Gajim

Infobox Software
name = Gajim



collapsible = yes
caption = Gajim 0.11.1's Main Window
developer = Gajim Developers
frequently_updated = yes
programming_language = Python
operating system = Cross-platform
genre = Instant messaging client
license = GNU General Public License
website = http://gajim.org/

Gajim (pronEng|gɛˈʒɪm [cite web
last = Le Boulanger
first = Yann
date = 2008-04-19
title = pronunciation example of “Gajim”
url = http://www.gajim.org/Gajim.ogg
accessdate = 2008-04-19] ) 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 and Microsoft Windows. Released under the GNU General Public License, Gajim is free software.

Mission

The goal of the Gajim project is to provide a full-featured and easy to use XMPP client for GTK+ users. Gajim does not require GNOME to run, though it works nicely under a GNOME environment.

Features

* Tabbed chat windows
* Group chat support (with MUC protocol)
* Emoticons, Avatars, File transfer, URL grabber, Bookmarks
* Systray icon, Speller
* TLS and OpenPGP support (the latter not available under Windows), [trac from gajim: [http://trac.gajim.org/ticket/996 „gpg.exe on Windows OS in Gajim“] , [http://trac.gajim.org/ticket/1890 „gnupg on win32“] ] including SSL legacy support
* Transport Registration support
* Service Discovery including Nodes
* Wikipedia, dictionary and search engine lookup
* Multiple accounts support
* D-Bus Capabilities
* XML Console
* Jingle voice support is currently under active development [ [http://wiki.jabber.org/index.php/Summer_of_Code_2007#Gajim:_Jingle_VOIP Summer of Code 2007 - JabberWiki ] ]

Gajim is available in Basque, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Dutch, English, Esperanto, French, German, Greek, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Slovak and Swedish.

See also

* List of Jabber client software
* Comparison of instant messaging clients

References

External links

* [http://www.gajim.org/ Project web site]