Pidgin 3.0 Experimental 1 Has been released!
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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. The release can be found on SourceForge. Please see the README file in the source code for building instructions. We recommend you use a meson devenv instead of installing directly to your OS instal...
  • @SauceFlexr@lemmy.world
    19•6 months ago

    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.

  • @KotFlinte@feddit.org
    8•6 months ago

    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)

  • EugeniaEnglish
    3•6 months ago

    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.

    • Morphit
      1•6 months ago

      I think ICQ, AIM and MSN messenger are all dead now. WhatsApp works on Matrix via a bridge. Not sure about other platforms.

  • FlaxEnglish
    2•6 months ago

    It doesn’t work well with XMPP unfortunately

  • @Termight@lemmy.ml
    2•3 months ago

    Using dino, blabber, gajim, psi+, or conversations, but will go back to pidgin when it adds xmpp to v3.

  • EludeEnglish
    1•6 months ago

    Tell me it’s rewritten in Rust, and I’ll orgasm.

    • @petsoi@discuss.tchncs.deOP
      4•6 months ago

      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.

      • Read BioEnglish
        5•6 months ago

        Aww man (well it’s fine but ngl libAdwaita fits poorly outside of gnome)