Pidgin Portable 2.6.2 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 current release, fixing some XMPP issues. 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.
Features
Pidgin 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 2.6.2 (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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Comments
crashing in sametime?
I use Sametime the most, an this release crashed several times in an hour or two. I normally am logged on to sametime, MOC (Microsoft's chat, third party plugin), and yahoo (twice), and I mostly have a samtime group chat with 10+ users, and a couple of individual chats in sametime, and perhaps a yahoo chat or two.
Installed 2.6.1 over it, and the crashing has stopped.