Gajim

Gajim
	Gajim main window (version 1.8.2)
Developer(s)	Gajim Developers
Initial release	May 21, 2004
Stable release	1.9.3 / 29 July 2024
Repository	dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim
Written in	Python
Operating system	BSD, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
Standard(s)	XMPP
Available in	Multi language
Type	Instant messaging client
License	GPL-3.0-only
Website	gajim.org

Gajim /ɡɛˈʒiːm/^[4] is an instant messaging client for the XMPP protocol which uses the GTK toolkit. The name Gajim is a recursive acronym for Gajim's a jabber instant messenger. Gajim runs on Linux, BSD, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. Released under the GPL-3.0-only license, Gajim is free software. A 2009 round-up of similar software on Tom's Hardware found version 0.12.1 "the lightest and fastest jabber IM client".^[5]

Features

Gajim aims to be an easy to use and fully-featured XMPP client. Gajim uses GTK (PyGObject) as GUI library, which makes it cross-platform compatible. Some of its features:

Group chat support
Emojis, Avatars, File transfer
Systray icon, Spell checking
TLS, OpenPGP and end-to-end encryption support
Transport Registration support
Service Discovery including Nodes
Wikipedia, dictionary and search engine lookup
Multiple accounts support
D-Bus Capabilities
XML Console
Jingle voice and video support^[6] (using the "python-farstream" library, no support in Windows yet),^[7] ^{[citation needed]}FAQ says it's not supported yet, at least not under windows^[8]
OMEMO encryption
HTTP file upload

Gajim is available in Basque, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, English, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Russian, Spanish, Slovak, Swedish, Ukrainian and others.^[3]

Third-party plugins

Gajim supports various third-party plugins (official list).

References

^ ChangeLog
^ "Gajim 1.9.3". 29 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Development page". Archived from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
^ Le Boulanger, Yann (2008-04-19). "pronunciation example of "Gajim"". Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
^ Adam Overa (2009-10-19). "Tom's Definitive Linux Software Roundup: Communications Apps". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
^ Gajim 0.14 ChangeLog
^ "Gajim FAQ". Gajim Wiki. 16 April 2023.
^ "gajimfaq · Wiki · gajim / gajim · GitLab". GitLab. 2024-04-14. Retrieved 2024-04-27.

Reviews

Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier Review: Gajim Jabber client on Linux.com, September 16, 2005
Mihai Marinof, Gajim Review. Free Jabber client for Linux. on Softpedia, 7 November 2006

External links

Official website
Official wiki
XMPP Software: Clients
Unofficial XMPP/Jabber clients and OS usage statistics (5) by Lucas Nussbaum

[1] ChangeLog

[wikidata-9c572951a1c050105f43d43f7033c799105603f5-v18-2] "Gajim 1.9.3". 29 July 2024.

[dev-page-3] "Development page". Archived from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2017-01-28.

[4] Le Boulanger, Yann (2008-04-19). "pronunciation example of "Gajim"". Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2008-04-19.

[5] Adam Overa (2009-10-19). "Tom's Definitive Linux Software Roundup: Communications Apps". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 2022-02-12.

[6] Gajim 0.14 ChangeLog

[7] "Gajim FAQ". Gajim Wiki. 16 April 2023.

[8] "gajimfaq · Wiki · gajim / gajim · GitLab". GitLab. 2024-04-14. Retrieved 2024-04-27.

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Gajim

Features

Third-party plugins

See also

References

External links

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