Editing Psi (instant messaging client) (section)

{{Short description|Instant messaging client}}
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{{Infobox software
 | name = Psi
 | logo = [[File:Psi icon new.png|frameless|upright=0.25]]
 | screenshot = [[File:Psi-0.11.png|frameless|center]]
 | caption = 
 | collapsible = yes
 | developer = The Psi Team
 | released = July 7, 2001<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.affinix.com/~justin |title=Justin's Homepage! |first=Justin |last=Karneges |work=Psi |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20011218061414/http://www.affinix.com/~justin/ |archive-date=December 18, 2001 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
| latest_release_version = {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|Q71393|P348|P548=Q2804309}}
| latest_release_date = {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|Q71393|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}}
 | programming language = [[C++]], [[Qt (framework)|Qt]]
 | operating system = [[Unix-like]], [[macOS]], [[Microsoft Windows]], [[Haiku (operating system)|Haiku]]
 | language = [[Chinese language|Chinese]], [[Czech language|Czech]], [[English language|English]], [[French language|French]], [[German language|German]], [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]], [[Polish language|Polish]], [[Portuguese language|Portuguese]], [[Russian language|Russian]], [[Spanish language|Spanish]], [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]], [[Vietnamese language|Vietnamese]]
 | genre = [[Instant messaging]] [[client (computing)|client]]
 | license = [[GNU General Public License|GPL-2.0-or-later]]<ref>[https://github.com/psi-im/psi/blob/master/COPYING COPYING]</ref>
 | website = {{URL|https://psi-im.org/}}
}}
'''Psi''' is a [[Free software|free]] [[instant messaging]] [[client (computing)|client]] for the [[Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol|XMPP]] protocol (including such services as [[Google Talk]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.google.com/talk/otherclients.html |title=Other IM Clients |work=Google Talk Help |year=2011 |access-date=January 24, 2012 }}</ref>) which uses the [[Qt (framework)|Qt]] toolkit. It runs on [[Linux]] (and other [[Unix-like]] operating systems), [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[macOS]] and [[OS/2]]<ref name="Psi/2">[ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qtapps/psi.zip Psi build for OS/2]. Version 0.15, ZIP package.</ref> (including [[eComStation]] and [[ArcaOS]]).<ref>{{cite web |url=https://xmpp.org/xmpp-software/clients/ |title=XMPP Software: Clients |work=XMPP Standards Foundation |access-date=January 24, 2012 }}</ref>

User interface of program is very flexible in customization. For example, there are "multi windows" and "all in one" modes, support of different iconsets and themes.

Ready-to-install [[deb (file format)|deb]] and [[RPM Package Manager|RPM]] packages are available for many [[Linux distribution]]s. Successful ports of Psi were reported for [[Haiku (operating system)|Haiku]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bebits.com/app/4625/ |title=Psi |work=[[BeBits]] |date=February 8, 2010 |access-date=January 24, 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120722113703/http://www.bebits.com/app/4625/ |archive-date=July 22, 2012 |url-status=dead }}</ref> [[FreeBSD]] and [[Sun Microsystems|Sun]] [[Solaris (operating system)|Solaris]] operating systems.

Due to Psi's free/open-source nature, several [[Fork (software development)|forks]] have appeared, which occasionally contain features that may appear in future official Psi versions.