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 pidgin

Graphical multi-protocol instant messaging client for x
714KB
http://www.pidgin.im
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180 reviews
Description:

Pidgin is a graphical, modular instant messaging client capable of using multiple networks at once. currently supported are: aim/icq, yahoo!, msn, irc, jabber/xmpp/google talk, napster, zephyr, gadu-gadu, bonjour, groupwise, sametime, simple, myspaceim, and mxit.

some extra packages are suggested to use increased functionality:
* gnome-panel | kdebase-workspace-bin | docker:
- to use the system tray icon functionality (minimizing to an icon, having
the icon blink when there are new messages, etc.)
* libsqlite3-0:
- to use contact availability prediction plugin

User reviews:
ScoreComment
1 week ago

Mazhar
4 Very good. Supports all.
2 weeks ago

fida1989
5 A great application...
2 weeks ago

williamjmorenor
5 A mi juicio es el mejor cliente para chat multiplataforma y multiprotoloco que existe, totalmete recomendado
2 weeks ago

giuseppecogoni
5 Really useful
1 month ago

ldiego008
5 !!!!!!!
1 month ago

akromic
4 Very nice, with just a few shortcomings
1 month ago

gmanuel89
5 Lightweight, customizable, so many plugins, well integrated. Perfect!
2 months ago

napoleon-ju
5 The best i've ever used!
2 months ago

lukyjay
5 Very customizable with its plugins!
2 months ago

ulysses
4 very good tool
2 months ago

Warlock
5 good and powerful and easy to use.
2 months ago

jamesmike87
5 The most stable instant messenging program for Linux bar none. I'm waiting for the day when all Linux Distros install this as the Instant Messenger of chioce by default.
2 months ago

Vrtule
5 best
2 months ago

felixculpa
5 It's perfect in every way but the purple icon really sticks out in most themes.
3 months ago

psyckers
5 This is a fantastic chat facility. I would like to see it have a Diaspora extension sometime soon though.
3 months ago

crom
5 Great little program. I'm using irc, msn and facebook chat and it just works.
3 months ago

ropetili
5 perfect substitute for Y!Mess
3 months ago

pett02
5 Prosty, szybki i obsługuje protokół GG. Co więcej trzeba do szczęścia?!
3 months ago

crismblog
5 Excellent and my favorite
4 months ago

bdheeman
5 the best, optimized, safe and compatible messenger client I ever encountered
4 months ago

kip-
5 there is nothing better then pidgin
5 months ago

Xpander0
5 clean, fast multiple protocols, including my favourite for xfire (gfireproject.org)
5 months ago

rohansftw
4 Can do better with voice and file transfer integration.
5 months ago

WUAmin
5 Fast and rich, i love it.
6 months ago

IIJETHROII
5 Very good multi protocols IM
6 months ago

ammaretto
3 Средней толковости, но лучше не нашел
6 months ago

zcode
2 OKay if nothing else is around. A bit too heavy on the corner-case features.
6 months ago

milos
5 great, smart, fast
7 months ago

LeanderPL
5 The Only Communicator for Linux!
7 months ago

stleon
2 Because dont support jabber
7 months ago

Anleoje
5 I love it :)
7 months ago

st_andrew
5 Maybe the best one! Simple, easy and great !
8 months ago

hanif
5 Superb IM client.. Love it.. Always..
8 months ago

flan_suse
5 Beats all others on any operating system. OTR is one of the most important plugins out there!
8 months ago

turnerguo
4 I found that I can't update it from PPA, the pigin PPA will break the mintUpdate...
8 months ago

bodam
5 I use it for IM and IRC. Works great!!!
8 months ago

Yashx
4 Easy and friendly, but sometime it bug
8 months ago

Labby
5 I don't IM much these days, but I gave Pidgin a go and it gets the job done. Plus, it supports about a bazillion different IM protocols which is quite handy.
9 months ago

chash27
5 simple chatting !!
9 months ago

riki137
5 Orsum!
9 months ago

sigurd1701
5 simple, easy to use yet powerful and ONE for all messenger protocols and Accounts! use it parallel to Empathy
9 months ago

tek_heretik
5 Keep wondering where the IE cored Yahoo Messenger crashing is, lol. ;-)
9 months ago

