# Pidgin

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## [State of the Bird November 2025](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-november-2025/336)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
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**Last updated:** [December 30, 2025, 6:06am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-november-2025/336 "2025-12-30T06:06:26Z")

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State of the Bird November 2025 The State of the Bird is a recap of what has been happening in the project. You can find the previous posts via the state-of-the-bird tag. Retrospective Our last State of the Bird was No…

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## [Pidgin: Why GTK/GNOME and can Qt be in Pidgin anytime?](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-why-gtk-gnome-and-can-qt-be-in-pidgin-anytime/329)

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**Author:** [@amirkhandr](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/amirkhandr)\
**Replies:** 4\
**Last updated:** [December 21, 2025, 10:45am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-why-gtk-gnome-and-can-qt-be-in-pidgin-anytime/329 "2025-12-21T10:45:04Z")

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Hello! I wonder why is it was decided to keep up with GTK/GNOME for Pidgin3 instead of Qt? And, of course, some other Interface Questions (even stupid Questions just because I’m not smart and I’m silly) so far: Will i…

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## [Pidgin 2 and Soju](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-2-and-soju/325)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
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**Last updated:** [November 5, 2025, 9:00pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-2-and-soju/325 "2025-11-05T21:00:54Z")

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I recently tried to setup Soju which is an IRC Bouncer with Pidgin 2 and ran into some issues that might trip up others so figured it they’re worth mentioning here. Errata Due to some implementation details, Pidgin 2 an…

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## [State Of the Bird October 2025](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-october-2025/324)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
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**Last updated:** [November 1, 2025, 10:36pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-october-2025/324 "2025-11-01T22:36:56Z")

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State of the Bird September 2025 The State of the Bird is a recap of what has been happening in the project. You can find the previous posts via the state-of-the-bird tag. Retrospective Our last State of the Bird was O…

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## [Build agent musings](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/build-agent-musings/321)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [October 28, 2025, 8:28pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/build-agent-musings/321 "2025-10-28T20:28:46Z")

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You may or may not know that we have automated builds covering all sorts for platforms. I’ll do a more thorough list later, but we currently only do builds on Windows 11. With all the privacy concerns and what not being…

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## [Image uploading services ideas](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/image-uploading-services-ideas/319)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 8\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 5:13pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/image-uploading-services-ideas/319 "2025-10-21T17:13:09Z")

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Many modern networks have direct support for uploading image attachments. We’re of course going to support this, but there are networks that don’t support this and it would be nice to be able to add some level of support…

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## [Ideas to avoid sending messages to the wrong people](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/ideas-to-avoid-sending-messages-to-the-wrong-people/316)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 21, 2025, 6:28am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/ideas-to-avoid-sending-messages-to-the-wrong-people/316 "2025-10-21T06:28:08Z")

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I came across this toot today Kate Morley: "The only AI feature I’d want in a messaging app i…" - Hachyderm.io. I fired off a few ideas there, but this is probably a better place to discuss this. Gary "grim" Kramlich: "@…

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## [Default Badges for Conversations](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/default-badges-for-conversations/317)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 3:52pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/default-badges-for-conversations/317 "2025-10-20T15:52:37Z")

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So we just landed Add Badges to Conversations and it’s got me thinking about what kind of default badges we should have. So far I’ve come up with the following Invite Only Not Safe For Work (NSFW) I know Not Safe For L…

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## [State of the Bird September 2025](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-september-2025/318)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 20, 2025, 6:26am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-september-2025/318 "2025-10-20T06:26:32Z")

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State of the Bird September 2025 The State of the Bird is a recap of what has been happening in the project. You can find the previous posts via the state-of-the-bird tag. Retrospective Our last State of the Bird was S…

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## [Determining when to prompt on leaving conversations](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/determining-when-to-prompt-on-leaving-conversations/315)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 6\
**Last updated:** [October 16, 2025, 9:51pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/determining-when-to-prompt-on-leaving-conversations/315 "2025-10-16T21:51:36Z")

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so, thinking of how to address the recent issue where a user closed the conversation window in pidgin 2 which caused pidgin to part all of theirs channels from their bouncer… We could add a property to a conversation to…

