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Developer(s) | Gajim Developers |
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Initial release | May 21, 2004[1] |
Stable release | 1.4.7[2] ![]() |
Repository | dev |
Written in | Python |
Operating system | BSD, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows |
Available in | Multi language[3] |
Type | Instant messaging client |
License | GPL-3.0-only |
Website | gajim |
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]
Features
Gajim aims to be an easy to use and fully-featured XMPP client. Gajim uses PyGTK as GUI library, which makes it cross-platform compatible. Some of its features:
- Group chat support (with MUC protocol)
- Emojis, Avatars, File transfer
- Systray icon, Spell checking
- 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
Gajim supports third-party plugins. Examples include:
Security
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
References
- ^ ChangeLog
- ^ "Gajim 1.4.7".
- ^ a b Development page
- ^ Le Boulanger, Yann (2008-04-19). "pronunciation example of "Gajim"". Retrieved 2008-04-19.
- ^ Adam Overa (2009-10-19). "Tom's Definitive Linux Software Roundup: Communications Apps". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- ^ GitLab from gajim: gpg.exe on Windows OS in Gajim, gnupg on win32
- ^ Gajim 0.14 ChangeLog
- ^ "Gajim FAQ". Gajim Wiki.
- ^ Bahtiar Gadimov. "Gajim plugin for OMEMO Multi-End Message and Object Encryption". Gajim GitLab. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- ^ GitLab from gajim: remote code execution
Reviews
- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier Review: Gajim Jabber client on Linux.com, September 16, 2005
- Mihai Marinof, Gajim Review. Free Jabber client for Linux. on Softpedia, 7 November 2006