Gajim

{{short description|Free instant messaging client for the XMPP protocol}}

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| caption = Gajim main window (version 1.8.2)

| logo alt = Gajim Logo

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| 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/}}

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| first = Yann

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| url = https://gajim.org/Gajim.ogg

| access-date = 2008-04-19

| archive-date = 2012-02-19

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}} 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

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Reviews

  • Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier [http://www.linux.com/archive/feature/47885 Review: Gajim Jabber client] on Linux.com, September 16, 2005
  • Mihai Marinof, [http://www.softpedia.com/reviews/linux/Gajim-39550.shtml Gajim Review. Free Jabber client for Linux.] on Softpedia, 7 November 2006