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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.
If you are listing a plugin on this page, note that we will de-list the plugin if source code is not provided. Because Pidgin and libpurple are licensed under the GPLv2, the way plugins are loaded within Pidgin and libpurple require that the plugins be licensed in a GPL-compatible manner, which generally includes providing source code. We will also remove entries from this page that contain broken links, and we will remove any entry with links pointing to malicious sites or software.
Additional Protocols
There are third-party plugins for some protocols:
| Protocol Name | Downloads | Website | Short Description |
| MXit | 150,000+ | Go | MXit IM |
| msn-pecan | 100,000+ | Go | Alternative MSN access |
| Xfire | 70,000 + | Go | Gaming network |
| SIPE | 50,000+ | Go | Microsoft Office Communicator, Reuters Messaging |
| Skype IM | Go | ||
| Facebook IM | 10,000-50,000 | Go | Social network More info? |
| Microblog | 10,000-50,000 | Go | Twitter/Identica/Laconica? updates |
| Netsoul | 1,000-10,000 | Go | French network |
| Rediffbol | 1,000-10,000 | Go | Indian network |
| CyanChat | 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 |
| Mail.ru Agent (pidgin-mra) | Unknown | Go | Russian network |
| Mail.ru Agent (Mrim-prpl) | Unknown | Go | Russian 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 conversations 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 |
| bOt_tOOls | 0-1,000 | Go | Configurable plugin for auto-ignoring yahoo spammers |
Notifications
| Plugin Name | Downloads | Website | Short Description |
| Guifications | 70,000+ | Go | Provides "toaster" popup notifications. |
| Pidgin Advanced Sound Notification | 1,000-10,000 | Go | This plugin adds sounds for some notifications to pidgin (e.g. "Incoming Filetransfer" or "Authentication requested"). |
| 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 |
| led-notification | Unknown | Go | Fork of the above (did the author die?). Adds support for ThinkPads. |
| Command-notification | Unknown | Go | Based off Led-notification this plugin will execute a command on receiving a new message |
| AlienFX-notification | Unknown | Go | Provides notification over the AlienFX device of Alienware laptops and PCs |
| Pidgin-dock | Unknown | Go | Emulate Mac OS X - dock behaviour with cairo-dock, support Adium themes |
| KNotifications | Unknown | Go | Perl plugin that provides KDE 4 notifications |
| Pidgin-Libnotify+ | Unknown | Go | Provides libnotify notifications |
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 | 1,000-10,000 | 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. (Linux Gnome and KDE4) |
| Status Hot Keys | Unknown | Go | Global shortcut keys to set status and manipulate the buddy window visibility |
| 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. (Windows) |
| 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 |
| Full Screen Busy | 0-1,000 | Go | Sets the status to busy (or any saved status) when a full screen application is detected. (Windows) |
'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 |
| Pidgin-Audacious-Remote | Unknown | Go | Updates the status message using custom information retrieved from Audacious Media Player. This plugin also allows control over Audacious Media Player from the Pidgin conversation windows (play, pause, next...). |
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 and Go | Allows manually resizing the conversation window entry area. |
| keys per minute | 1,000-10,000 | Go | Counts the keys per minute while you are typing a message and displays it. |
| Adium to Pidgin themes converter | Unknown | Go | Allows to convert themes from Adiumxtras site |
| TooBars | Unknown | Go | Add toolbar and status bar to Pidgin buddy list |
| TooButtons | Unknown | Go | Add Send and Close buttons to Pidgin conversations |
Accounts and logs
| Plugin Name | Downloads | Website | Short Description |
| 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 Z | Unknown | Go | Fork from the original Web Pidgin. A lot of new features and bugfixes like Ajax support, digest authentication, webserver logs and gtalk-like grouping of messages and much more |
| 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 | 1,000-10,000 | Go | A personal adviser, that tries to find suitable answers in your previous logs |
| Office Hours | Unknown | Go | A plugin that logs you out if you go idle outside your 'office hours' so you can log in the same account(s) at home. In perl so may not work on MS Windows |
Miscellaneous
| Plugin Name | Downloads | Website | Short Description |
| Purple Plugin Pack | 10,000-50,000 | Go | Provides over 50 various plugins, including oft-requested IRC-related plugins. |
| Extended Preferences | 10,000-50,000 | Go | Provides some often-requested preferences |
| Olark | 7,500-10,000 | Go | Live chat for your website, monitor website visitors (IP address, geo loc., URL visiting) from pidgin buddy list. |
| 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. |
| 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) |
| Pidglet | Unknown | Go | A Windows Vista Sidebar Gadget that displays your buddy list. |
| Send Screenshot | 5,000-10,000 | Go | Take a screenshot and send it to a buddy. |
| 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 v0.9b3 | unknown | Go | Perl plugin to shorten long urls. Especially useful for finch. Download and put in plugins directory. URLs are shortened as they come in if they exceed maximum length setting. no action required. Requires some perl libraries to work. |
| Juick Plugin | 100 - 150 | Go | Plugin specially designed for Juick xmpp-microblogging service, providing support for moods and inline avatars |
| Block AOL System Msg | unknown | Go | Very simple plugin that blocks messages from "AOL System Msg" when you are logged into AIM from multiple locations. |
| Block <user> has left the conversation. | unknown | Go | Very simple plugin that blocks the message "<user> has left the conversation." |
| Pidgin Embedded Video | 1,000 - 5,000 | Go | A GTK plugin to watch videos directly into your Pidgin conversation |
| STFW | 0 - 1,000 | Go | A plugin that helps you teach your buddies how to use google. |
| Pidgin-convreverse | unknown | Go | Reverses any word on all conversation. |
| Pidgin ZNC Helper | 0 - 1,000 | Go | This plugin removes ugly double-timestamps when replaying messages from ZNC bouncers, e.g. "(13:00:00) [12:00:00] Lunch time!". |
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
