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使用 Homebrew, apk, chocolatey, apt, dnf, MacPorts, zypper, scoop, winget 安装 pidgin

查看 pidgin 的安装路径、可执行文件、元数据以及面向 AI 代理工作流的安全说明。

安装命令安全说明

安装

其他安装命令

macOS

Homebrew已验证 · 100%

brew install pidgin

local Homebrew formula metadata

MacPorts已验证 · 94%

sudo port install pidgin

MacPorts ports tree · net/pidgin/Portfile · 来源: api.github.com

Linux

Alpine Linux apk已验证 · 92%

sudo apk add pidgin

Alpine Linux edge package indexes · pidgin · 来源: dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org

Debian apt已验证 · 92%

sudo apt install pidgin

Debian stable package indexes · pidgin · 来源: deb.debian.org

Fedora dnf已验证 · 92%

sudo dnf install pidgin

Fedora Rawhide package metadata · pidgin · 来源: dl.fedoraproject.org

openSUSE zypper已验证 · 92%

sudo zypper install pidgin

openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata · pidgin · 来源: download.opensuse.org

Windows

Chocolatey已验证 · 92%

choco install pidgin

Chocolatey community package catalog · pidgin · 来源: community.chocolatey.org

Scoop已验证 · 92%

scoop install extras/pidgin

Scoop official bucket manifest trees · bucket/pidgin.json · 来源: api.github.com

Windows Package Manager已验证 · 92%

winget install --id Pidgin.Pidgin -e

Windows Package Manager source index · Pidgin.Pidgin · 来源: cdn.winget.microsoft.com

概览

软件包摘要

Multi-protocol chat client

项目链接

命令和别名

finch
pidgin

历史

项目历史与用法

Pidgin is an open-source, multi-protocol chat client for Windows and Unix-like systems. It combines a GTK graphical interface with libpurple and is distributed alongside the Finch terminal client.

项目历史

Mark Spencer created the project in November 1998 as GAIM, initially a GTK client for AOL Instant Messenger's TOC protocol.

Following a legal settlement concerning its AIM-related name, the project renamed GAIM to Pidgin, libgaim to libpurple, and gaim-text to Finch. Pidgin 2.0.0 formalized those identities and completed the core/UI split in May 2007.

The project moved its primary source repository to the Instant Messaging Freedom infrastructure in 2020 while shifting new-feature development toward Pidgin 3 and retaining the 2.x line for maintenance.

采用历史

Pidgin gained relevance when users commonly maintained accounts on several incompatible chat networks. Its multi-protocol design and plugin system let one client cover XMPP, IRC, and numerous contemporary messaging services.

The separation of libpurple from its user interfaces extended the project's reach: Pidgin supplied the GTK interface, Finch supplied a terminal interface, and third-party applications such as Adium reused libpurple's protocol support.

使用方式

Users configure multiple chat-network accounts in one client, join conversations such as XMPP chats and IRC channels, transfer files, and extend functionality through plugins. Account details and optionally stored passwords reside in `accounts.xml` under the `.purple` configuration directory.

为什么软件包爱好者会关心

Pidgin is notable to package maintainers as a long-lived desktop application that also delivers the reusable libpurple core and the Finch terminal client. Its history captures the packaging challenges of protocol plugins, GUI dependencies, account-data migration, and maintaining compatibility with changing proprietary chat services.

时间线

1998-11: Mark Spencer created the project as GAIM.
2007-04: The project announced the Pidgin, libpurple, and Finch names.
2007-05-03: Pidgin 2.0.0 completed the public rename and core/UI split.
2020: The primary repository moved to keep.imfreedom.org.

Related projects

libpurple is Pidgin's reusable protocol and account-management core.
Finch is the ncurses-based terminal interface built on libpurple.
Adium is a native macOS messaging client that uses libpurple for much of its protocol support.

来源

安全态势

风险级别：blue

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

风险分类器

blue 风险 · 中置信度 · tool

原因

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal

信号

text:client

安装行为

formula 元数据中未记录 Homebrew post-install 钩子。
Homebrew bottle 元数据适用于 7 个平台目标。
安装时包含 16 个运行时依赖。
构建元数据列出 3 个构建依赖。

建议审查

在无人值守的代理使用前，请检查该工具是否读取明文凭据、写入远程状态、发布制品或调用插件。

local files

Configuration and credential file locations

These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval.

Configuration files

Config paths the tool may read or write during local use.

Unix: ${HOME}/.purple
Windows: %APPDATA%\.purple

Credential files

Credential-bearing paths to review before unattended agent runs.

Unix: ${HOME}/.purple/accounts.xml
Windows: %APPDATA%\.purple\accounts.xml

可执行文件

已安装的可执行文件

命令	类型	暴露范围	备注
`finch`	cli	全局可执行文件
`pidgin`	cli	全局可执行文件

新鲜度

版本和新鲜度

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页面生成时间2026-11-04

管理器版本2.14.14

管理器更新时间2026-09-22

本地数据OK

上游not checked

检测到的最新版本未检测到

https://pidgin.im/

信息Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories.https://pidgin.im/none 置信度

安装元数据

软件包元数据

软件包键	brew:pidgin
版本	2.14.14
软件包管理器	Homebrew
软件包管理器页面	https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/pidgin
主页	https://pidgin.im/
上游文档	https://pidgin.im/
许可证	GPL-2.0-or-later
源码归档	https://downloads.sourceforge.net/project/pidgin/Pidgin/2.14.14/pidgin-2.14.14.tar.bz2
最后更新	2026-09-22T15:09:55-04:00
Pulse	updated
依赖	at-spi2-core, cairo, gdk-pixbuf, gettext, glib, gnutls, gtk+, harfbuzz, libgcrypt, libgnt, libgpg-error, libidn, libotr, ncurses, pango, tcl-tk@8
构建依赖	gettext, intltool, pkgconf
macOS 提供的库	cyrus-sasl, expat, libxml2, perl
Bottle	可用 (于 arm64_golden_gate, arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux)
Homebrew post-install	未定义
服务	未声明

注册表事实

源数据库详情

Source Database	Homebrew formula API
Tap	homebrew/core
Full Name	pidgin
Version Scheme	0
Revision	3
Head Version	HEAD
Bottle Stable Root URL	https://ghcr.io/v2/homebrew/core
Deprecated	yes
Disabled	no
Keg Only	no
URL Keys	head stable

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Debian apt95%

finch 2.14.14-1

text-based multi-protocol instant messaging client