Pidgin Portable

instant messaging made portable and secure

Pidgin Portable (formerly Gaim Portable) is the versatile Pidgin 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. You can also easily add portable encryption plugins for secure, encrypted messaging.

Download Now 2.1.1 for Windows, Multilingual 11.2MB

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 (learn more) and/or Pidgin-OTR 3.1 (learn more) and communicate securely with other users.

Users of Windows 98 and Me can get Pidgin Portable working on their machines by following the steps outlined in the Running on Windows 98/Me support topic.

Support

For help getting up and running, visit Pidgin Portable Support:

• Installing Pidgin Portable
• Using Pidgin Portable
• Upgrading Pidgin Portable
• Copying You Local Pidgin Settings to Pidgin Portable
• Setting Pidgin Portable to Use a Specific Language
• Running From CD (Pidgin Portable Live)
• Installing the Off The Record or Pidgin-Encryption Plugins
• Running on Windows 98/Me
• Known Issues
• Modifications - A list of the modifications made to Pidgin in this package
• Version History

Download Details

• File size: 11.2MB (download), 9.4MB-40MB (installed)
• Publisher: PortableApps.com (John T. Haller) and the Pidgin development team
  
• Date updated: August 23, 2007
• System Requirements: Windows 98*/Me*/2000/XP/Vista
  
• * Running on Windows 98/Me requires additional configuration
• License: Free / Open Source (GPL)
• Source Code: Launcher (included), Pidgin source
• MD5 Hash (for the geeks): ecf27f9ff500abd0cbfe6e2f94f2fe67
• Downloads: 2,709,000