Gajim
{{short description|Free instant messaging client for the XMPP protocol}}
{{distinguish|text=Gaim}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Gajim
| logo = File:Gajim.svg
| screenshot = File:Gajim Screenshot.png
| caption = Gajim main window (version 1.8.2)
| logo alt = Gajim Logo
| collapsible =
| developer = Gajim Developers
| released = May 21, 2004[https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/blob/master/ChangeLog ChangeLog]
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| repo = {{URL|https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim}}
| programming_language = Python
| operating system = BSD, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
| standard = XMPP
| language = Multi language{{Cite web |url=https://gajim.org/dev.php |title=Development page |access-date=2017-01-28 |archive-date=2017-06-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630162943/https://gajim.org/dev.php |url-status=dead }}
| genre = Instant messaging client
| license = GPL-3.0-only
| website = {{URL|https://gajim.org/}}
}}
Gajim {{IPAc-en|ɡ|ɛ|ˈ|ʒ|iː|m}}{{cite web
| last = Le Boulanger
| first = Yann
| date = 2008-04-19
| title = pronunciation example of "Gajim"
| url = https://gajim.org/Gajim.ogg
| access-date = 2008-04-19
| archive-date = 2012-02-19
| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20120219030605/http://gajim.org/Gajim.ogg
| url-status = dead
}} 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".{{Cite web|author1=Adam Overa|date=2009-10-19|title=Tom's Definitive Linux Software Roundup: Communications Apps|url=https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ubuntu-linux-communications,2431.html|access-date=2022-02-12|website=Tom's Hardware|language=en}}
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[https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/blob/gajim_0.14/ChangeLog#L30 Gajim 0.14 ChangeLog] (using the "python-farstream" library, no support in Windows yet),{{cite web |url=https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/wikis/help/gajimfaq |title=Gajim FAQ |website=Gajim Wiki|date=16 April 2023 }} {{Reference needed|date=April 2024}}FAQ says it's not supported yet, at least not under windows{{Cite web |date=2024-04-14 |title=gajimfaq · Wiki · gajim / gajim · GitLab |url=https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/-/wikis/help/gajimfaq |access-date=2024-04-27 |website=GitLab |language=en}}
- 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.
=Third-party plugins=
Gajim supports various third-party plugins ([https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim-plugins/-/wikis/home#plugins-list official list]).
See also
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
References
External links
{{Commons}}
- {{Official website|https://gajim.org/}}
- [https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/wikis/home Official wiki]
- [https://xmpp.org/software/clients.html XMPP Software: Clients]
- Unofficial [http://www.lucas-nussbaum.net/blog/?p=398 XMPP/Jabber clients and OS usage statistics (5)] by [http://www.loria.fr/~lnussbau/ Lucas Nussbaum]
{{Instant messaging}}
Category:Free instant messaging clients
Category:Instant messaging clients that use GTK
Category:Software that uses PyGTK
Category:Windows instant messaging clients