Pidgin is a program conversations that allows you to log in to your accounts on multiple chat networks at the same time. This means you can chat with friends on XMPP and monitor an IRC channel, or Facebook Messanger chats at the same time.
Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux and other UNIX operating systems. Are you looking for Pidgin for OS X? Try 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 has no ads. All our code is open source and available with 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 have made for the benefit of all.
Download the application (version 2.14.0)
