# Applications

**URL:** https://discourse.imfreedom.org/c/applications/31.md

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## [About the Applications category](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/about-the-applications-category/421)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
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## [Pidgin 3.0 Alpha 3 2.97.0 has been released!](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-alpha-3-2-97-0-has-been-released/436)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 2, 2026, 1:29pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-alpha-3-2-97-0-has-been-released/436 "2026-10-02T13:29:34Z")

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We are ecstatic to announce that we have released the third alpha version of Pidgin 3.0!!! This release has an official version number of 2.97.0. We will continue releasing in this fashion until we are ready for 3.0.0 wh…

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## [More frequent releases?](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/more-frequent-releases/435)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [September 29, 2026, 4:43am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/more-frequent-releases/435 "2026-09-29T04:43:15Z")

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So I have a crazy idea I either need to be talked out of or convinced it’s not crazy… After alpha 3 on Wednesday I want move to monthly releases on the last Thursday of the month. There’s a number of reasons for this… …

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## [Pidgin 3 MVP requirements](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-mvp-requirements/418)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 9\
**Last updated:** [September 28, 2026, 7:13pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-mvp-requirements/418 "2026-09-28T19:13:56Z")

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This post is mainly geared towards pidgin and protocol developers, but as I keep getting reminded, Pidgin 2’s days on Wayland are getting shorter and shorter and we need to get Pidgin 3 usable. So I would like to know, …

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## [Status of the Quail project](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/status-of-the-quail-project/422)

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**Author:** [@ivanhoe](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/ivanhoe)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 26, 2026, 8:14pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/status-of-the-quail-project/422 "2026-08-26T20:14:46Z")

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Almost 4 years ago I started tinkering with Quail which at that point had been abandoned for 8 years. Here are some notable changes I did besides doing various bug fixes: Qt6 port removed the dependency to Qt WebEngine …

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## [Finch.im domain is expiring](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/finch-im-domain-is-expiring/417)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [August 20, 2026, 10:15pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/finch-im-domain-is-expiring/417 "2026-08-20T22:15:25Z")

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Awhile back we bought finch.im as a way to promote Finch. However, we never did much with it and since then we’ve started creating subdomains on imfreedom.org for projects including finch.imfreedom.org. As such we are l…

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## [Retiring the State of the Bird](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/retiring-the-state-of-the-bird/412)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [August 2, 2026, 5:25pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/retiring-the-state-of-the-bird/412 "2026-08-02T17:25:30Z")

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After a bit of deliberation I’ve decided we’re going to retire the State of the Bird posts for the immediate future. I’m currently 3 months behind as the last one I actually published was April 2026. There is a fair amo…

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## [Gentoo overlay with pidgin3 ebuilds](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/gentoo-overlay-with-pidgin3-ebuilds/405)

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**Author:** [@norayr](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/norayr)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 11, 2026, 12:08pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/gentoo-overlay-with-pidgin3-ebuilds/405 "2026-07-11T12:08:51Z")

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i have built pidgin3 by using the ebuilds. if you run gentoo and want to follow pidgin3 development, this overlay is for you GitHub - norayr/norayr-overlay: norayr's gentoo overlay · GitHub

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## [Pidgin 3.0 Alpha 2 2.96.0 has been released!](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-alpha-2-2-96-0-has-been-released/398)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [July 1, 2026, 3:41am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-alpha-2-2-96-0-has-been-released/398 "2026-07-01T03:41:52Z")

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We are ecstatic to announce that we have released the second alpha version of Pidgin 3.0!!! This release has an official version number of 2.96.0. We will continue releasing in this fashion until we are ready for 3.0.0 w…

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## [Plugin Discovery](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/plugin-discovery/326)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 16\
**Last updated:** [June 23, 2026, 1:12am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/plugin-discovery/326 "2026-06-23T01:12:27Z")