bugz
4 Good and reliable app. Had to switch back to it from empathy when encountered encoding problems.
9 months ago

pcwiz13
5 Fantastic IM client, much better than Empathy
10 months ago

galen
5 classic stable product, functionality galore, voice chat is a skype killer
10 months ago

linuxnpl
4 3*
10 months ago

Sinnfrage
5 The best IM out there.
10 months ago

lourdchien
4 Nice lightweight and basic multi protocol client. I use it to manage FB + MSN connections together.
10 months ago

obakfahad
5 Best thing in it..is Mxit account.....i love it.Try It please.then you will find how usefull Nad helpful it is.......
10 months ago

bulmaro90
4 Muy bueno, sobretodo por que puedes tener abiertas varias cuentas de diferentes redes.
11 months ago

dumsterdave
4 nice to have everything in one place.. doesnt always load properly though
11 months ago

creation
5 Nice alternative to windows clients like Yahoo, Msn or Skype
11 months ago

Althorion
5 Many networks, lots of plugins (including one to make images from TeX formulas). Unreplaceable.
11 months ago

RavS
5 Pretty coo! I would say. Chit-chatters would like it big time.
11 months ago

RytronII
5 I've yet to find a better IM client.
11 months ago

slw_
5 It's one of my favorites!
11 months ago

iftikhar955
5 it is bes.
11 months ago

timur
2 рабочий, но раздутый, нет простоты и минимализма
11 months ago

Sol_Badguy
5 The Best :)
11 months ago

AllGamer
2 is okay, not a fan of it
11 months ago

fothergillr
4 Pidgin is simplistic, and useful for my cross-client needs when it comes to instant messengers.
11 months ago

CDEX
2 No funciona la transferencia de archivos en el protocolo MSN... que es lo que más uso... no me sirve, me quedo con aMSN...
1 year ago

spacy01
5 My favorite chat client. Не знам, какво му харесвате на скайпа!
1 year ago

Germmare
4 1 of MyBasic programs, thats all i need !
1 year ago

WiiLLiamDv
4 NIce!!
1 year ago

prativasic
4 Its good
1 year ago

CaptSaltyJack
4 Good stuff - interface could be a little nicer, but it's good!
1 year ago

bAPTIST
2 У Pidgin не заслуженно высокие оценки.
1 year ago

Fruchtpfote
5 maybe the best gpl messenger
1 year ago

osamadakhil
4 I like it but i found a bug that i hope somebody can fix, facebook friends doesnot show when they are online but when i log in from a browser they are there and chattable !!
1 year ago

guv999
4 much nicer to use than Empathy - but does not have video/audio chat on MSN
1 year ago

groovydaddy
5 I don't do much with chat, but Pidgin allows me to have all of my chat stuff with one app. Simple, easy to use, easy to set up.
1 year ago

bst2
4 Useful
1 year ago

zapa
4 So so ... works fine, still a lil annoying with some things
1 year ago

rusgg
4 все работает, не удобный
1 year ago

burjans
5 Perfect
1 year ago

mitanshugamer
5 too good.....
1 year ago

Rikstation
4 Very good, good addons and lots of networks to connect to
1 year ago

Tuhin
5 Easy to use and Dependable.
1 year ago

tamoghna4
4 Works fine for me.
1 year ago

runical1991
5 Great program. Safe etc. Needs to be updated in the repositories, because adding msn buddies doesn't work in this release. In the new one it does.
1 year ago

HATRED
5 love it with some screenlets for it.
1 year ago

1w4nkx
4 i like it
1 year ago

Ioseph
5 Simple and effective.
1 year ago

Davidmp
2 Bulky, not very good sometimes wouldn't work went to empathy
1 year ago

RheinLoki
5 Sehr zu empfehlen ausser für Xmpp/Jabber dort leider noch zu wenig unterstützung
1 year ago

tiger2wander
5 Great OpenSource multiple IM!
1 year ago

Mitzh
3 ok, but doesn't work all the time for me
1 year ago

chucklebutte
5 Excellent!
1 year ago

ReckouNT
5 Plz, update a repositories, can't compile this with all functions included
1 year ago

ashtoash
3 Ugly
1 year ago

mudslinger
5 while it can be buggy with some protocols - it gives a nice simple interface without all of the flashy bits.
1 year ago

