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# Purple, Pidgin and Finch
libpurple
is
a
library
intended
to
be
used
by
programmers
seeking
to
write
an
IM
client
that
connects
to
many
IM
networks
.
It
comes
with
support
for
Bonjour
,
IRC
,
and
XMPP
,
among
others
and
there
are
many
more
networks
supported
via
[
third
party
plugins
](
https
:
//pidgin.im/plugins/).
Pidgin
is
a
graphical
IM
client
written
in
C
,
which
uses
the
GTK
toolkit
.
Finch
is
a
text
-
based
IM
client
written
in
C
,
which
uses
[
libgnt
](
https
:
//keep.imfreedom.org/libgnt/libgnt).
These
programs
are
not
endorsed
by
,
nor
affiliated
with
,
any
proprietary
instant
messaging
company
in
any
way
.
## Contributors
See
AUTHORS
and
COPYRIGHT
for
the
list
of
contributors
.
## Building
Pidgin
uses
[
Meson
](
https
:
//mesonbuild.com) as its build system. There is a
long
list
of
dependencies
that
is
not
currently
documented
here
due
to
differences
in
package
names
across
operating
systems
.
We
plan
to
fix
this
soon
,
if
you
have
any
suggestions
on
how
to
handle
this
,
please
let
us
know
.
You
can
quickly
build
Pidgin
with
the
following
commands
:
```
meson
setup
build
cd
build
ninja
ninja
install
```
There
are
quite
a
few
options
for
the
build
that
you
can
view
by
running
`
meson
configure
`
in
your
build
directory
.
You
can
specify
the
options
when
running
meson
like
the
following
:
```
meson
setup
-
Ddebug
=
true
build
```
If
you
have
already
run
`
meson
setup
`
you
can
use
`
meson
configure
`
:
```
cd
build
meson
configure
-
Ddebug
=
true
```
## Running
Currently
Pidgin
can
not
be
run
from
a
build
directory
,
which
means
you
must
install
it
first
.
Once
you
'
ve
done
that
,
you
only
need
to
run
`
pidgin3
`
or
`
finch3
`
.
If
it
fails
to
launch
you
may
need
to
run
`
ldconfig
`
as
root
.
To
get
started
,
simply
add
a
new
account
.
If
you
come
across
a
bug
,
please
report
it
at
:
[
issues
.
imfreedom
.
org
/
issues
/
PIDGIN
](
https
:
//issues.imfreedom.org/issues/PIDGIN)
## Plugins
libpurple
,
Pidgin
,
and
Finch
ship
with
a
number
of
plugins
,
but
you
can
find
additional
third
party
plugins
at
[
pidgin
.
im
/
plugins
](
https
:
//pidgin.im/plugins).
## Developing
You
can
find
more
information
about
Pidgin
development
in
the
[
development
section
](
https
:
//pidgin.im/development/) of our website.
## Sponsors
Pidgin
is
supported
by
DigitalOcean
who
graciously
sponsors
all
of
our
infrastructure
.
[
!
[
DigitalOcean
referal
link
](
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png
)](
https
:
//www.digitalocean.com/?refcode=b69e5dddf595&utm_campaign=Referral_Invite&utm_medium=Referral_Program&utm_source=badge)