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http://pidgin.im seems to be pretty easy. Doesn't require any tech-savvyness other than entering your credentials in a nice, intuitive interface, unless I'm missing something?


Pidgin is a very bad XMPP client these days - at least until you have spent quite a lot of time on gathering and configuring all the plugins needed for modern XMPP experience.


Pidgin works fine if you use one device. If you have multiple devices or want to receive messages while you're offline, it does not support that.


Encryption. You are missing encryption.




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