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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)	Seems dead now. See 'FunYahoo++' below
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)	Seems dead now, use Facebook (MQTT) instead
Twitter (twitter)	Built-in
StatusNet (twitter)	Built-in
StudiVZ (jabber)	Built-in
NWSChat (jabber)	Built-in
MSN (msn)	Seems dead now. See 'skypeweb' below
Hipchat (jabber)	Built-in
Skype with skyped (skype)	Requires daemon, may have issues
Skype with spectrum2 (jabber)	Jabber transport (not a plugin), requires daemon, may have issues
Skype with skypeweb	Supported through libpurple, recommended way to use skype
GaduGadu	Supported through libpurple
SIPE (Microsoft OCS / LCS / Lync / Skype for Business)	Supported through libpurple third party plugin
Telegram	Supported through libpurple third party plugin
Hangouts	Supported through libpurple third party plugin
VK	Supported through libpurple third party plugin
FunYahoo++	Supported through libpurple third party plugin
LINE instant messenger protocol	Supported through libpurple third party plugin
Star Trek Online (jabber)	Supported through libpurple's jabber
Other protocols supported by libpurple	See HowtoPurple
WhatsApp	The libpurple plugin is abandoned and no longer works
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
Discord	Third party plugin by sm00th

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!
Matrix	matrix-ircd	Rust

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 kept for historical reasons
- Group chats in bitlbee using gtalk account (outdated?)
- BitlBee ui-fix branch, now known as BitlBee 3.0
- Version reference tables (mostly about the transition from otr 3 to 4)
- Google Talk using non-GMail addresses

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

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  Editor: bolobolo1
  Comment: Removed Tox as the Pidgin plugin is incompatible with the Tox network due to being too outdated
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  Editor: dx
  Comment: rip msn
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-|| Yahoo (yahoo) ||<#AAFFAA> Built-in (no special docs needed) ||
+|| Yahoo (yahoo) ||<#FFAAAA> Seems dead now. See '!FunYahoo++' below ||
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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) ||<#FFAAAA> Seems dead now, use [[HowtoFacebookMQTT|Facebook (MQTT)]] instead ||
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-|| [[HowtoIdentica|StatusNet]] (twitter) ||<#AAFFAA> Built-in ||
+|| [[HowtoStatusNet|StatusNet]] (twitter) ||<#AAFFAA> Built-in ||
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-|| [[HowtoHipchat|Hipchat]] (jabber) ||<#FFFFAA> Built-in, but has issues ||
|| [[HowtoSkype|Skype]] (skype) ||<#FFFFAA> Built-in, but requires daemon ||
+|| [[HowtoMsn|MSN]] (msn) ||<#FFAAAA> Seems dead now. See 'skypeweb' below ||
|| [[HowtoHipchat|Hipchat]] (jabber) ||<#AAFFAA> Built-in ||
|| [[HowtoSkype|Skype with skyped]] (skype) ||<#FFFFAA> Requires daemon, may have issues ||
|| [[HowtoSkypeWithSpectrum2|Skype with spectrum2]] (jabber) ||<#FFFFAA> Jabber transport (not a plugin), requires daemon, may have issues ||
|| [[HowtoSkypeWeb|Skype with skypeweb]] ||<#FFAAFF> Supported through [[HowtoPurple|libpurple]], recommended way to use skype ||
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-|| [[HowtoWhatsapp|WhatsApp]] ||<#FFAAFF> Supported through [[HowtoPurple|libpurple]] third party plugin ||
|| [[bitlbee-sipe|SIPE (Microsoft OCS / LCS / Lync)]] ||<#FFAAFF> Supported through [[HowtoPurple|libpurple]] third party plugin ||
+|| [[HowtoSIPE|SIPE (Microsoft OCS / LCS / Lync / Skype for Business)]] ||<#FFAAFF> Supported through [[HowtoPurple|libpurple]] third party plugin ||
|| [[https://github.com/majn/telegram-purple|Telegram]] ||<#FFAAFF> Supported through [[HowtoPurple|libpurple]] third party plugin ||
|| [[https://bitbucket.org/EionRobb/purple-hangouts|Hangouts]] ||<#FFAAFF> Supported through [[HowtoPurple|libpurple]] third party plugin ||
|| [[https://bitbucket.org/olegoandreev/purple-vk-plugin|VK]] ||<#FFAAFF> Supported through [[HowtoPurple|libpurple]] third party plugin ||
|| [[https://github.com/EionRobb/funyahoo-plusplus|FunYahoo++]] ||<#FFAAFF> Supported through [[HowtoPurple|libpurple]] third party plugin  ||
|| [[http://altrepo.eu/git/line-protocol|LINE instant messenger protocol]] ||<#FFAAFF> Supported through [[HowtoPurple|libpurple]] third party plugin ||
|| [[HowtoSTO|Star Trek Online]] (jabber)  ||<#FFAAFF> Supported through [[HowtoPurple|libpurple]]'s jabber  ||
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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 ||
+|| [[HowtoWhatsapp|WhatsApp]] ||<#FFAAAA> The libpurple plugin is abandoned and no longer works ||
|| [[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 ||
|| [[https://github.com/sm00th/bitlbee-discord/|Discord]] ||<#AAFFAA> Third party plugin by sm00th ||

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! ||
|| Matrix || [[https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-ircd|matrix-ircd]] || Rust ||
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-   * [[HowtoPurple|BitlBee powered by libpurple]]
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-   * [[GtalkGroupchats|Group chats in bitlbee using gtalk account]]
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-   * [[VersionReference|Version reference tables]] (which bitlbee versions work, what OTR version numbers mean)
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-   * [[GtalkEvilness|Google Talk using non-GMail addresses]]
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-   * [[UiFix|BitlBee ui-fix branch, now known as BitlBee 3.0]]
+   * [[SelfMessages|Self-messages]]
   * [[UnixSockets|Using unix sockets to connect from your irc client]]
  * Plugins/add-ons/etc
   * [[HowtoPurple|BitlBee powered by libpurple]]
   * [[bitlbee-otr|OTR (Off-the-Record Messaging) with bitlbee]]
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-   * [[GetTrace|Getting a backtrace for bugreports]]
   * [[Debugging]]
  * Plugins/add-ons/etc
   * [[bitlbee-otr|OTR (Off-the-Record Messaging) with bitlbee]]
+   * [[Debugging|General debugging tips]]
   * [[DebuggingCrashes|Debugging crashes]]
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-   * [[XChatTips|XChat/PChat HowTo]]
+   * [[Hexchat_tips]]
  * Old stuff kept for historical reasons
   * [[GtalkGroupchats|Group chats in bitlbee using gtalk account]] (outdated?)
   * [[UiFix|BitlBee ui-fix branch, now known as BitlBee 3.0]]
   * [[VersionReference|Version reference tables]] (mostly about the transition from otr 3 to 4)
   * [[GtalkEvilness|Google Talk using non-GMail addresses]]