Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat
networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time. Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It can support many more with plugins. Pidgin supports many features of these chat networks, such as file transfers, away messages, buddy icons, custom smilies, and typing notifications. Numerous plugins also extend Pidgin's functionality above and beyond the standard features.
Changelog:http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ChangeLog
Download Windows, 2.6.6 Final:http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pidgin/pidgin-2.6.6.exe
Windows 2.66 Final No gtk install:http://ignum.dl.sourceforge.net/project/pidgin/Pidgin/2.6.6/pidgin-2.6.6-no-gtk.exe
Download Linux, 2.6.6 Final:http://downloads.sourceforge.net/pidgin/pidgin-2.6.6.tar.bz2
Plugins:http://developer.pidgin.im/wiki/ThirdPartyPlugins