Gadu-Gadu wiki

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Gadu-Gadu (Polish for "chit-chat"; commonly known as GG or gg) is a Polish instant messaging client using its own protocol. Gadu-Gadu is the most popular IM service in Poland, with over 7.8 million registered accounts and approximately 6.5 million users online daily. Gadu-Gadu is financed by the display of advertisements. The developer is based in Warsaw, Poland.

[edit] Features

Gadu-Gadu uses its own proprietary protocol. As with ICQ, users are identified by unique serial numbers. Protocol's features include status messages, file sharing, and VoIP. Users may format and embed images in messages. Since client version 6.0, an experimental secure connectionCategory:Wikipedia articles needing clarification from February 2009^[vague] mode can be used. The official client provides over 150 emoticons, allows grouping contacts, sending SMS and integrates with other services ran by the same company: a virtual Internet dial-up, a social networking site MojaGeneracja.pl and an internet radio Open.fm. Because of this, many users consider newer versions bloatware, so the older versions are still common. Gadu-Gadu allows its users to add personal information to a "public directory", available publicly to search. Many unofficial plugins have been created to expand its capabilities.

[edit] Third-party clients

Even though Gadu-Gadu SA officially forbids third-party applications to use its protocol to access its servers, other instant messaging clients are able to use Gadu-Gadu:

• All software based on libpurple
  • Pidgin for Linux and Windows
  • Adium and the now-abandoned Proteus and Fire for Mac OS X
  • Instantbird, an open source IM client based on Mozilla's XULRunner and Pidgin's libpurple
• AQQ
• Miranda IM
• Konnekt multiprotocol instant messaging client for Microsoft Windows
• Tlen.pl, a rival service in Poland
• Spik, another Polish IM application
• Kadu, an open-source client for Linux and Mac OS X attempting to emulate the official client
• Palringo (Windows PC, iPhone/iPod touch, Windows Mobile and Symbian S60)
• Kopete, an IM client for Linux via K Desktop Environment
• WTW multiprotocol IM client for Windows

[edit] See also

• Comparison of instant messaging clients
• Comparison of instant messaging protocols