About the App

1. Pidgin For Mac Os
2. Pidgin Macbook

Pidgin is a free and open source client that lets you organize and manage your different Instant Messaging (IM) accounts using a single interface. The Off-the-Record (OTR) plug-in designed for use with Pidgin ensures authenticated and secure communications between Pidgin users. Required reading. Keep your online communication private.

• App name: pidgin
• App description: GUI-less chat client (e.g. Finch-only)
• App website: https://pidgin.im/

1. Pidgin is an instant messaging program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. It runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX. Pidgin for Mac.
2. For a native Mac OS X experience we recommend Adium, which uses libpurple (the core of Pidgin) for much of its protocol support. If you're sure you want to use Pidgin on OS X, you may find the packages provided through Homebrew, Fink or Macports more convenient than compiling from source.

Install the App

1. Press Command+Space and type Terminal and press enter/return key.
2. Run in Terminal app:
   ruby -e '$(curl -fsSL https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Homebrew/install/master/install)' < /dev/null 2> /dev/null
   and press enter/return key.
   If the screen prompts you to enter a password, please enter your Mac's user password to continue. When you type the password, it won't be displayed on screen, but the system would accept it. So just type your password and press ENTER/RETURN key. Then wait for the command to finish.
3. Run:
   brew install pidgin

Done! You can now use pidgin.

I have been trying and trying and can’t seem to work out the steps.

Either I’m wrong or there are no packages available from Fink right now.

If you know how, please help me.

Suggestions of alternative programs like Adium are non-helpful, I really want to get Pidgin up and running.

Thanks! Codec for mac.

9 Answers

There are no currently available easy-install packages of fink for mac right now. Unless you feel like compiling one yourself, there’s not a lot you can do but go with another program.

Pidgin For Mac Os

Thanks guys. What I wanted was to use groupsim.com that gives multi-user chat for MSN messenger. Unfortunately Adium doesn’t support displaying the nicknames of each person. It’s been told to me that Pidgin is the solution. Any other ideas?? Thanks for everything.

@rexpresso What do you mean by “displaying the nicknames” for users?

@Allie I mean right now it only says for example Group Name when I expected everytime someone spoke that the person’s nickname would show up. It works fine with MSN Messenger, it’s said to work well with Pidgin, but not with my Adium. Groupsim.com uses some tricks for sure. How much will I be able to use it from a mac is still a question. Thanks.

I thought Pidgin was just for Linux, but I’m not sure….

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You can check out what they have here, but it doesn’t look like they have a native OS X version.

Pidgin is for Linux and Windows.

Have a look for Adium, thats the OS X port of Pidgin. You can compile Pidgin for OS X, but its a bit more complicated.

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