Or use https://spectrum.im/ Which is basically a server side Pidgin (uses the same libpurple plugins) and you can connect with any XMPP client.
Or BitlBee (https://www.bitlbee.org/main.php/news.r.html) which is the same thing but as an IRC server (This is what I use)
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Matrix? It’s all XMPP. Has been available for many years and is pretty stable for small scale use.
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https://github.com/42wim/matterbridge also matterbridge does the same thing I believe
Somewhat different. Matterbridge makes a connection between one or more chat rooms, while Spectrum2 allows you to connect as a single user to a different network.
I’ve known about Pidgin for 5 years already - ever since I migrated to Linux. But IDK of any servers - IRC or otherwise with active users, so it’s kinda useless to me. Unless someone here wishes to suggest such servers. I’m mostly interested in these things as a reference point of what servers I’m looking for: Linux (and/or Arch Linux), Supergirl, Atheism, metal (music).
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I could have resurrected the old one I had made. I would have given it to you, lol. I used to run c/pidgin but I didn’t get any traffic or activity so I shut it down, since I’m already moderating lots of spaces.
I made this one, because I supposed, there was a bug with the deleted communities. But anyway. It would be cool if you resurrect the ‘original’ community. Thanks
Pidgin is a great client. I wish there was a mobile version of it!
Yeah, some mobile and OS X versions and it may really become “universal” , it was really quite good in its day - too long ago….