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I’m looking at the possibility of removing https://pidgin.im/plugins and encouraging people to have wiki posts in Plugins. There’s pros and cons to this but I’m curious what people think. A few pros would be that it’s…

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## [Compromised Pidgin plugins in the Arch User Repository](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/compromised-pidgin-plugins-in-the-arch-user-repository/390)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 13, 2026, 10:21pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/compromised-pidgin-plugins-in-the-arch-user-repository/390 "2026-06-13T22:21:33Z")

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Greetings everyone! As you may have heard there was a incident with the Arch Linux User Repository where some malware had been added to many packages. Fortunately, Pidgin itself was not affected, but unfortunately some …

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## [State of the Bird April 2026](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-april-2026/388)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 2, 2026, 3:07am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-april-2026/388 "2026-06-02T03:07:42Z")

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State of the Bird April 2026 The State of the Bird is a recap of what has been happening in Pidgin and related projects over the past month. You can find the previous posts via the state-of-the-bird tag or via RSS. Ret…

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## [State of the Bird March 2026](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-march-2026/384)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [April 30, 2026, 7:15pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-march-2026/384 "2026-04-30T19:15:50Z")

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State of the Bird March 2026 The State of the Bird is a recap of what has been happening in Pidgin and related projects over the past month. You can find the previous posts via the state-of-the-bird tag or via RSS. Ret…

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## [Old but New IRC Channel](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/old-but-new-irc-channel/383)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [April 20, 2026, 7:38pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/old-but-new-irc-channel/383 "2026-04-20T19:38:45Z")

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We just opened up #gaim on irc.libera.chat! Come hang out!

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## [Gaim 3 Announcement](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/gaim-3-announcement/379)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 11:59pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/gaim-3-announcement/379 "2026-04-01T23:59:50Z")

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We’ve been keeping this somewhat quiet, but it’s time to be LOUD!! Gaim 3 exists!! It is a new from scratch GTK4 interface on top of libpurple 3 reproducing the Pidgin 2/Gaim interface! You can find more information ab…

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## [Long-term progress updates](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/long-term-progress-updates/376)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [April 1, 2026, 4:17pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/long-term-progress-updates/376 "2026-04-01T16:17:26Z")

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So I’ve come to the realization that the state of the bird, even done monthly, isn’t covering enough for most people as it is a relative update and not a cumulative update. I’m not sure if this should be a change to the …

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## [Website and Mastodon Account!](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/website-and-mastodon-account/380)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 10:13pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/website-and-mastodon-account/380 "2026-03-31T22:13:06Z")

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We have a website and mastodon now!!

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## [Pidgin 3.0 Alpha 1 2.95.0 has been released!](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-alpha-1-2-95-0-has-been-released/378)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 31, 2026, 8:46pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-alpha-1-2-95-0-has-been-released/378 "2026-03-31T20:46:54Z")

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We are ecstatic to announce that we have released the very first alpha version of Pidgin 3.0!!! This release has an official version number of 2.95.0. We will continue releasing in this fashion until we are ready for 3.0…

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## [Pidgin 3.0 Experimental 5 (2.94.0) has been released!](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-experimental-5-2-94-0-has-been-released/338)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2026, 7:06pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-experimental-5-2-94-0-has-been-released/338 "2026-03-28T19:06:19Z")

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We are ecstatic to announce that we have released the fifth experimental version of Pidgin 3.0!!! This is a pre-alpha release with an official version number of 2.94.0. We will continue releasing in this fashion until we…

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## [Should we add DOAP files to everything?](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/should-we-add-doap-files-to-everything/310)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [March 28, 2026, 4:11pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/should-we-add-doap-files-to-everything/310 "2026-03-28T16:11:13Z")

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Earlier I was looking at DOAP files which is something we haven’t traditionally done. But they’re meant to put a bunch of machine readable information into open source project repositories. There’s some GNOME specific d…

