Project Summary
Pidgin is an instant messaging program for Windows, Linux, BSD, and other Unixes. You can talk to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, and Zephyr.
Pidgin can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on AIM, talking to a friend on Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at the same time.
Pidgin supports many features of the various networks, such as file transfer, away messages, and typing notification. It also goes beyond that and provides many unique features.
[Previously known as "Gaim".]
In a Nutshell, Pidgin IM (ex-Gaim)...
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has a well established, mature codebase
maintained by a small development team
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took an estimated 18 years of effort (COCOMO model)
starting with its first commit in March, 2000
ending with its most recent commit 5 days ago
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