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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 runs on Microsoft Windows and Unixes. It is written in C and uses GLib and GTK+.
Finch is a console-based IM program that lets you sign on to AIM, Jabber, MSN, Yahoo!, and other IM networks. It runs on Unixes. It uses GLib and ncurses.
libpurple is a library used for developing IM programs. See What is libpurple? for more information.
For Users
Help
- Frequently Asked Questions - Look here first!
 
- Using This Site
- Tips for Bug Reports - You must be logged in to submit bug reports!
 - Get a Backtrace - Follow these directions to help us debug crashes.
 
 - Using Pidgin
- Default Keyboard Shortcuts
 - ConfigurationFiles - what is in your 
.purpledirectory 
 - Using Libpurple
 - Using Finch
 
The Pidgin Community
- PidginCommunity
 - Mailing Lists
 - The Pidgin Philosophy - Why some things in Pidgin are the way they are
 - Merchandise
 - Spread Pidgin - User submitted "fanart" to help Pidgin become even more popular!
 - Third-Party plugins - A page for plugin developers to list their plugins for users to see
 - Third-Party Smiley Themes - A page for smiley theme authors to list their smiley themes for users to see
 
For Developers
Google Summer of Code
- SoC Discussions
 - Project Ideas
 - Previous years:
 
Development Tools
Development Information
- Patches:
 - TipsForTranslators
 - Building Pidgin
 - Development FAQ
 - Design Guidelines
 - Libpurple Architecture
 - Dependencies
 - Building on Windows
 - Source code from version control:
- UsingPidginMercurial
 - UsingPidginMonotone (deprecated - do not use)
 
 - Plugins and scripting:
 - The future:
 - Possible License Violations
 - EditorConfigs
 - DeveloperPages
 - Ticket Statistical Junk
 
The Road to 3.0.0
- Tickets targeted for this release
 - Tickets that require more information
 - Tickets that are already fixed
 

