Pre-Alpha Version of Pidgin 3.0 Released

posted by Rianne Schestowitz on Jan 01, 2025,
updated Jan 02, 2025

Quoting: Pre-Alpha Version of Pidgin 3.0 Released —

The development team behind the once-famous Pidgin instant messaging client has just unveiled the first experimental release of Pidgin 3.0. And if you’re wondering why that’s so exciting, it’s because it marks the end of a 16-year break in development.

Immediately, however, it should be noted that this pre-alpha version (officially labeled 2.90.0) is far from ready for the broader public but signals substantial progress toward the official 3.0 release, which the Pidgin developers say will be suitable for end users.

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Discourse:

• Pidgin 3.0 Experimental 1 Has been released!

  We are ecstatic to announce that we have released the first experimental version of Pidgin 3.0!!! This is a pre alpha release with an official version number of 2.90.0. We will continue releasing in this fashion until we are ready for 3.0.0 which will be the release we consider ready for end users.

  The release can be found on SourceForge.