Pidgin Portable 2.6.5 Released

John T. Haller's picture
Submitted by John T. Haller on January 12, 2010 - 11:53pm

Pidgin logoPidgin Portable 2.6.5 has been released. Pidgin Portable is a versatile instant messaging client packaged as a portable app, so you can take your IM settings and buddy lists with you. It has all the same great features as Pidgin, including support for AOL, Yahoo, MSN, ICQ and Jabber networks, but there's nothing to install on the local PC. This new release updates Pidgin to the latest version. Improved installers for Pidgin-Encryption and Pidgin-OTR have also been released. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Suite. And it's open source and completely free.

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Features

Pigdin Portable ScreenshotPidgin Portable is a multi-protocol instant messaging client that works with AOL Instant Messenger, ICQ, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! and more. You can log into multiple networks all with the same program. All your IM settings and buddy lists are self-contained, so it leaves no personal information behind on the machine you run it on. Learn more about Pidgin...

Pidgin Portable supports the two most popular encryption plugins for Pidgin. Both are packaged as portable installers that automatically work with Pidgin Portable. You can install Pidgin-Encryption 3.0 and/or Pidgin-OTR 3.2 and communicate securely with other users.

New In This Release

This new release updates Pidgin to 2.6.5 (change log).

PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format

Pidgin Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Suite including the Menu and Backup Utility.

Download

Pidgin Portable is available for immediate download from the Pidgin Portable homepage. Get it today!

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LOGAN-Portable's picture

If you have a problem with AIM/ICQ in this version try changing in account > Modify > Advanced : uncheck: use client login

got a problem with 2.6.5, namely: the pidgin processes won't terminate after clicking quit, the contact list disappears but the processes are still there and have to be terminated in the task manager. I'm running an XP HOME SP3 machine. Can anyone confirm that?

Gizmokid2005's picture

How do you quit? You can't just close the buddy list, you have to go to Buddies > Quit, or right-click the tray icon and hit quit. It's been working as expected for me.

been using Pidgin for like 2 years, I do know how to quit Smile

Gizmokid2005's picture

There have been a lot of people that don't understand that...so I was just checking. I can't say this is a bug myself, though occasionally the process will hang because of a plugin..

computerfreaker's picture

No crashes happening here; Pidgin has been rock-solid. Then again, I've only had it for a month or two and I've only used it half-a-dozen times.
btw, I'm running Windows XP Pro SP3.

Hope you can get your problem resolved!

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