awesome-pidgin-plugins

A list of Pidgin plugins to support modern networks and features

Protocols and protocols extensions

XMPP

XEP-313 Message Archive Management.

The XMPP support in Pidgin is extremely dated. There is a patched Pidgin source tree maintained at https://github.com/CkNoSFeRaTU/pidgin - you'll need to compile this for XEP-313 support. There is no plugin version.

XEP-0280 Message Carbons

Use https://github.com/gkdr/carbons

XEP-0316 MUC Eventing Protocol

Use https://github.com/danielkraic/Pidgin-XEP-0136-plugin

XEP-0363 HTTP File Upload

Use https://github.com/Junker/purple-xmpp-http-upload

XEP-0384 OMEMO Encryption

OMEMO is a multi-device 2e2 encryption protocol. Use https://github.com/gkdr/lurch

XEP-0184 Message Delivery Receipts

Use https://github.com/noonien-d/pidgin-xmpp-receipts

Slack

https://github.com/dylex/slack-libpurple works nicely. To obtain a token, follow https://github.com/yuya373/emacs-slack#how-to-get-token

Signal

https://github.com/hoehermann/libpurple-signald is built on top of https://gitlab.com/signald/signald/ - signald is needed in the background. So far everything worked, including New type groups, apart from anything SMS/MMS based; only in-Signal features/messages work.

Note: start signald system-wide, but allow the plugin to show the QR code for linking, don't try to register the account in advance, by hand.

WhatsApp

https://github.com/hoehermann/purple-gowhatsapp is a new plugin that, unlike other Pidgin WhatsApp plugins, connects to the web interface of WhatsApp, so the possibility if immediately getting block is reduced.

Telegram

https://github.com/majn/telegram-purple

Matrix

https://github.com/matrix-org/purple-matrix/

Basic features only.

Skype (web)

https://github.com/EionRobb/Skype4pidgin

Via the web interface. Might break soon due to the coming redesign (again....) of skype.

Discord

https://github.com/EionRobb/purple-discord

Pushbullet

https://github.com/EionRobb/pidgin-pushbullet

Mattermost

https://github.com/EionRobb/purple-mattermost

Instagram

https://github.com/EionRobb/purple-instagram

Makes an actual login on login - notification noise might hapen -, and it is a bit messy on contact list terms, but seems to be working.

Facebook

https://github.com/dequis/purple-facebook/

You'll need to compile it for normal Facebook, no special tricks.

Facebook for Work (aka Workplace)

1. Download, compile and install:

    git clone https://github.com/dequis/purple-facebook.git
    git checkout wip-work-chat
    ./autogen.sh # you'll probably need to install additional packages...  
    sudo make install
   

2. Restart pidgin

3. Accounts → Manage Accounts → Add

   • Protocol: Facebook
   • Username: your email address
   • Password: wharrgarbl (it doesn't matter)
   • Remember password: yes
   • Advanced → Login as a Workplace account: yes
   • Save, Ok

In case you get SSL/TLS errors on connect:

• Try Tools → Plugins → NSS Preferences → Maximum Version → TLS 1.2
• restart Pidgin

If that doesn't work, and you're on Linux, you can try recompile Pidgin without GnuTLS. If you do so, I suggest using https://github.com/CkNoSFeRaTU/pidgin - this is a Pidgin patched with XEP-0313, should that be ever needed - it's useful.

./configure --prefix=/usr --disable-perl --disable-nm --with-dynamic-prpls=jabber,irc --enable-gnutls=no

ICQ (as 2019 ICQ)

https://github.com/EionRobb/icyque

Because ICQ started to abandon the old protocol.

Other useful plugins

• https://github.com/EionRobb/pidgin-ignore-nickchange
• https://github.com/kgraefe/pidgin-znc-helper