Third-Party Plugins

This page is intended for plugin developers to make their plugins more visible to users. We don't provide hosting for plugins as we simply do not have the resources to do so. We do, however, encourage anyone hosting their own plugins to add them to the list below!

Note that we do not support any of these plugins. If you have problems with the plugins, please contact the plugin's author using resources available on the plugin's website. Please do not file tickets in the Pidgin bug tracking system, as we do not develop or support these plugins.

"Normal" Plugins

These plugins appear in the plugins list and provide additional functionality.

Plugin Name	Website	Short Description
Extended Preferences	​Go	Provides some additional, often-requested preferences for Pidgin.
Guifications	​Go	Provides "toaster" popup notifications.
IM-History Plugin	​Go	Provides easy and convenient way to store your chats and contact list online (using im-history.com service) for Linux users.
Led-notification	​Go	Provides notifications with laptops extra leds and similar
MX610-notification	​Go	Provides notifications with Logitech MX610's IM led
Off-the-Record Messaging	​Go	Allows you to have private conversations over instant messaging.
Pidgin-Audacious	​Go	Allows control over Audacious Media Player from the Pidgin conversation. The webpage is in Italian, but the plugin is in English.
Pidgin-Encryption	​Go	Transparently encrypts your instant messages with RSA encryption.
Pidgin-LaTeX	​Go	Allows you to include mathematical formulas in your conversations.
Pidgin Enhanced History	​Go	Provides similar functionality to the stock History plugin, but provides more features and options.
Pidgin Meebo Me	​Go	Handles authorization and deletion of Meebo guest accounts.
Pidgin Windows Position Manager	​Go	Places new conversation windows intelligently in Windows (i.e. doesn't always put them in the top left corner).
Purple Plugin Pack	​Go	Provides over 30 plugins for Pidgin, Finch, and libpurple.
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.
Smart Ear	​Go	Smart Ear allows you to opt to play sounds when a buddy sends you an IM, signs on, returns from away or idle, or any combination of these.

Protocol Plugins

These plugins do not appear in the plugins list. Instead, they create new entries in the protocol field of the account editor and enable the user to connect to new IM or chat networks.

Protocol Name	Website	Short Description
Battle.net	​Go	Plugin to connect to the battle.net IM service
NateOn	​Go	Plugin to connect to the korean IM NateOn
Netsoul	​Go	Plugin for the netsoul IM network used at engineering schools in Paris, France
SIP-e (MS Communicator)	​Go	Plugin to connect to the MS Communicator IM server
Tlen.pl	​Go	Plugin to connect to the polish IM Tlen.pl
XFire	​Go	Plugin to connect to the XFire gamers' IM network
Skype	​Go	Plugin to connect to the Skype network via Skype API (!!require Skype to be running!!)

Loader Plugins

These plugins do not appear in the plugins list. Instead, they allow loading plugins written in other languages.

(None listed yet)

Additional Plugins

Note that additional plugins are still hosted on our old ​Sourceforge Tracker. Some of these plugins may be updated to work with Pidgin, and some still may be for older versions.

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
Hab.la	​Go	Lets you chat with visitors to your website for free using Pidgin.

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