Pidgin 3.0 Experimental 1 released
We are ecstatic to announce that we have released the first experimental version of Pidgin 3.0!!! This is a pre alpha release with an official version number of 2.90.0. We will continue releasing in this fashion until we are ready for 3.0.0 which will be the release we consider ready for end users. ...
I can't believe this is still going. I used this back in the day as the superior AIM client. This was truly a blast from the past that I didn't expect in 2025.
And they're still on Sourceforge!
I remember it for the same reason. Pretty cool that the project is still going
Gaim❤️
Interesting, that's a name I didn't hear in a long time!
I'm wondering if matrix support is planned at some point (maybe even natively, I've seen that there is a plugin for it but the last commit to that was 2 years ago)
Honestly i didn't even know this was still a thing
Ι hope they stop all their old protocols, and include only xmpp, matrix, irc, and maybe a couple more relevant ones, but drop msn/icq etc old stuff.
The key is modules. Then people can use the protocols that work, even if they're a little stale.
I think ICQ, AIM and MSN messenger are all dead now. WhatsApp works on Matrix via a bridge. Not sure about other platforms.
Also dino, blabber, gajim, psi+, or conversations, but will go back to pidgin when it adds xmpp to v3.
Is it gonna be rebuilt on LibAdwaita?
yes
Initially Pidgin 3 supported both GTK+ 2 and 3 but shortly after Gary took over, GTK+ 2 support was dropped. A few years later, it was then decided we should just bite the bullet and move to GTK 4 instead, as GTK+ 3 was no longer being actively developed which meant we were just creating tech debt. As part of the GTK 4 migration we also pulled in Adwaita even though we’re not an official GNOME application.
Aww man (well it's fine but ngl libAdwaita fits poorly outside of gnome)
looks like it, yeah
I wonder if Finch is still around.
Tell me it's rewritten in Rust, and I'll orgasm.
It won't be 😔
Love that this is still going, spent literally hours and hours on this for MSN a long time ago