Welcome to Gajim

Runtime Requirements

• python3.7 or higher
• python3-gi
• python3-gi-cairo
• gir1.2-gtk-3.0 (>=3.22)
• python3-nbxmpp (>=2.0.4)
• python3-openssl (>=16.2)
• python3-css-parser
• python3-keyring
• python3-precis-i18n
• python3-packaging
• python3-setuptools
• gir1.2-soup-2.4
• GLib (>=2.60.0)

Optional Runtime Requirements

• python3-pil (pillow) for support of webp avatars
• gir1.2-avahi-0.6 for zeroconf on Linux or pybonjour on Windows/macOS
• gir1.2-gspell-1 and hunspell-LANG where lang is your locale eg. en, fr etc
• gir1.2-secret-1 for GNOME Keyring or KDE support as password storage
• D-Bus running to have gajim-remote working
• gir1.2-farstream-0.2, gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0 gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0, gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly, gstreamer1.0-libav, and gstreamer1.0-gtk3 for audio and video calls
• gir1.2-gupnpigd-1.0 for better NAT traversing
• gir1.2-networkmanager-1.0 for network lose detection
• gir1.2-geoclue-2.0 for sharing your location
• gir1.2-gsound-1.0 for sound on Linux

Compile-time Requirements

• python3-setuptools
• gettext

Installation Procedure

Packages

• Arch Linux
• Debian
• Fedora
• Ubuntu
• FreeBSD

Flatpak

see README

Snapshots

• Daily Linux
• Daily Windows

Linux

pip install .

Mac

see Wiki

Developing

For developing you don't have to install Gajim.

After installing all dependencies execute

./launch.py

Windows

see README

Miscellaneous

Debugging

Execute gajim with --verbose

Links

• FAQ
• Wiki

That is all, enjoy!

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We use original art and parts of sounds and other art from Psi, Gossip, Gnomebaker, Gaim and some icons from various gnome-icons (mostly Dropline Etiquette) we found at art.gnome.org. If you think we're violating a license please inform us. Thank you.