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Pidgin Chat Client
Posted by Bipul Raman on June 14, 2013.
Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time.

Exciting features of Pidgin:
  • Pidgin runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems.
  • Available in more than 83 languages.
  • Compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Facebook, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MXit, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It can support many more with plugins.
  • A lot of additional features like playing music status, auto-reply etc. can be activated by switching plugins ON.
  • Pidgin integrates with the system tray on Windows, GNOME2, KDE 3, and KDE 4.
  • Pidgin is free and contains no ads. All code is free, open source and licensed under the GNU General Public License.
  • Fast, works better on both slow as well as fast internet connections.
  • No need to create any accounts.