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## [Auto contrast adjustment on display names](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/auto-contrast-adjustment-on-display-names/312)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [October 3, 2025, 9:53pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/auto-contrast-adjustment-on-display-names/312 "2025-10-03T21:53:00Z")

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I realized we can calculate the colors because know the background colors for adwaita, so we just need to check light/dark and go from there. But i saw something about some new algorithm and when I was looking I was hav…

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## [How to handle messages from external users](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/how-to-handle-messages-from-external-users/311)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [October 1, 2025, 8:00am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/how-to-handle-messages-from-external-users/311 "2025-10-01T08:00:08Z")

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so due to the way Purple.ConversationMember works, we’ve been adding anyone that does something in a conversation to the member list. So the irc status window starts looking like this.. (yeah we need to adjust colors ye…

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## [State of the Bird August 2025](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-august-2025/307)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
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**Last updated:** [September 17, 2025, 4:23am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-august-2025/307 "2025-09-17T04:23:17Z")

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State of the Bird August 2025 The State of the Bird is a recap of what has been happening in the project. You can find the previous posts via the state-of-the-bird tag. Retrospective Our last State of the Bird was Augu…

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## [New Application Icon for Pidgin 3!](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/new-application-icon-for-pidgin-3/305)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [September 11, 2025, 10:35am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/new-application-icon-for-pidgin-3/305 "2025-09-11T10:35:24Z")

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Greetings Programs!! We just committed our new application icon for Pidgin 3 to version control and we want to hear your thoughts!! So please share them on this post!

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## [State of the Bird July 2025](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-july-2025/300)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
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**Last updated:** [August 3, 2025, 12:17am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-july-2025/300 "2025-08-03T00:17:54Z")

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State of the Bird July 2025 The State of the Bird is a recap of what has been happening in the project. You can find the previous posts via the state-of-the-bird tag. Before that, we used to do these quarterly as an in…

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## [State of the Bird June 2025](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-june-2025/298)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
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**Last updated:** [July 10, 2025, 6:04am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-june-2025/298 "2025-07-10T06:04:17Z")

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State of the Bird June 2025 The State of the Bird is a recap of what has been happening in the project. We used to do these quarterly as an interactive live stream, but we’re now doing these as a monthly posts instead. …

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## [Pidgin 3.0.0 Experimental 3 (2.92.1) has been released!](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-0-experimental-3-2-92-1-has-been-released/296)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
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**Last updated:** [July 1, 2025, 5:32am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-0-experimental-3-2-92-1-has-been-released/296 "2025-07-01T05:32:45Z")

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We are ecstatic to announce that we have released the third experimental version of Pidgin 3.0!!! This is a pre alpha release with an official version number of 2.92.1. We will continue releasing in this fashion until we…

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## [Pidgin 3.0 Experimental 2 (2.91.0) has been released!](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-experimental-2-2-91-0-has-been-released/262)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [June 14, 2025, 9:25am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-experimental-2-2-91-0-has-been-released/262 "2025-06-14T09:25:24Z")

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We are ecstatic to announce that we have released the second experimental version of Pidgin 3.0!!! This is a pre alpha release with an official version number of 2.91.0. We will continue releasing in this fashion until w…

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## [State of the Bird May 2025](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-may-2025/291)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 0\
**Last updated:** [June 9, 2025, 5:40am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-may-2025/291 "2025-06-09T05:40:51Z")

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State of the Bird May 2025 The State of the Bird is a recap of what has been happening in the project. We used to do these quarterly as an interactive live stream, but we’re now doing these as a monthly posts instead. …

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## [Pidgin 2.15.0?](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-2-15-0/288)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 10\
**Last updated:** [June 3, 2025, 2:20pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-2-15-0/288 "2025-06-03T14:20:24Z")

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I know I said the last minor version of Pidgin 2 would be 2.14, but there’s been some recently developments that I think justify a 2.15.0. I wanted to share them with you all and get your thoughts on moving forward with …

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## [Support for local Matrix bridges?](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/support-for-local-matrix-bridges/283)

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**Author:** [@nclm](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/nclm)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [May 21, 2025, 6:09pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/support-for-local-matrix-bridges/283 "2025-05-21T18:09:00Z")

