Still going? Wow! I remember it from the MSN Messenger days.
Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client
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Re: Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client
#42I 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/
So? That doesn't mean it doesn't still work. I use it every day as my Hangouts[0] client at work[1].
[0] Technically it's a Google Talk client, but it seems to be able to communicate fine with Hangouts users for now.
[1] Yes we use Hangouts at work for intradepartmental chat.
Re: Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client
#43It would be cool if they had compiled mac binaries available on their downloads page. They instead recommend Adium, which hasn't had a commit on master in five years.
Re: Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client
#44Considering this is open source (which I'm assuming includes the plugins), wouldn't this be a much better alternative to the native apps on mobile? Curious as to why this hasn't been ported to Android/iOS. I'd much prefer this over apps that need permission to my blood type to function. Pidgin was great back in the day for convenience, but there is a legitimate argument to be made for privacy here too. EDIT: It just…
Have you seen the latest review of the Librem 5 from Linus Tech Tips? The phone seems to run Linux apps fine... it doesn’t have working camera drivers a year after release though...
So Pidgin (gaim for those of us old enough to remember those days) should run fine without a port.
Re: Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client
#45This list is potentially out of date. Looking at the bottom of the page is the tag:
> Modified 2019-04-17 by Anon
This is nearly two years ago, and checking archive.org for the same page (earliest copy is Jan 2020) [0], it seems not to have changed since then.
Knowing that protocols do change with time, this probably doesn't give a good overview of what is currently working with it.
[0] https://web.archive.org/web/20200129221838if_/http://www.pid...
Re: Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client
#46Nostalgia for meebo. Miss that thing, ahead of it's time.
I used Meebo a lot, and I'm only just now realizing the shutdown was because of Google. They bought out the company to assign the staff to Google+. What a waste.
Re: Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client
#47Considering this is open source (which I'm assuming includes the plugins), wouldn't this be a much better alternative to the native apps on mobile? Curious as to why this hasn't been ported to Android/iOS. I'd much prefer this over apps that need permission to my blood type to function. Pidgin was great back in the day for convenience, but there is a legitimate argument to be made for privacy here too. EDIT: It just…
Chatty, from librem uses libpurple, which pidgin is built on, for its sms app so it also supports xmpp, i dont think itd be hard to support the other services libpurple supports, i found it pretty easy to add purple-facebook support
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#48Considering this is open source (which I'm assuming includes the plugins), wouldn't this be a much better alternative to the native apps on mobile? Curious as to why this hasn't been ported to Android/iOS. I'd much prefer this over apps that need permission to my blood type to function. Pidgin was great back in the day for convenience, but there is a legitimate argument to be made for privacy here too. EDIT: It just…
Not sure if this has changed, but at least on why it's not on iOS [1]: > In a nutshell, the Apple Developer Agreement is the biggest "problem" preventing a Pidgin build for iOS devices. We won't quote the exact text here, but the Agreement requires that developers allow Apple to impose additional restrictions on applications above and beyond the application's own license. Among these additional restrictions are the w…
With such a commitment to free software, isn't it a bit ironic they ported it to Windows?
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#49Does nobody remember Pidgin? It was one of the first things a lot of people installed on their machines 15 years ago along with Firefox. We used it as an alternative client to AOL Instant Messenger and Yahoo Messenger. It used to be called GAIM.
Re: Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client
#50Considering this is open source (which I'm assuming includes the plugins), wouldn't this be a much better alternative to the native apps on mobile? Curious as to why this hasn't been ported to Android/iOS. I'd much prefer this over apps that need permission to my blood type to function. Pidgin was great back in the day for convenience, but there is a legitimate argument to be made for privacy here too. EDIT: It just…
The simple answer is the developer (Gary) doesnt have the time. The project needs help. Rwgrim on twitch is the lead dev