Differences between revisions 69 and 90 (spanning 21 versions)

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)	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)	Built-in
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
WhatsApp	Supported through libpurple third party plugin, native plugin in progress
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
Star Trek Online (jabber)	Supported through libpurple's jabber
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
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!

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- Group chats in bitlbee using gtalk account (outdated?)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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-|| [[HowtoFacebook|Facebook]] (jabber) ||<#AAFFAA> Built-in (may stop working on [[https://developers.facebook.com/docs/apps/changelog|2015-04-30]], see Facebook (MQTT) below) ||
+|| [[HowtoFacebookXMPP|Facebook]] (jabber) ||<#FFAAAA> Seems dead now, use [[HowtoFacebookMQTT|Facebook (MQTT)]] instead ||
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-|| [[HowtoMsn|MSN]] (msn) ||<#FFAAAA> Broken due to lack of MSNP18 support ||
|| [[HowtoHipchat|Hipchat]] (jabber) ||<#FFFFAA> Built-in, but has issues ||
|| [[HowtoSkype|Skype with skyped]] (skype) ||<#FFFFAA> Built-in, but requires daemon ||
|| [[HowtoSkypeWithSpectrum2|Skype with Spectrum2]] (jabber) ||<#FFFFAA> Jabber transport (not a plugin), requires daemon ||
+|| [[HowtoMsn|MSN]] (msn) ||<#AAFFAA> Built-in ||
|| [[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 ||
|| [[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]]) ||
+|| [[HowtoWhatsapp|WhatsApp]] ||<#FFAAFF> Supported through [[HowtoPurple|libpurple]] third party plugin, native plugin in progress ||
|| [[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 ||
|| [[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/jgeboski/bitlbee-facebook|Facebook]] (MQTT) ||<#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 ||
|| [[https://github.com/sm00th/bitlbee-discord/|Discord]] ||<#AAFFAA> Third party plugin by sm00th ||
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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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+   * [[SelfMessages|Self-messages]]
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-   * [[GetTrace|Getting a backtrace for bugreports]]
   * [[Debugging]]
+   * [[Debugging|General debugging tips]]
   * [[DebuggingCrashes|Debugging crashes]]
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-   * [[XChatTips|XChat/PChat HowTo]]
  * Old stuff
+   * [[Hexchat_tips]]
  * Old stuff kept for historical reasons
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+   * [[VersionReference|Version reference tables]] (mostly about the transition from otr 3 to 4)
   * [[GtalkEvilness|Google Talk using non-GMail addresses]]