| Gajim | |
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 Gajim main window (version 2.3.0) | |
| Developer | Gajim Developers |
| Initial release | May 21, 20041 |
| Stable release | 2.4.62 
/ 19 April 2026 |
| Written in | Python |
| Operating system | BSD, Linux, macOS, Microsoft Windows |
| Standard | XMPP |
| Available in | Multi language3 |
| Type | Instant messaging client |
| License | GPL-3.0-only |
| Website | gajim |
| Repository | dev |
Gajim /ɡɛˈʒiːm/4 is an instant messaging client for the XMPP protocol which uses the GTK toolkit. The name Gajim is a recursive acronym for "Gajim's a jabber instant messenger". Gajim runs on Linux, BSD, macOS, and Microsoft Windows. Released under the GPL-3.0-only license, Gajim is free software. A 2009 round-up of similar software on Tom's Hardware found version 0.12.1 "the lightest and fastest jabber IM client".5
Features
Gajim aims to be an easy-to-use and fully featured XMPP client. Gajim uses GTK (PyGObject) as GUI library, which makes it cross-platform compatible. Some of its features:
- Group chat support
- Emojis, Avatars, File transfer
- Systray icon, Spell checking
- TLS and end-to-end encryption support with OMEMO, OpenPGP, OTR (with a plugin)
- Transport Registration support
- Service Discovery including Nodes
- Wikipedia, dictionary and search engine lookup
- Multiple accounts support
- D-Bus Capabilities
- XML Console
- Jingle voice and video support6 (removed since version 2.0.0 due to lack of maintainer7)
- HTTP file upload
- Read markers
- Hats
Gajim is available in Basque, Bulgarian, Chinese, Croatian, Czech, English, Esperanto, French, German, Italian, Norwegian (Bokmål), Polish, Russian, Spanish, Slovak, Swedish, Ukrainian and others.3
Third-party plugins
Gajim supports various third-party plugins (official list).
References
References
- ChangeLog
- "Gajim 2.4.6". 19 April 2026.
- "Development page". Archived from the original on 2017-06-30. Retrieved 2017-01-28.
- Le Boulanger, Yann (2008-04-19). "pronunciation example of "Gajim"". Archived from the original on 2012-02-19. Retrieved 2008-04-19.
- Adam Overa (2009-10-19). "Tom's Definitive Linux Software Roundup: Communications Apps". Tom's Hardware. Retrieved 2022-02-12.
- Gajim 0.14 ChangeLog
- Gajim 2.0.0
Reviews
- Joe 'Zonker' Brockmeier Review: Gajim Jabber client on Linux.com, September 16, 2005
- Mihai Marinof, Gajim Review. Free Jabber client for Linux. on Softpedia, 7 November 2006