Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client

Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by emilsedgh on Friday January 22, 2021 @02:58PM (#25875609)

Gaim was one of the best apps out there. I'd absolutely love to use it.

But what do I use it for? Nowadays I talk to people on Facebook, Whatsapp, Instagram, Slack and Telegram and none of them can be used on Pidgin.

Not Pidgin's fault I know. Just companies trying to lock people in.

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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by spijdar on Friday January 22, 2021 @03:03PM (#25875666)

Just a heads up, at least several of those are supported to varying degrees. Looks like WhatsApp is supported through its web API, and slack and telegram's protocols are supported. Facebook messenger is no go, though.

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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by im_the_internet on Saturday January 23, 2021 @08:25AM (#25882027)

I'm currently using Pidgin for Facebook Messenger with https://github.com/dequis/purple-facebook/

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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by mqus on Friday January 22, 2021 @09:22PM (#25878940)

But facebook messenger at least used to work, I know I used it with pidgin before

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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by paulryanrogers on Friday January 22, 2021 @11:32PM (#25879681)

Facebook used to support XMPP. Which predates their separate Messanger app.

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Re:Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client by rw_grim on Saturday January 23, 2021 @06:44PM (#25887248)

There's modern facebook support with https://github.com/dequis/purple-facebook/

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