Pidgin, Finch, and libpurple

Pidgin is a graphical IM program that lets you sign on to Jabber, GoogleTalk, IRC, 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 Jabber, GoogleTalk, IRC, 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.

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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 .purple directory
• Using Libpurple
• Using Finch
• TranslationsAndStringFreezes

• Why is there no iOS version?

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

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For Developers

Google Summer of Code

• Instructions for Google Summer of Code applicants to Pidgin, Finch, and libpurple
• SoC Discussions
• SoC Ideas
  • Less refined SoC and Bounty Ideas
• Previous years:
  • 2015
  • 2013
  • 2012
  • 2010
  • 2009
  • 2008
  • 2007

Development Tools

• BugTracking
• ReleaseProcess
• SecurityVulnerabilityProcess
• LocalTracChanges
• ​Browse Source

Development Information

• Patches:
  • TipsForPatchSubmissions
    • Code Style Guide
  • All Patches Report
  • Patches Needing Improvement
  • Rejected and Abandoned Patches
• TipsForTranslators
• Development FAQ
• Design Guidelines
• Libpurple Architecture
• Dependencies
• Building Pidgin
• Building on Windows
• Source code from version control:
  • UsingPidginMercurial
  • UsingPidginMonotone (deprecated - do not use)
• Plugins and scripting:
  • C Plugin How-To
  • Perl Scripting HOWTO
  • Tcl Scripting HOWTO
  • D-Bus Scripting HOWTO
• The future:
  • AfterTwoOhOh
  • Roadmap for 3.0.0
  • Conversation themes
• Possible License Violations
• EditorConfigs
• DeveloperPages
• Ticket Statistical Junk

Other Resources

• ​Ohloh project statistics
• ​Source Repository

The Road to 3.0.0

• Tickets targeted for this release
• Tickets that require more information
• Tickets that are already fixed

The Road to 2.14

• Tickets targeted for this release
• Tickets that require more information
• Tickets that are already fixed