Gajim
Free instant messaging client for the XMPP protocol
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::summary Free instant messaging client for the XMPP protocol ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| name | Gajim |
| logo | [[File:Gajim.svg |
| screenshot | [[File:Gajim Screenshot.png |
| caption | Gajim main window (version 1.8.2) |
| logo alt | Gajim Logo |
| developer | Gajim Developers |
| released | May 21, 2004 |
| latest release version | |
| latest release date | |
| latest preview version | |
| latest preview date | |
| repo | |
| programming_language | Python |
| operating system | BSD, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows |
| standard | XMPP |
| language | Multi language |
| genre | Instant messaging client |
| license | GPL-3.0-only |
| website | |
| :: |
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Features
Gajim aims to be an easy to use and fully-featured XMPP client. Gajim uses GTK (PyGObject) as GUI library, which makes it cross-platform compatible. Some of its features:
- Group chat support
- Emojis, Avatars, File transfer
- Systray icon, Spell checking
- TLS, OpenPGP and end-to-end encryption support
- Transport Registration support
- Service Discovery including Nodes
- Wikipedia, dictionary and search engine lookup
- Multiple accounts support
- D-Bus Capabilities
- XML Console
- Jingle voice and video support (removed since version 2.0.0 due to lack of maintainer)
- OMEMO encryption
- HTTP file upload
- Read markers
- Hats Gajim is available in Basque, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, English, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Russian, Spanish, Slovak, Swedish, Ukrainian and others.
Third-party plugins
Gajim supports various third-party plugins (official list).
References
Reviews
- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier Review: Gajim Jabber client on Linux.com, September 16, 2005
- Mihai Marinof, Gajim Review. Free Jabber client for Linux. on Softpedia, 7 November 2006
References
- [https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/blob/master/ChangeLog ChangeLog]
- "Development page".
- (2009-10-19). "Tom's Definitive Linux Software Roundup: Communications Apps".
- [https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/blob/gajim_0.14/ChangeLog#L30 Gajim 0.14 ChangeLog]
- [https://gajim.org/posts/2025-02-28-gajim-2.0.0-released/ Gajim 2.0.0]
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