Pidgin is an instant messaging program. You can talk
to your friends using AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN
Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell
GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE,
and Zephyr.

Pidgin can log in to multiple accounts on multiple IM
networks simultaneously. This means that you can be
chatting with friends on AIM, talking to a friend on
Yahoo Messenger, and sitting in an IRC channel all at
the same time.

Pidgin supports many features of the various networks,
such as file transfer, away messages, and typing
notification. It also goes beyond that and provides
many unique features. A few popular features are Buddy
Pounces, which give the ability to notify you, send a
message, play a sound, or run a program when a
specific buddy goes away, signs online, or returns
from idle; and plugins, consisting of text
replacement, a buddy ticker, extended message

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