Gfire is an open-source plugin for the Pidgin Instant Messenger client. It allows users to connect to the Xfire Gaming network and chat to your friends. Gfire currently allows you to chat with your friends, add and remove friends, view Xfire profile and join your friend’s game, group chat, clan support and file transfer.
Gfire is mainly for Linux users to be able to connect to the Xfire network (since there isn’t a native Linux client), but Windows users can use the Plugin as well. All you need is a Windows or Linux computer, Pidgin 2.5+ and you’re ready to use Gfire!
The Gfire project is under the GPLv3 license. You can freely download, use and edit the code. We encourage helping with the development of Gfire, so please get involved!
Overview of Features (as of 0.9.4)
| Feature | Linux | Windows |
| Instant messaging |  |
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| Friend’s List | |
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| Updated Games List | |
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| Group Chat | |
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| Clan Chat |  |
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| Game detection | |
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| File Transfer | |
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| Avatar display | |
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| Server browser |  |
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| Server detection | |
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| Voice chat |  |
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| Screenshots and videos | |
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| In-game features | |
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Working feature
Partially working feature
Non-implemented feature
Why is Gfire better than Xfire???
A question most of you are asking. Why should you move away from the official Xfire client to Gfire? Well, here is a list why Gfire is better!
- Support for Linux
- Faster Login
- Less Memory and CPU Usage
- Open-sourced
- 1 to 1 contact with developers
- More IM accounts in one IM client
- Tabbed Messages
- Support for Proxies
