Kopete (ko-PEH-tEH) is a multi-protocol, free software instant messaging client released as part of the KDE Software Compilation. Although it can run in numerous environments, it was designed for and integrates with the KDE Plasma Workspaces.
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Kopete is an Instant Messaging client designed to be modular and plugin based.
It requires the KDE Desktop, version 4.7 or higher.
Kopete ships with a lot of protocol plugins, supporting nine different messaging systems. All plugins have seen numerous enhancements and bugfixes since the last release and should bring your Kopete experience to a whole new level.
Additionally a lot of work has gone into cleaning up the core Kopete API and GUI with several important usability-, stability- and performance-improvements.
The Kopete team consists now of several active developers, working on the various plugins and the core API. However, Kopete wouldn't be in the shape in which it is now without the various contributions from KDE developers all over the world and the high-quality bug reports from active users. Thanks to all of you for your support and your interest in Kopete!
As always, more bug reports and patches are welcome. Please use http://bugs.kde.org.
The Kopete main developers can be contacted on our mailing list, kopete-devel@kde.org, and on IRC in #kopete, on irc.freenode.net. We always welcome new contributors.