Welcome to Gajim

Runtime Requirements

• python3.9 or higher
• python3-gi
• python3-gi-cairo
• python3-nbxmpp (>=2.99.0)
• python3-openssl (>=16.2)
• python3-css-parser
• python3-keyring
• python3-precis-i18n
• python3-packaging
• python3-pil
• python3-setuptools
• Gtk3 (>=3.22)
• GLib (>=2.60.0)
• gir1.2-gtksource-4
• gir1.2-soup-2.4

Optional Runtime Requirements

• python3-sentry-sdk for Sentry error reporting to dev.gajim.org (users decide whether to send reports or not)
• 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-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

For Video and Audio Calls

• gir1.2-farstream-0.2 for video calls
• gir1.2-gstreamer-1.0 for video and audio calls
• gir1.2-gst-plugins-base-1.0 for video and audio calls
• gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly for video and audio calls
• gstreamer1.0-libav for video and audio calls
• gstreamer1.0-gtk3

Compile-time Requirements

• python3-setuptools
• gettext

Running Tests

python -m unittest discover -s test

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.