Pidgin, Finch, and libpurple

Pidgin is a graphical IM program that lets you sign on to AIM, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, and other IM networks. It uses GTK+. It was formerly called Gaim.

Finch is a console-based IM program that lets you sign on to AIM, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, and other IM networks. It uses ncurses. It was formerly called Gaim-text.

libpurple is a library used for developing IM programs. See What is libpurple? for more information.

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For Users

• FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions: Look here first!
• ​Using Pidgin
• ​Using Finch
• Tips for Bug Reports - You must be logged in to submit bug reports!
• Get a Backtrace - Follow these directions to help us debug crashes.
• ​Mailing Lists
• The Pidgin Philosophy - Why some things in Pidgin are the way they are
• Spread Pidgin - User submitted "fanart" to help Pidgin become popular!
• SummerOfCode2007 - The latest status on your favorite Summer of Code project!
• Merchandise
• Third-Party plugins - A page for plugin developers to list their plugins for users to see
• Pidgin-based applications? - A page to list the applications based on pidgin or libpurple.
• PidginCommunity
• ConfigurationFiles - what is in your .purple directory

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For Developers

Development Tools

• BugTracking
• ReleaseProcess
• RejectedPatches
• LocalTracChanges
• ViewMTN

Development Information

• TipsForPatchSubmissions
• TipsForTranslators
• Development FAQ
• DesignGuidelines
• SoC Discussions
• Building on Windows
• Version control:
  • UsingPidginMonotone
  • MonotoneLimitations
  • IdeaForMTNBranches
• Plugins and scripting:
  • C Plugin How-To
  • ​Perl Scripting HOWTO
  • ​Tcl Scripting HOWTO
  • D-Bus Scripting HOWTO
• The future:
  • AfterTwoOhOh
  • IdeasForBounties?
  • FutureSOCProjects?
• DeveloperPages

The Road to 2.4.0

• Tickets targeted for this release
• Tickets that require more information