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Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client

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Post by smusamashah » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 3:37 PM UTC

Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client
pidgin.im

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Post by brightball » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 3:53 PM UTC

This is exciting! I thought Pidgin had died off, but with the sheer number of chat platforms out there I'd much rather install a single Pidgin client to keep up with them.

Can it work effectively with the more closed system clients that exist today though?

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Post by andrewmcwatters » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 3:55 PM UTC

I'm glad to see Pidgin still alive and well. I remember ages ago moving to it from Trillian, and I don't think there's any other software around like it.

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Post by kowlo » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 3:56 PM UTC

I had no idea Pidgin still worked. I see support for WhatsApp and Signal, going to check it out now!

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Post by TameAntelope » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 3:57 PM UTC

brightball wrote: post #2

This is exciting! I thought Pidgin had died off, but with the sheer number of chat platforms out there I'd much rather install a single Pidgin client to keep up with them. Can it work effectively with the more closed system clients that exist today though?

Surprising to see both Discord and Slack on the list!

No MS Teams, though.

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Post by graftak » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 3:58 PM UTC

Holy smokes, this (or Adium, rather) is what I used back in the day to chat with my MSN friends in the age of aqua.

https://adium.im

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Post by nautical » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 3:59 PM UTC

kowlo wrote: post #4

I had no idea Pidgin still worked. I see support for WhatsApp and Signal, going to check it out now!

Last commit seems to be pretty old (~5 years)

https://github.com/davidgfnet/whatsapp-purple/

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Post by c0wb0yc0d3r » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 3:59 PM UTC

brightball wrote: post #2

This is exciting! I thought Pidgin had died off, but with the sheer number of chat platforms out there I'd much rather install a single Pidgin client to keep up with them. Can it work effectively with the more closed system clients that exist today though?

The link says there is support for signal, telegram, slack, whatsapp, even battle.net!!

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#9

Post by rijoja » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 4:00 PM UTC

Ah it's still alive. If not a time for revival! So many good memories!!

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Post by rukshn » Fri, Jan 22, 2021, 4:01 PM UTC

I can remember how I was able to chat with my Facebook friends with Pidgin, those were the days.

I don't think Facebook will allow any client to support chat like they used to do back in the days, unless you do some wired bridging hacks like you have to do in Matrix

Edit - fixed typo