= Third-Party Plugins =

This page is intended for plugin developers to use to make their plugins more visible to users.  We do '''''not''''' 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 a row to the table below!

Note that we do not support '''any''' of these plugins.  If you have problems with the plugins, you need to contact the plugin's developer using any resources available on the plugin's website.  Any and all tickets citing bugs in third-party plugins will be closed as invalid, as we do not develop or support these plugins.  You have been warned.

So, all that said, here is the table of plugins:

|| '''Plugin Name''' || '''Website''' ||'''''Short'' Description'''||
|| Guifications || [http://plugins.guifications.org/ Go] || Provides "toaster" popup notifications. ||
|| Purple Plugin Pack || [http://plugins.guifications.org/ Go] || Provides over 30 plugins for Pidgin, Finch, and libpurple. ||
|| Extended Preferences || [http://gaim-extprefs.sf.net/ Go] || Provides some additional, often-requested preferences for Pidgin. ||
|| Pidgin-Encryption || [http://pidgin-encrypt.sf.net/ Go] || Transparently encrypts your instant messages with RSA encryption.  ||
|| Off-the-Record Messaging || [http://www.cypherpunks.ca/otr/ Go] || Allows you to have private conversations over instant messaging.  ||

Protocol Plugins
|| '''Protocol Name''' || '''Website''' ||'''Source'''||'''Binaries'''||'''Last Build'''||
|| Netsoul || [http://sourceforge.net/projects// Go] || Yes || Win32 || 2.0beta6 ||
|| XFire || [http://plugins.guifications.org/ Go] || Yes || Yes || 2.0beta3 ||
|| Battle.net || [http://gaim-bnet.sourceforge.net/ Go] || Yes || Win32 || 1.1.x ||
|| SIP-e (MS Communicator) || [http://sipe.sourceforge.net/ Go] || Yes || No || 2.0.x ||

Note that additional plugins are still hosted on our old [http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group_id=235&atid=390395 Sourceforge Tracker].  Some of these plugins may be updated to work with Pidgin, and some still may be for older versions.

== 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]