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## [Pidgin 3 Development Phases](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-development-phases/369)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 5, 2026, 9:33pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-development-phases/369 "2026-03-05T21:33:07Z")

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So far we’ve done “experimental” releases for Pidgin 3 but we never really documented what it means to be experimental or what comes after that so I’m going to attempt to tackle here. Purple 3 and Pidgin 3 provide publi…

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## [Packager Roll call](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/packager-roll-call/366)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [March 3, 2026, 7:59am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/packager-roll-call/366 "2026-03-03T07:59:21Z")

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It’s been a long time since we’ve been aware of who is packaging Pidgin and our other software and we’d like to correct that. This information is important so we can quickly convey a quick release for a critical fix or w…

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## [Media Manager crashes (gst\_is\_device)](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/media-manager-crashes-gst-is-device/367)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 10:20pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/media-manager-crashes-gst-is-device/367 "2026-03-02T22:20:15Z")

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@packagers We’ve been getting reports of crashes in the media API in a gst\_is\_device check. We believe we have a fix for this, but wanted to reach out to you all as it’s going to be a little bit before we’re able to rel…

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## [State of the Bird February 2026](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-february-2026/364)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [March 2, 2026, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-february-2026/364 "2026-03-02T15:08:52Z")

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State of the Bird February 2026 The State of the Bird is a recap of what has been happening in the project and related projects. You can find the previous posts via the state-of-the-bird tag or via RSS. Retrospective O…

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## [Pidgin not detecting a plugin](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-not-detecting-a-plugin/361)

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**Author:** [@zipsegv](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/zipsegv)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [February 25, 2026, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-not-detecting-a-plugin/361 "2026-02-25T21:53:25Z")

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Hello! I’m trying to use the Discord Pidgin plugin, but when I put the .so into ~/.purple/plugins, then check Tools \> Plugins, it does not show up at all. I don’t believe this is an issue with this specific plugin. Do I…

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## [Paste and Send Thoughts](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/paste-and-send-thoughts/347)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [February 10, 2026, 7:11pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/paste-and-send-thoughts/347 "2026-02-10T19:11:40Z")

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While going over https://issues.imfreedom.org/issue/PIDGIN-14628 I had some thoughts and I’m curious what others might think of them. This sounds simple on the surface, but how should we handle existing text? Does the p…

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## [New Zulip Server](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/new-zulip-server/360)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 9, 2026, 10:23pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/new-zulip-server/360 "2026-02-09T22:23:24Z")

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Before I could announce that we’re going to add Zulip as the next protocol in Pidgin 3, Discord went ahead and decided they were going to add age verification to all users. We take everyone’s privacy very seriously and …

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## [Crash when removing a disconnected account](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/crash-when-removing-a-disconnected-account/359)

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**Author:** [@ivanhoe](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/ivanhoe)\
**Replies:** 7\
**Last updated:** [February 6, 2026, 8:26pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/crash-when-removing-a-disconnected-account/359 "2026-02-06T20:26:37Z")

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Do we need a NULL check here? Thread 1 “pidgin3” received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00007ffff7a953c1 in g\_type\_check\_instance\_is\_fundamentally\_a () from /usr/lib64/libgobject-2.0.so.0 (gdb) bt 12 #0 0x00007…

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## [State of the Bird January 2026](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-january-2026/358)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [February 2, 2026, 4:17am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-january-2026/358 "2026-02-02T04:17:21Z")

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State of the Bird January 2026 The State of the Bird is a recap of what has been happening in the project and related projects. You can find the previous posts via the state-of-the-bird tag. Retrospective Our last Stat…

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## [State of the Bird December 2025](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-december-2025/344)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [January 16, 2026, 4:22am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-december-2025/344 "2026-01-16T04:22:41Z")

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State of the Bird December 2025 The State of the Bird is a recap of what has been happening in the project and related projects. You can find the previous posts via the state-of-the-bird tag. Retrospective Our last Sta…

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