Pidgin 是一款可同時登入多個即時通訊 (instant messaging, IM) 軟體帳號的免費軟體，目前支援 AIM, ICQ, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MXit, MySpaceIM 和 Zephyr 等即時通訊服務或協定。若安裝外掛，還可支援更多。
這款軟體不僅免費而且開放原始碼，另外還支援多種平台且免安裝。
重要諸元：
§ 作業系統：Windows 7/8/10/11
§ 官方網站下載頁面
§ 檔案下載
Pidgin 原文簡介：
The software is a chat program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on MSN, talking to a friend on Google Talk, and sitting in a Yahoo chat room all at the same time.
It is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, Novell GroupWise Messenger, QQ, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MXit, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It can support many more with plugins.
It’s worth mentioning that the Buddy Pounce feature that enables you to define the actions to be performed by the application when one of your buddies signs in/out/sends a message, etc. Other customizations can be achieved from the Preferences section. A few interface tweaks, logging settings, proxy options or sound schemes can be defined from this area.
Overall, the program can fulfill your basic communication needs through the decent number of protocols it supports. It’s not as rich as other multi-protocol instant messaging applications, but some advantages come from its simplicity and ease of use.
常見問題（FAQ）
Q：Pidgin 是免費的嗎？
A：Pidgin 提供免費版本，是否包含付費功能或進階版本，仍需以官方最新說明為準。
Q：Pidgin 支援哪些作業系統？
A：支援 Windows, macOS, Linux。
Q：Pidgin 適合哪些人使用？
A：適合 需要 即時通訊 功能的使用者，也適合想尋找相關替代工具的讀者。
Q：使用 Pidgin 前要注意什麼？
A：建議先確認版本、系統相容性與授權方式，並優先從官方網站或可信來源下載。