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Within Vinony's link graph, Pidgin is referenced by 306 other articles, and connects out to IRC, Telegram (software) and instant messaging.
It is catalogued under topics including 1998 software, AIM (software) clients and Applications using D-Bus.
Its subject is documented across 47 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Developer
- The Pidgin Project
- Initial release
- December 31, 1998 ; 27 years ago ( 1998-12-31 ) (as Gaim)
- Stable release
- 2.14.14 / 23 January 2025
- Preview release
- 3.0.0 Experimental 5 (31 December 2025) [ ± ]
- Written in
- C
- Platform
- Linux , macOS (unofficial), Microsoft Windows , Solaris (unofficial), FreeBSD , NetBSD (unofficial), OpenBSD (unofficial)
- Available in
- Multiple languages
- Type
- Instant messaging client
- License
- GPL-3.0-or-later
- Website
- pidgin .im
- Repository
- keep .imfreedom .org /pidgin /pidgin /
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- free and open-source software
- Named after
- AOL Instant Messenger
- Official website
- pidgin.im
- Image
- Pidgin 2.10.9.png
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- operating system
- cross-platform
- GUI toolkit or framework
- GTK
- copyright license
- GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later
- Commons category
- Pidgin (instant messaging client)
- software version identifier
- 2.14.14
- different from
- Pidgin
- publication date
- 1998-12-31
- programmed in
- C
- Commons gallery
- Pidgin (instant messaging client)
- inception
- 1998-12-31
- source code repository URL
- keep.imfreedom.org/pidgin/pidgin
Sources (7)
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Gallery (4)
Connections
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Concept
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Entity
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Entity
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Entity
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Entity
Facebook
Concept
YouTube
Concept
X (social network)
Concept
Linux
Entity
operating system
Entity
Ubuntu
Entity
Microsoft Windows
Entity
C
Entity
Instagram
Concept
Python
Entity
WhatsApp
Concept
Wayback Machine
Entity
Categories
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