Flaker
3 It is like the lowest common denominator for all the protocols. I'd be happy with one 100% supported.
1 year ago

cmaew04
3 Works great for what it is suppose to. I am not able to use the advanced features that the original programs would offer. Would rather have Yahoo Messenger than logging into Yahoo from Pidgin.
1 year ago

Snorre
4 Good, fast, reliable
1 year ago

smitty_the_smith
4 Has some compatiblity problems with YIM but there's not IM better.
1 year ago

devil
2 it's not so good!!
1 year ago

ChirmiPlay
4 Muy bueno, aunque me gustaría que se pudiera hablar en estado "Invisible".
1 year ago

cybertriveni
4 need video call support for all network
1 year ago

rangelspeed
3 Não é tão bom assim, só quebra galho mesmo!!!
1 year ago

akash211
5 Excellent. Works very fine
1 year ago

dmitriywithers
5 easy work!!!
1 year ago

NumberSeventeen
3 Kinda good but not the best IM program. Doesn't support my webcam.
1 year ago

wanda
5 great fine program off google talk i like it.
1 year ago

30ctsparer
5 Best IM Client you can get!
1 year ago

Porkchop62882
4 It's really good...when it works. A lot of FB chat disconnects.
1 year ago

grim
4 I like it, good multi protocol support, but it lacks some important features.
1 year ago

itbcn8
4 Like Pidgin, but it's not without bugs and glitches...
1 year ago

bunty-arnab
4 I like. But Needs to Be faster
1 year ago

RobinJ
5 Pidgin is definately the best Instant Messaging client if you like to keep it simple or want to connect to multiple accounts!
1 year ago

fobenavi
2 Mejor que empathy, pero peor que emesene
1 year ago

izennig
3 Bom, mas empathy é melhor integrado ao sistema.
1 year ago

kneekoo
4 I like Pidgin but I really miss decent file transfers for Yahoo and audio/video as well.
1 year ago

nightwalker
5 multi-function...how about including VoIP function? is it possible to video chat too???
1 year ago

L3nz
5 Excellent messenger.
1 year ago

zarinfam
5 very handy messenger
1 year ago

sskeller
3 I generally use GoogleTalk on windows instead
1 year ago

kanha
3 nice one but somtimes fails to log in
1 year ago

Theologian
1 Non-essential: I have real friends.
1 year ago

juankvillegas
5 I don't use anything else
1 year ago

Elfo087
5 Mai visto nulla di migliore! Un unico programma per essere in chat ovunque! Bello, facile, non potrò più farne a meno.
1 year ago

KiLEX
5 Однозначно лучший им клиент. Как в линуксе, так и под виндой.
1 year ago

SnoopyDog
5 Good application with a lot of features and a nice GUI. A good alternative from windows AIM or Trillon.
1 year ago

Izumi
5 It's all I need for chating!
1 year ago

hellnest
5 Good application with lot of features and nice GUI...
1 year ago

bradfordtheede
3 good. facebook chat disconnect issue.
1 year ago

fenerbahce
5 the best one for linux...
1 year ago

dark1221
1 esta mejor emesene esto parece de celular y no es digno de una computadora
1 year ago

vviskari
2 Not for me. Only need Skype and this does not support it.
1 year ago

ceptor
4 neben skype ein klasse instant-messenger
1 year ago

ozos
3 Best multi-chat client
1 year ago

Mr. B
5 Started to use pidgin for the first time this very year somewhere in May and got hooked on it. Can't do without it now. Great piece of software.
1 year ago

nuremberg
5 Great interface, easy config. It's the best multi-chat client, both in Win and Linux. Better than Empathy, Kopete, Emesene.
1 year ago

mdowden
5 Best multi-chat client out there.
1 year ago

aomic
2 Poor Linux implementation of the full Win version
1 year ago

XeroXer
5 Great
1 year ago

ayonkhan
4 I like it.
1 year ago

incogita
4 Beautifully clean interface, and easily the number one IM client if you use multiple IM accounts. The lack of support for video and microphone conversations is probably it's biggest downfall. Apart from the support for multiple IM systems, the plugins are a good reason to use Pidgin over other IM clients.
1 year ago

