BitlBee Wiki

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

How to connect to ...

Service (Protocol)	Status
Plain XMPP (jabber)	Built-in (no special docs needed)
Google talk (GMail/Google+ chat) (jabber)	Built-in (but no groupchats, see Hangouts)
Twitter (twitter)	Built-in
StatusNet (twitter)	Built-in
StudiVZ (jabber)	Built-in
NWSChat (jabber)	Built-in
Hipchat (jabber)	Built-in
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
Signal	Supported through signald + 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
Slack	Supported through libpurple third party plugin
Star Trek Online (jabber)	Supported through libpurple's jabber
Matrix	Supported through libpurple third party plugin
Discord	Supported through libpurple third party plugin
WhatsApp	Supported through libpurple third party plugin
Microsoft Teams	Supported through libpurple third party plugin
Other protocols supported by libpurple	See HowtoPurple
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
Mastodon	Third party plugin by kensanata
Yahoo (yahoo)	Seems dead now, see 'FunYahoo++' above
Facebook (jabber)	Seems dead now, use Facebook (MQTT) instead
MSN (msn)	Seems dead now, use skypeweb instead
Skype with skyped (skype)	Seems dead now, use skypeweb instead
Skype with spectrum2 (jabber)	Seems dead now, use skypeweb instead
ICQ (oscar)	Seems dead now, use icyque instead
LINE instant messenger protocol	Might work but causes account bans
Steam	Seems dead now (Third party plugin by jgeboski)

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
Matrix	matrix-ircd	Rust
Discord	rdircd	Python
SMS (with 3g modem)	sms-irc	Rust
Whatsapp Web	sms-irc	Rust
Mattermost	matterircd	Go
Slack	matterircd	Go
Telegram	irgramd	Python

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.