# Birb 0.7.0 has been released!

**URL:** https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/birb-0-7-0-has-been-released/370
**Category:** Birb
**Tags:** release
**Created:** [March 11, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/birb-0-7-0-has-been-released/370 "2026-03-11T23:49:38Z")
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### Author: ![grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/user_avatar/discourse.imfreedom.org/grim/32/4_2.png) [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)
#### Post date: [March 11, 2026, 11:49pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/birb-0-7-0-has-been-released/370/1 "2026-03-11T23:49:39Z")

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We are pleased to announce that Birb 0.7.0 has been released!

Birb is a utility library for [GLib](https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/glib) which we use throughout all of the projects related to Purple and Pidgin.

Downloads are available on [SourceForge](https://sourceforge.net/projects/pidgin/files/birb/0.7.0/).

# ChangeLog

- Add birb\_time\_zone functions (RR 4381) (Markus Fischer)
- Add a simple birb\_str\_wipe implementation (RR 4411) (Gary Kramlich)