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BitlBee Wiki

We'll use this Wiki to offer better on-line searchable BitlBee documentation.

How to connect to ...

Service (Protocol)	Status
Yahoo (yahoo)	Built-in (no special docs needed)
AIM/ICQ (oscar)	Built-in (no special docs needed)
Plain XMPP (jabber)	Built-in (no special docs needed)
Google talk (GMail/Google+ chat) (jabber)	Built-in (but no groupchats, see 'hangouts' below)
Facebook (jabber)	Built-in (might break soon, see Facebook (MQTT) below)
Twitter (twitter)	Built-in
StatusNet (twitter)	Built-in
StudiVZ (jabber)	Built-in
NWSChat (jabber)	Built-in
MSN (msn)	Built-in, working in development versions only
Hipchat (jabber)	Built-in, but has issues
Skype with skyped (skype)	Built-in, but requires daemon
Skype with Spectrum2 (jabber)	Jabber transport (not a plugin), requires daemon
GaduGadu	Supported through libpurple
WhatsApp	Supported through libpurple third party plugin
SIPE (Microsoft OCS / LCS / Lync)	Supported through libpurple third party plugin
Telegram	Supported through libpurple third party plugin (see bug)
Other protocols supported by libpurple	See HowtoPurple
Steam	Third party plugin by jgeboski
Facebook (MQTT)	Third party plugin by jgeboski. Replacement for facebook's XMPP
Torchat	Third party plugin by meh
Omegle	Third party plugin by meh

Other third party IRC bridges unrelated to bitlbee, but that you might appreciate:

Service	Bridge	Notes
Google Hangouts	pickups	Python. Useful for groupchats, which gtalk's XMPP doesn't support
Campfire	camper_van	Ruby
Slack	Built-in gateway	Both irc and xmpp!

Other pages:

How to do ... (FAQs)
Plugins/add-ons/etc
- BitlBee powered by libpurple
- OTR (Off-the-Record Messaging) with bitlbee
"Bleeding edge" stuff/etc
IRC client-specific stuff
Old stuff
- Group chats in bitlbee using gtalk account (outdated?)
- BitlBee ui-fix branch, now known as BitlBee 3.0

The main point of this Wiki is that it'll show up in search results for common BitlBee questions/etc.

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-|| [[HowtoMsn|MSN]] (msn) ||<#AAFFAA> Built-in ||
|| [[HowtoGtalk|Google talk (GMail/Google+ chat)]] (jabber) ||<#AAFFAA> Built-in ||
|| [[HowtoFacebook|Facebook]] (jabber) ||<#AAFFAA> Built-in ||
+|| [[HowtoGtalk|Google talk (GMail/Google+ chat)]] (jabber) ||<#AAFFAA> Built-in (but no groupchats, see 'hangouts' below) ||
|| [[HowtoFacebookXMPP|Facebook]] (jabber) ||<#FFFFAA> Built-in (might break soon, see [[HowtoFacebookMQTT|Facebook (MQTT)]] below) ||
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-|| [[HowtoIdentica|StatusNet]] (twitter) ||<#AAFFAA> Built-in ||
+|| [[HowtoStatusNet|StatusNet]] (twitter) ||<#AAFFAA> Built-in ||
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+|| [[HowtoMsn|MSN]] (msn) ||<#FFFFAA> Built-in, working in development versions only ||
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-|| [[HowtoSkype|Skype]] (skype) ||<#FFFFAA> Built-in, but requires daemon ||
+|| [[HowtoSkype|Skype with skyped]] (skype) ||<#FFFFAA> Built-in, but requires daemon ||
|| [[HowtoSkypeWithSpectrum2|Skype with Spectrum2]] (jabber) ||<#FFFFAA> Jabber transport (not a plugin), requires daemon ||
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-|| [[https://github.com/davidgfnet/whatsapp-purple|WhatsApp]] ||<#FFAAFF> Supported through [[HowtoPurple|libpurple]] third party plugin ||
|| [[bitlbee-sipe|SIPE (Microsoft OCS / LCS / Lync)]] ||<#FFAAFF> Supported through [[HowtoPurple|libpurple]] ||
+|| [[HowtoWhatsapp|WhatsApp]] ||<#FFAAFF> Supported through [[HowtoPurple|libpurple]] third party plugin ||
|| [[HowtoSIPE|SIPE (Microsoft OCS / LCS / Lync)]] ||<#FFAAFF> Supported through [[HowtoPurple|libpurple]] third party plugin ||
|| [[https://github.com/majn/telegram-purple|Telegram]] ||<#FFAAFF> Supported through [[HowtoPurple|libpurple]] third party plugin ([[http://bugs.bitlbee.org/bitlbee/ticket/1178|see bug]]) ||
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-|| [[https://github.com/jgeboski/bitlbee-steam|Steam]] ||<#FFFFAA> Third party plugin by jgeboski ||
|| [[https://github.com/meh/bitlbee-torchat|Torchat]] ||<#FFFFAA> Third party plugin by meh ||
|| [[https://github.com/meh/bitlbee-omegle|Omegle]] ||<#FFFFAA> Third party plugin by meh ||
+|| [[https://github.com/jgeboski/bitlbee-steam|Steam]] ||<#AAFFAA> Third party plugin by jgeboski ||
|| [[HowtoFacebookMQTT|Facebook]] (MQTT) ||<#AAFFAA> Third party plugin by jgeboski. Replacement for facebook's XMPP ||
|| [[https://github.com/meh/bitlbee-torchat|Torchat]] ||<#AAFFAA> Third party plugin by meh ||
|| [[https://github.com/meh/bitlbee-omegle|Omegle]] ||<#AAFFAA> Third party plugin by meh ||

Other third party IRC bridges unrelated to bitlbee, but that you might appreciate:

|| '''Service''' || '''Bridge''' || '''Notes''' ||
|| Google Hangouts || [[https://github.com/mtomwing/pickups|pickups]] || Python. Useful for groupchats, which gtalk's XMPP doesn't support ||
|| Campfire || [[https://github.com/zerowidth/camper_van|camper_van]] || Ruby ||
|| Slack || [[https://slack.zendesk.com/hc/en-us/articles/201727913-Connecting-to-Slack-over-IRC-and-XMPP|Built-in gateway]] || Both irc and xmpp! ||
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-   * [[UiFix|BitlBee ui-fix branch, now known as BitlBee 3.0]]
+  * Plugins/add-ons/etc
   * [[HowtoPurple|BitlBee powered by libpurple]]
   * [[bitlbee-otr|OTR (Off-the-Record Messaging) with bitlbee]]
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   * [[bitlbee-otr|OTR (Off-the-Record Messaging) with bitlbee]]
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   * [[GtalkGroupchats|Group chats in bitlbee using gtalk account]] (outdated?)
   * [[UiFix|BitlBee ui-fix branch, now known as BitlBee 3.0]]