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     2 [MCabber][home] is a console-based Jabber client, released under the GNU GPL.
       
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     4 Translations: [[German|de]], [[French|fr]], [[Russian|ru]], [[Ukrainian|uk]].
       
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     6 [[!toc]]
       
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     8 # Features
       
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    10 * mcabber is a text Jabber client including features such as **SSL/TLS/SASL**
       
    11   support, **history logging**, commands **completion**, external **actions
       
    12   triggers** and **dynamic modules**. It also has **PGP**, **OTR**
       
    13   ([Off-the-Record Messaging][otr]) and **Aspell/Enchant** support.
       
    14 * mcabber is reported to run on the following platforms: **GNU/Linux**,
       
    15   **FreeBSD**, **OpenBSD**, **Mac OS X** and **Cygwin**.
       
    16 * The following Jabber specifications are supported (in the development
       
    17   version):
       
    18   
       
    19   - [[!xep 0012]] - Last Activity
       
    20   - [[!xep 0022]] - Message Events
       
    21   - [[!xep 0027]] - Current Jabber OpenPGP Usage
       
    22   - [[!xep 0030]] - Service Discovery (partial)
       
    23   - [[!xep 0045]] - Multi-User Chat
       
    24   - [[!xep 0048]] - Bookmark Storage
       
    25   - [[!xep 0049]] - Private XML Storage
       
    26   - [[!xep 0054]] - vcard-temp (retrieval only)
       
    27   - [[!xep 0085]] - Chat State Notifications
       
    28   - [[!xep 0086]] - Error Condition Mappings
       
    29   - [[!xep 0090]] - Entity Time
       
    30   - [[!xep 0091]] - Delayed Delivery
       
    31   - [[!xep 0092]] - Software Version
       
    32   - [[!xep 0115]] - Entity Capabilities
       
    33   - [[!xep 0145]] - Annotations
       
    34   - [[!xep 0146]] - Remote Controlling Clients (partial)
       
    35   - [[!xep 0184]] - Message Delivery Receipts
       
    36   - [[!xep 0199]] - XMPP Ping (answering only)
       
    37   - [[!xep 0202]] - Entity Time
       
    38   - [[!xep 0203]] - Delayed Delivery
       
    39   - [[!xep 0249]] - Direct MUC Invitations (partial)
       
    40   - [[!xep 0280]] - Message Carbons
       
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    42 # Getting started
       
    43 
       
    44 Have a look at the [[Getting_Started]] page for help on running mcabber for the
       
    45 first time.
       
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    47 You can read the small [User Guide][userguide] as well to get a quick overview.
       
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    49 # Modules
       
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    51 MCabber >= 0.10.0 supports dynamic [[Modules]] (a.k.a. plugins).
       
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    53 # Tips
       
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    55 See the [[Tips_And_Tricks]] page for some (maybe) useful advice. Don't forget to
       
    56 check the [[Frequently_Asked_Questions|FAQ]].
       
    57 
       
    58 # Download
       
    59 
       
    60 You can download mcabber tarballs from the [main site][home].
       
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    62 Maybe there exist mcabber [[package|Packages]] for your operating system.
       
    63 
       
    64 # Development
       
    65 
       
    66 See the [[Hacking]] page for information on helping with the development of
       
    67 mcabber.
       
    68 
       
    69 # Links
       
    70 
       
    71 * [MCabber official homepage][home]
       
    72 * [XMPP Standards Foundation][xsf]
       
    73 * [[!wikipedia Jabber desc="Jabber on Wikipedia"]]
       
    74 * [Jabber.org IM service][jabberorg]
       
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    76 [home]:       http://mcabber.com/
       
    77 [otr]:        http://www.cyberpunks.ca/otr/
       
    78 [userguide]:  http://mcabber.com/files/mcabber_guide.pdf
       
    79 [xsf]:        http://www.xmpp.org/xsf/
       
    80 [jabberorg]:  http://www.jabber.org/
       
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