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Hello! I used to be a happy Pidgin user, but with most of my contacts now on Facebook Messenger, Whatsapp, Instagram and Signal, I haven’t used the program in many years. I’m glad to see it’s still alive and well (with …

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## [Link copying options](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/link-copying-options/278)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 2\
**Last updated:** [May 12, 2025, 1:40pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/link-copying-options/278 "2025-05-12T13:40:59Z")

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We’ll be redoing link handling (displaying) in the near future and there’s an outstanding question we need to answer. For a while we’ve been thinking of having at least a plugin that would strip tracking info off of url…

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## [State of the Bird April 2025](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-april-2025/276)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
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**Last updated:** [May 3, 2025, 7:06am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/state-of-the-bird-april-2025/276 "2025-05-03T07:06:45Z")

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State of the Bird April 2025 The State of the Bird is a recap of what has been happening in the project. We used to do these quarterly as an interactive live stream, but we’re now aiming to do these as a monthly posts …

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## [Pidgin Chat and other XMPP services having authentication issues](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-chat-and-other-xmpp-services-having-authentication-issues/255)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Replies:** 3\
**Last updated:** [February 20, 2025, 7:03pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-chat-and-other-xmpp-services-having-authentication-issues/255 "2025-02-20T19:03:09Z")

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A few hours ago we updated the software that runs hub.imfreedom.org. That software is used to authenticate users for our XMPP service and other services. However, something went wrong and the login integration does not …

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## [Will Pidgin ever include voice call support?](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/will-pidgin-ever-include-voice-call-support/254)

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**Author:** [@Roliroirolirorili](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/Roliroirolirorili)\
**Replies:** 1\
**Last updated:** [February 15, 2025, 9:33pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/will-pidgin-ever-include-voice-call-support/254 "2025-02-15T21:33:06Z")

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Pidgin sounds like the ultimate client, the only thing holding it back is the lack of XMPP support.

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## [Pidgin 2 signing with an HSM](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-2-signing-with-an-hsm/240)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
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**Last updated:** [January 22, 2025, 6:33am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-2-signing-with-an-hsm/240 "2025-01-22T06:33:38Z")

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In /r/3778 we added support for a new authenticode signing type in Makefile.mingw named CUSTOM\_AUTHENTICODE which should contain the path to a script/batch file/whatever to do the code signing. The Makefile.mingw will pa…

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## [Sso not working using pidgin](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/sso-not-working-using-pidgin/232)

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**Author:** [@mefisto74](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/mefisto74)\
**Replies:** 5\
**Last updated:** [January 10, 2025, 3:08pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/sso-not-working-using-pidgin/232 "2025-01-10T15:08:25Z")

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hello i haver samba dc and ejabberd. i configured ejabberd to use SSO GSSAPI, but its working only with spark. using pidgin (and other jabber client) i have login password prompt. should it even work or right now only sp…

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## [Pidgin 2.90.1 has been released!](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-2-90-1-has-been-released/228)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
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**Last updated:** [January 1, 2025, 9:54pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-2-90-1-has-been-released/228 "2025-01-01T21:54:53Z")

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We’re happy to announce that Pidgin 2.90.1 has been released. This is a bug fix release to 2.90.1, aka Experimental 1. It turns out that we missed some issues that cropped up with new users and this release fixes them an…

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## [Pidgin 3.0 Experimental 1 Has been released!](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-experimental-1-has-been-released/227)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
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**Last updated:** [January 1, 2025, 4:36am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-experimental-1-has-been-released/227 "2025-01-01T04:36:38Z")

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We are ecstatic to announce that we have released the first experimental version of Pidgin 3.0!!! This is a pre alpha release with an official version number of 2.90.0. We will continue releasing in this fashion until we…

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## [Pidgin 3.0.0 Experimental 1 Announcement](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-0-experimental-1-announcement/216)

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**Author:** [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
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**Last updated:** [November 22, 2024, 4:55am UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/pidgin-3-0-0-experimental-1-announcement/216 "2024-11-22T04:55:30Z")

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Greetings Programs! This post was supposed to be made awhile back but I got busy and kept forgetting to write it. Anyways, we are officially announcing that we will be releasing the first experimental release of Pidgin …

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