Pidgin

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started
1998
by
Sean Egan, Mark Spencer
homepage
https://pidgin.im
wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pidgin_(software)

Multi-protocol instant messaging client. Started as Gaim (1998); supports XMPP, IRC, and (historically) AIM, MSN, Yahoo, ICQ via libpurple.

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