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IM all your friends in one place
Pidgin is an easy to use and free chat client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and more chat networks all at once.
Supported chat networks:
- AIM
- Bonjour
- Gadu-Gadu
- Google Talk
- Groupwise
- ICQ
- IRC
- MSN
- MXit
- MySpaceIM
- SILC
- SIMPLE
- Sametime
- XMPP
- Yahoo!
- Zephyr
IM Clients : (from) http://www.google.com/talk/otherclients.html
The Google Talk service is built to support industry standards. You can connect to the Google Talk service using Google's own client, as well as many other IM clients developed by third parties. Use the table below to help you choose which client is best for you.
Now, you can also use Google Talk on your BlackBerry. Download Google Talk for BlackBerry devices at http://www.blackberry.com/GoogleTalk.
| Client | Windows | OSX | Linux | IM other Google Talk users |
Voice calls to other Talk users |
Cost |
| Google Talk |  |
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Free |
| Adium | |
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Free |
| Pidgin | |
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Free |
| iChat | |
|
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|
Free |
| Kopete | |
|
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|
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Free |
| Miranda | |
|
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Free |
| Psi | |
|
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Free |
| Trillian | |
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Free |
Don't see your favorite Jabber/XMPP client on the list? Tell us about it.
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