Squirrel
5 Pidgin is the GNU of chat clients. Yes, it does everything. Yes, it's free. Yes, it's easy to use. No, we still can not seem to get the word out.
1 year ago

dbpatankar
3 Good one....... Just lacking video support.....
1 year ago

brianji03
5 This is my favorite instant messanging client. Much better than empathy in my opinion.
1 year ago

jelnikar
5 Ein verdammt gutes Programm!
1 year ago

vignan
5 best im for linux
1 year ago

Dejmon
5 Fandím mu!
1 year ago

ivanovnegro
5 I think the best messenger for Linux in my opinion.
1 year ago

changke
5 The best IM client ever!
1 year ago

robertofmj
5 One of the most mature linux program. Light, simple and never crash. Excellent choice !
1 year ago

andre_prior
3 Muito legal, mas para o MSN deixa um pouco a desejar.
1 year ago

zajda85
5 paradni nahrada za ICQ,Mirandu,Trillian a QIP :-)
1 year ago

jperez
5 Works well and has a lot of functions not present in other IM apps. Would still like to see Photo Sharing added for MSN.
1 year ago

davidy
5 The Best!
1 year ago

CeleronD
5 makes life easier for IM
1 year ago

ikey
3 Very usable when other alternatives aren't accessible, also Pidgin is not a linux implementation of a Windows version, but the other way around. Pidgin was written on Linux originally and was named GAIM.
1 year ago

khai
3 Poor Linux implementation of the full Win version
1 year ago

acpcalin
4 Great messenger! I don't really use messengers, but when I do, this is the way to go.
1 year ago

frubba
3 Very basic and smooth. Less points for lacking webcam support
1 year ago

Sherbet
4 Very functional & easy to use. Missing some niceties.
1 year ago

kangsat
5 need webcam service to make it perfect
1 year ago

BiGNoRm6969
5 Versatile. Pas de bugs. Super stable. Meilleur client chat/MSN disponible!
1 year ago

Pariah
4 i can never receive a file transfer..i can send one..grrr..other than that it's good
1 year ago

SeanBest
5 Best messenger period!
1 year ago

ReznikAlexander
2 ??? ????????????? ?????????????, ???????? ???????????? ???????? QIP ?????? ?? ????????
1 year ago

haruspexed
5 only one supporting otr encryption
1 year ago

rappelkiste_src
5 Unterstützt so gut wie alle Protokolle. Durch Plugin-System umfangreich erweiterbar.
1 year ago

linuxpenguin
5 I was skeptical at the beginning, but now I use it frequently - very good and you can be logged on multiple accounts at the same time
1 year ago

razernon
5 On of the best IM client for any platform.
1 year ago

dragonias
5 Pidgin's ability to handle many protocols, as well as its extensibility trouhg plugins, makes it one of my most favourite IM clients =)
1 year ago

exch
5 It's simple and clean. Just the way I like it!
1 year ago

gr0ul
4 nice. but i want more then it has
1 year ago

hukoeth
5 One of the best multi protocol IM clients out there. Flexible through plug-in system and nice UI
1 year ago

stephenmac7
3 It is okay
1 year ago

pbmuk
4 I use this across several protocols. Very capable and easy to set up.
2 years ago

Rich_Roast
4 Best I've seen yet
2 years ago

whaledove
5 I use it daily as my family all are using different IM
2 years ago

Ainer
5 Super flexible, extensible, IM client. I've been running it since the early alpha days (back when it was even uglier and called Gaim) and it's a hard one to beat.
2 years ago

clem
5 Must have.
2 years ago

KittyKatt
3 Awesome, awesome interface for multiple instant messaging protocols. I use it for pretty much everything. :D NOTE: Don't forge to mention the Purple Plugin Pack in the Description for added functionality. ;)
2 years ago

unexistance
5 awesome cross-platform IM client. Even better if you install the facebook chat plugin (that's what people are now on nowadays)
2 years ago

nikhilsinha
4 Very Useful.
2 years ago

Alexio
4 Better than most network-specific clients. You should know that the saved usernames and passwords are stored in a plain text file that anyone with access to your computer can read: see file:///home/YourUserName/.purple/accounts.xml

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