date: 2019-05-19T17:51:27.000Z
- developer.pidgin.im/wiki/PidginCommunity
lastmod: 2020-01-14T05:00:21.000Z Pidgin is a huge project with a community that helps to provide support. We
have a number of ways you can get in touch with us.
The Pidgin team can be reached via mailing lists for support and development
- [
support@pidgin.im](
mailto:support@pidgin.im) ([List Info](https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/support)) ([List Archive](https://lists.pidgin.im/pipermail/support/))
- [
devel@pidgin.im](
mailto:devel@pidgin.im) ([List Info](https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo/devel)) ([List Archive](https://lists.pidgin.im/pipermail/devel/))
- We offer a few other mailing lists. [
See the full list.](
https://lists.pidgin.im/listinfo)
If you prefer chat-based contact, the Pidgin community has two primary chat
- `#pidgin` on
`irc.freenode.net` on IRC
- `devel@conference.pidgin.im`, a Jabber/XMPP MUC (Multi-User Chat)
In the very near future we will be launching a limited public chat instance
where people without an existing XMPP account can reach us via XMPP. This
limited instance will allow you to talk in all Pidgin and IMFreedom chat rooms
but it will not allow server to server communication. This is primarily due to
resources. We're trying to create and support a chat client and not a public
chat network which would require a large investment in moderation, among other
We often get people asking how they can help. Take a look at the
[
Contributing](
/development/contributing) page for suggestions! There are lots of things to
do for people, and a lot of them don't even involve the source code!
