h1. BEEM

The goal of *Beem* is to provide a full featured and easy to use Jabber client on Android.

*Beem* is under constant development. Releases are usually frequent and driven by user contributions, such as bug reports and patches.

*Beem* is free and contains no ads. All our code is open source and licensed under the _GNU General Public License 3_ and any later version. This means you can get *Beem*'s code and modify it to suit your needs, as long as you publish the changes you make for everyone to benefit from as well.

h2. Download

Latest apk : http://dev.beem-project.com/Beem-debug.apk

h2. Features

Compatible with any standard XMPP server.
SASL support
Proxy SOCKS4 SOCKS5 HTTP

* XEP-0065: SOCKS5 Bytestreams
* XEP-0077: In-Band Registration


h2. Screenshots

!http://dev.beem-project.com/screenshot_rc1/contact_list.png! !http://dev.beem-project.com/screenshot_rc1/send_im.png! !http://dev.beem-project.com/screenshot_rc1/settings.png!

h2. Support & getting help

For getting help or discussing about BEEM, you can join #beem on the freenode IRC network or on XMPP Multi User Chat : beem@conference.elyzion.net.
You can also contact the *BEEM Team* at eip_beem@googlegoups.com.

Before submitting a bug report, a patch or a feature request here, please read the [[Submissions|Submission guidelines]].

h2. Contributing and helping out

Beem is built and maintained by community volunteers. If you enjoy using it and would like to give back to the community, the [[Contribute]] page has several ideas. Software development experience is not required.