Gajim

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Gajim

Gajim main window (version 1.8.2)
Developer(s)	Gajim Developers
Initial release	May 21, 2004^[1]

Stable release	1.9.3^[2] / 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^[3]
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

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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

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

References

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^ 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

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Gajim.

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

Instant messaging

Protocols
(comparison)

Open	DDP IMPP IRC Matrix MTProto Retroshare Signal Protocol SIP MSRP SIMPLE Tox XMPP Jingle WFP Zephyr
Closed	MSNP OSCAR TOC Skype

Services

Clients
(comparison)

Single protocol	Baidu Hi BBM Enterprise Briar Element FaceTime Gadu-Gadu GroupMe HCL Sametime IMVU Jami Jongla Linphone Messenger QQ Retroshare Ricochet Session Signal Skype Telegram Tox WeChat WhatsApp Wickr Wire WOLF
Multi-protocol	Adium Ayttm Beeper BitlBee Centericq eBuddy Jitsi Kopete Messages Miranda NG Nimbuzz Pidgin Finch QIP 2010 Skype for Business Telepathy Thunderbird Trillian
XMPP (Jabber)	ChatSecure Conversations Gajim Monal Psi Spark Tkabber Xabber
MSNP	Microsoft Teams Skype

Defunct

List of defunct instant messaging platforms

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