Pidgin is one program chat that allows you to connect with your accounts in many networks conversation at the same time. This means you can chat with friends on XMPP and watch an IRC channel at the same time, or talks on Facebook Messanger.
Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX-like operating systems. If you are looking for Pidgin for OS x; Try it Adium!
Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks: Jabber / XMPP, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE and Zephyr. It can support many more networks with addons. Essentially the application can connect you to any existing chat network as long as you add it suitable addon (plugin).
The Pidgin app is in constant development. Releases are usually frequent and come from user contributions such as bug reports and updates to the code.
Pidgin is free and ad-free. All of our code is open source and available under GNU General Public License. This means that you can download the Pidgin code and modify it according to your needs, as long as you publish the changes you made to benefit everyone.
Download the application (version 2.14.6)