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		ephaeton on Jan 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Pidgin – A Universal Chat Client still using finch (libpurple text ui client coming from the same corner) on a daily basis. Easy to keep it running on a tmux session on my server, ready for a ssh/mosh + tmux attach. Prevents all the syncing of chat histories everywhere...

erikschoster on Jan 22, 2021 [–]

I <3 finch too, though I haven't used it in quite a while. It has a really impressive TUI with windowing etc.

For example: https://inconsolation.files.wordpress.com/2013/01/2013-01-24...

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