Gajim

Gajim
DeveloperGajim Developers
ReleaseMay 21, 2004
Stable release
2.6.0 Edit this on Wikidata / 27 August 2026
Written inPython
Operating systemBSD, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
StandardXMPP
Available inMulti language
TypeInstant messaging client
LicenseGPL-3.0-only
Websitegajim.org
Repositorygitlab.com/gajim/gajim

Gajim /ɡɛˈʒiːm/ 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, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. Released under the GPL-3.0-only license, Gajim is free software. A 2009 round-up of similar software on Tom's Hardware found version 0.12.1 "the lightest and fastest jabber IM client".

Features

Gajim aims to be an easy-to-use and fully featured XMPP client. Gajim uses GTK (PyGObject) as GUI library, which makes it cross-platform compatible. Some of its features:

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

Third-party plugins

Gajim supports various third-party plugins (official list).

See also

References

  1. ↑ ChangeLog
  2. ↑ "Gajim 2.6.0". 27 August 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Development page". Archived from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  4. ↑ Le Boulanger, Yann (2008-04-19). "pronunciation example of "Gajim"". Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
  5. ↑ Adam Overa (2009-10-19). "Tom's Definitive Linux Software Roundup: Communications Apps". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
  6. ↑ Gajim 0.14 ChangeLog
  7. ↑ Gajim 2.0.0

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