash v9 or higher) |
Pidgin Personal Bar | Unknown | Go | Adds a section at the top of your buddy list to change your display name and personal message. |
QIP decoder | Unknown | Go | Corrects invalid incoming QIP 2005 diacritics and local symbols |
Textbon | Unknown | 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 | Go | Base 64 encoding of chat messages (A very simple Perl plugin) |
Hab.la | Unknown | Go | Lets you chat with visitors to your website for free using Pidgin. |
Pidglet | Unknown | Go | A Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget that displays your buddy list. |
Send Screenshot | Unknown | Go | Capture a rectangular area of your screen then send it as a file or directly as an image. |
Hide Inactive Buddies | Unknown | Go | Plugin to hide inactive buddies in buddy list. Determine inactive buddy by status. |
Language Translator | 300 - 500 | Go | Plugin to translate outgoing text from English language to selected language. |
URL Shortener | unknown | Go | Perl plugin to shorten long urls. Especially useful for finch. Download, rename to url_shorten.pl and put in plugins directory. URLs are shortened as they come in if they exceed maximum length setting. no action required. |
Development of Third-Party Plugins
If you're looking to develop a third-party plugin, you may find these resources valuable:
- C Plugin Howto (still in progress)
- API Documentation
- Third Party Plugin Translation Support