Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. It helps you connect with your yahoo, gmail, aim, MSN and more network buddies all at the same time. I am currently using the latest version of Pidgin on my Ubuntu machine (Pidgin 2.6.3).

Pidgin is available for download for Windows, Linux and Unix platforms at Pidgin Download and for OsX it has a substitute called http://adium.im/

Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box:  AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It can support many more with plugins.

Pidgin chat client is available and translated in many International and regional languages languages. Even its available in Hindi which is the mother tongue of India. Pidgin also integrates with the system tray on Windows, GNOME2, and KDE 3.1.

It supports, such as file transfers, away messages, buddy icons, custom smilies, and typing notifications. Many plugins are available for this which further enhance its functionalities. Its plugins can be found at Pidgin Plugins.

I hope you people will enjoy pidgin and post in your reviews here in comments.

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