Software:Gajim
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 Gajim main window (version 1.8.2) | |
| Developer(s) | Gajim Developers |
|---|---|
| Initial release | May 21, 2004[1] |
| Stable release | 1.3.2 (April 24, 2021[2]) [±] |
| Repository | dev |
| 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 |
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 (OpenPGP not available under Windows until version 0.15),[6]
- 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[7] (using the "python-farstream" library, no support in Windows yet)[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).
See also
References
- ↑ ChangeLog
- ↑ "Gajim 1.3.2" (in en). https://gajim.org/post/2021-04-24-gajim-1.3.2-released/.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Development page
- ↑ Le Boulanger, Yann (2008-04-19). "pronunciation example of "Gajim"". https://gajim.org/Gajim.ogg.
- ↑ "Tom's Definitive Linux Software Roundup: Communications Apps" (in en). 2009-10-19. https://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/ubuntu-linux-communications,2431.html.
- ↑ GitLab from gajim: gpg.exe on Windows OS in Gajim, gnupg on win32
- ↑ Gajim 0.14 ChangeLog
- ↑ "Gajim FAQ". 16 April 2023. https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/wikis/help/gajimfaq.
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 wiki
- XMPP Software: Clients
- Unofficial XMPP/Jabber clients and OS usage statistics (5) by Lucas Nussbaum
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