# Birb 0.9.0 has been released!

**URL:** <https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/birb-0-9-0-has-been-released/410>\
**Category:** Birb\
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**Created:** [July 23, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/birb-0-9-0-has-been-released/410 "2026-07-23T17:48:56Z")\
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**Author:** ![grim](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex007/user_avatar/discourse.imfreedom.org/grim/32/4_2.png) [@grim](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/u/grim)\
**Post date:** [July 23, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://discourse.imfreedom.org/t/birb-0-9-0-has-been-released/410/1 "2026-07-23T17:48:56Z")

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We are pleased to announce that Birb 0.9.0 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/0.9.0/).

# ChangeLog

- Add a basic readline object  
Gary Kramlich, RR 4722, BIRB-27
- Depend on glib 2.80 or newer  
Gary Kramlich, RR 4724
- Add some UTF8 helper functions  
Gary Kramlich, RR 4735
- Add birb\_email\_is\_valid  
Gary Kramlich, RR 4727