- Free software under the General Public License.
- Works on Windows, Amiga and Unix-like systems (Linux, BSD, Solaris, etc).
- Support for Bonjour, Gadu Gadu, Groupwise, IRC, Jabber, MSN, Myspace IM, Oscar, QQ, SILC, Simple, Sametime, Yahoo and Zephyr.
- Translated to over 60 languages.
- Extensible through plugins.
- Pounce actions for when your buddies come online.
- Buddy aliasing.
- Comes with a console chat client: Finch.
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- Every feature Pidgin has... plus:
- "Entry area manual sizing" a plugin by Artemy Kapitula that allows manual resizing of the entry area.
- An option to set the size of the buddy icons displayed in the chat window.
- An option to let the window manager place new windows.
- Two different ways of seeing that your buddies are typing.
- An optional send button for Tablet PC users.
- An option to contrast group titles against the background. (SVN)
- An option to use stock GTK+ close buttons on tabs. (SVN)
- Options to always show and/or expand tabs. (SVN)
- The ability to set the time delay between status changes. (SVN)
- Master Password encryption thanks to ubuntugeek.com. (SVN)
- MSNP14 support thanks to the experimental compile option and patches from a number of contributors. (SVN)
- MSN Pecan a fork of the MSN protocol plugin by Felipe Contreras bringing faster file transfers. (SVN)
- The option to combine protocol and status icons. (SVN)
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