Adium is a free instant messaging application for macOS that can connect to XMPP (Jabber), IRC and more.
Want to contribute to the Adium Project?
Adium is an open-source project driven by volunteers. From code to localizations or artwork, any contribution is welcome! You'll find us and our code on GitHub.
Notable Features
- Open Source, so everyone can see how Adium works and help improve it. It uses the Cocoa API, is released under the GNU GPL and is developed by Adium contributors.
- Support for a wide range of different Instant Messaging services (see the full list). Based on the libpurple protocol library.
- A delightful UI with Tabbed chat windows and Themeable WebKit Message View chat windows.
- Direct integration with your macOS Contacts App
- Combined Contacts: Merge your contacts so that each one represents a person, not an account
- A sophisticated events system including support for visual notifications via Growl and macOS's Notification Center
- OTR Encryption
- File Transfer
- Xtras and many, many other customization options
- Translations: Adium speaks 27 different languages
Note: Adium does not host any IM services, rather it is a third-party client for connecting to IM services run by others.
System requirements
| Adium 1.5.10.1 or later | Mac OS X 10.7.5 or newer running on a Mac |
| Adium 1.5.10 | Mac OS X 10.6.8 |
| Adium 1.4.5 | Mac OS X 10.5.8 |
| Adium 1.3.10 | Mac OS X 10.4 |
| Adium 1.0.6 | Mac OS X 10.3.9 |
| Adium X 0.89.1 | Mac OS X 10.2.x and older |
How to get help
- Adium Documentation: extensive collection of articles covering a wide range of topics.
- Troubleshooting: common problems and solutions
- Troubleshooting tips
