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Revision 44 (Frédéric Barthéléry, 12/16/2010 12:29 PM) → Revision 45/72 (Vincent Véronis, 02/03/2011 10:32 PM)
h1. BEEM
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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. Features
* Compatible with any standard XMPP server (Gmail, Ejabberd, Openfire ...).
* SASL support.
* Proxy (Socks4 Socks5 HTTP).
* Support of DNS SRV.
h2. Screenshots
!http://www.beem-project.com/screenshot_rc1/contact_list.png! !http://www.beem-project.com/screenshot_rc1/send_im.png! !http://www.beem-project.com/screenshot_rc1/settings.png!
h2. Download
h3. Android package
!http://dev.beem-project.com/screenshot_rc1/qr-code.png!
Beem is available on the Android market. Just search for 'BEEM' to download the latest version or use the QR code above.
We also provide you the Android package file (apk) for the latest version of BEEM at the "Files section":http://beem-project.com/projects/beem/files
You can also download a live version of BEEM. This Android package is regenerated with the last source code every night : "Download":http://www.beem-project.com/Beem-debug.apk
h3. Source
If you want to use the last unstable development version, then you should checkout the mercurial repository.
The mercurial repository is available at this address: http://www.beem-project.com/hg/trunk and viewable "here":http://www.beem-project.com/projects/beem/repository and "here":http://www.beem-project.com/hg/trunk. You can see development repositories "here":http://www.beem-project.com/hg/
*Under GNU/Linux*
In order to download BEEM sources, here is what you have to do : You first have to install mercurial (apt-get install mercurial under Debian)
Then in a console, enter the following commands:
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hg clone http://www.beem-project.com/hg/trunk/ http://www.beem-project.com/hg/beem beem
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To install the developement version please see the file INSTALL for details : source:INSTALL
Once you have the repository, you can update it periodicaly so it matches the latest version from the main repository with the following command:
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hg pull && hg update
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h2. Support & getting help
We have a little [[FAQ]].
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.
We have a mailing list, feel free to subscribe here : http://list.beem-project.com/listinfo/beem-dev
You can also contact the *BEEM Team* at beem-dev@list.beem-project.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.