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
Automatic Change Buddy Icon	​Go	After setting a refresh time, a directory to scan for images, and a flag for a recursive scan, this plugin will change your buddy icon automatically
Character Counter	​Go	Plugin for displaying the character count of the current message.
Extended Preferences	​Go	Provides some additional, often-requested preferences for Pidgin.
gSMS	​Go	Provides sms notification of received chats while the user is away. Sms notificiation is provided by Google Calendar service.
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 and Windows users.
Last.FM Plugin	​Go	The Last.FM Pidgin Plugin shows information from your Last.FM / Audioscrobbler profile, such as recently scrobbled tracks, in your status message.
Lazy Bums	​Go	Lazy Bums is a Gaim/Pidgin? plugin what sends a "hmm" to the other person or equally cryptic message and can be used in any kind of situation.
Led-notification	​Go	Provides notifications with laptops extra leds and similar
MX610-notification	​Go	Provides notifications with Logitech MX610's IM led
Mumbles-project Plugin	​Go	Pidgin Plugin for mumbles-project - modern notification system for Gnome (linux only).
MusicInfo	​Go	Music Info is a plugin what lets you display the music that you are listening to in your away message, available message, and profile. Works, theoretically, with any player that supports the Winamp API.
Music Tracker	​Go	Music Tracker is a plugin which displays the music track currently playing in the status message. Support for a wide range of audio players on both Windows and Linux platforms.
Off-the-Record Messaging	​Go	Allows you to have private conversations over instant messaging.
Pidgin-Audacious-Remote	​Go	Allows control over Audacious Media Player from the Pidgin conversation windows.
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-privacy-please	​Go	Pidgin privacy please is a pidgin plugin to stop spammers from annoying you.
Pidgin Windows Position Manager	​Go	Places new conversation windows intelligently in Windows (i.e. doesn't always put them in the top left corner).
Pidgin-Paranoia	​Go	Provides information-theoretically secure encrypted conversations using one-time pads.
Pidgin Snarl	​Go	Nice notifications using Snarl on Windows
pidginTeX	​Go	Renders mathematical expressions really fast. Lots of options, size, colors, and more. Built upon Pidgin-LaTeX.
Purple Plugin Pack	​Go	Provides over 50 plugins for Pidgin, Finch, and libpurple.
Secure Passwords	​Go	Secure account passwords in OS/Desktop standard password and credentials management programs.
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.
Web Pidgin	​Go	Web Pidgin is a plugin that lets you access your friends lists and conversations using any lightweight web browser such as the ones included in mobile phones, PDAs, iPod Touch, etc.

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
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
Rediffbol	​Go	Plugin for the Rediffbol IM network which is used by some groups in India
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
WinMX Peer Network	​Go	WPN (WinMX Peer Network) chats through WPNP (WinMX Peer Network Protocol)
XFire	​Go	Plugin to connect to the XFire gamers' IM network (​snapshots required for Pidgin support)

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