Gajim

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Not to be confused with Gaim.
Gajim
framless
Screenshot
Screenshot Gajim.png
Gajim 1.0.3 Sreenshot
Developer(s)Gajim Developers
Initial releaseMay 21, 2004[1]
Stable release
1.4.0[2] Edit this on Wikidata / 12 May 2022
Repository
Written inPython
Operating systemBSD, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows
Available inMulti language[3]
TypeInstant messaging client
LicenseGPL-3.0-only
Websitegajim.org

Gajim /ɡɛˈʒiːm/[4] 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".[5]

Philosophy and features[edit]

Gajim Screenshot.Discover services. Server info: https://xmpp.jp/ and https://404.city/

The goal of the Gajim project is to provide a full-featured and easy to use XMPP client for GTK users. Gajim uses PyGTK as GUI library, so it does not require full GNOME to run, though it works nicely under a GNOME environment. Some of its features:

  • Tabbed chat windows
  • Group chat support (with MUC protocol)
  • Emoticons, Avatars, File transfer, URL grabber, Bookmarks
  • Systray icon, Speller
  • TLS, OpenPGP and end-to-end encryption support (OpenPGP not available under Windows until version 0.15),[6] 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 and video support[7] (using the "python-farstream" library, no support in Windows yet)[8]
  • OMEMO
  • HTTP file upload

Gajim is available in Basque, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, English, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Russian, Spanish, Slovak, Swedish, Ukrainian and others.[3]

Third-party plugins[edit]

Gajim supports third-party plugins. Examples include:

  • Gajim-OMEMO, adding support for OMEMO.[9]

Security[edit]

Up until late 2011, it was possible to forge a link such that when a receiving Gajim user clicks on it, arbitrary code would be executed on the Gajim user's machine.[10]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ ChangeLog
  2. ^ https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/-/releases/gajim-1.4.0; publication date: 12 May 2022.
  3. ^ a b Development page
  4. ^ Le Boulanger, Yann (2008-04-19). "pronunciation example of "Gajim"". 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. ^ GitLab from gajim: gpg.exe on Windows OS in Gajim, gnupg on win32
  7. ^ Gajim 0.14 ChangeLog
  8. ^ "Gajim FAQ". Gajim Wiki.
  9. ^ Bahtiar Gadimov. "Gajim plugin for OMEMO Multi-End Message and Object Encryption". Gajim GitLab. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
  10. ^ GitLab from gajim: remote code execution

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External links[edit]

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