About

This is the SkypeWeb plugin for Pidgin/libpurple. It allows you to see your Skype contacts in Pidgin/libpurple, send them instant messages and participate in group chats. GPLv3 licensed. Requires libjson-glib to use.

Download

Windows

Windows users can download latest builds from libskypeweb-debug.dll or pidgin-skypeweb-installer.exe

The plugin requires libjson-glib which is part of the installer exe or can be downloaded from github and copied to the Program Files (x86)\Pidgin folder (not the plugins subfolder)

Compiling

Requires devel headers/libs for libpurple and libjson-glib [libglib2.0-dev, libjson-glib-dev and libpurple-dev]

	git clone git://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin.git
	cd skype4pidgin/skypeweb
	make
	sudo make install

Source Code

Code is hosted on Github at https://github.com/EionRobb/skype4pidgin/tree/master/skypeweb

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Legacy Skype API Plugin

Click here to view information about the old, legacy skype plugin

Contact

You can contact me by preferably emailing me at ｅｉｏｎ＠ｒｏｂｂｍｏｂ．ｃｏｍ or messaging me on Skype at BigBrownChunx

Sometimes I write about Skype stuff on my blog.