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title: Pidgin

date: 2019-01-14T18:51:58.000Z

Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log into accounts on multiple chat

networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on

XMPP and sitting in an IRC channel at the same time.

Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX-like operating systems. Looking

for Pidgin for OS X? Try [Adium](https://adium.im)!

Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box:

Jabber/XMPP, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus

Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, and Zephyr. It can support many more with

[plugins](/plugins).

Pidgin supports many features of these chat networks, such as file transfers,

away messages, buddy icons, custom smileys, and typing notifications. Numerous

plugins also extend Pidgin's functionality above and beyond the standard

features.

Pidgin is under constant development. Releases are usually frequent and driven

by user contributions, such as [bug reports](https://pidgin.im/support/) and

[patches](https://developer.pidgin.im/).

Pidgin is free and contains no ads. All our code is open source and licensed

under the GNU General Public License. This means you can get Pidgin's underlying

code and modify it to suit your needs, as long as you publish the changes you

make for everyone to benefit from as well.

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Pidgin is translated into many different languages, thanks to the generous

contributions of our volunteer translators.

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If your native language is missing from this list or you've found that a

translation contains errors, you can help us! Take a look at our [tips for

translators](development/i18n/tips/) page!