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Screenshot &sq=Envato&lang=en&file=File:Pidgin_2.10.9.png) Pidgin's buddy list window in Trisquel | |
| Initial release | December 31, 1998 (as Gaim) |
|---|---|
| Stable release | 2.14.13[1] 
/ 23 February 2024 |
| Preview release | None [±] |
| Repository | |
| Written in | C (C#, Perl, Python, Tcl are used for plugins) |
| Platform | Linux macOS (unofficial) Microsoft Windows Solaris(unofficial) FreeBSD NetBSD(unofficial) OpenBSD(unofficial) |
| Available in | Multiple languages[2] |
| Type | Instant messaging client |
| License | GPL-3.0-or-later |
| Website | pidgin |
 | This article needs to be updated. The reason given is: most of the sources cited by this article are over ten years old and it's unclear how true most of this information still is as of 2024. (August 2024) |
Pidgin (formerly named Gaim) is a free and open-source multi-platform instant messaging client, based on a library named libpurple that has support for many instant messaging protocols, allowing the user to simultaneously log in to various services from a single application, with a single interface for both popular and obsolete protocols (from AIM to Discord), thus avoiding the hassle of having to deal with new software for each device and protocol.
As of 2007[update], the number of Pidgin users was estimated to be over three million.[3]
Pidgin is widely used for its Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) plugin, which offers end-to-end encryption. For this reason it is included in the privacy and anonymity focused operating system Tails.[4]
- ^ "Pidgin 2.14.13 has been released!". February 23, 2024.
- ^ About Pidgin: Supported languages
- ^ "Luke Schierer discusses Pidgin, Open source and life" Archived February 8, 2008, at the Wayback Machine. PC World Australia, October 10, 2007.
- ^ "Chatting with Pidgin and OTR". Tails. Retrieved July 22, 2020.