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h1. BEEM 

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 The goal of *Beem* is to provide a full featured and easy to use a Jabber/XMPP 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":http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html 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. 

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 "link":https://twitter.com/AnonOpsSweden/status/209272467729031169 

 h2. Features 

 Available: 
 * Compatible with any standard XMPP server (Prosody, ejabberd, Openfire, Tigase, Google Talk, ...) 
 * SASL support 
 * Proxy (Socks4 Socks5 HTTP) 
 * Support of DNS SRV 
 * OTR 

 In development: 
 * MUC: see issue #216 
 * Jingle: http://beem-project.com/hg/jingle/ 
 * Multi account: http://beem-project.com/hg/account/ 

 h2. Screenshots 

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 h2. Download 

 h3. Android package 

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 Beem is available on the "Google Play Store":https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.beem.project.beem . You can also install it by flashing 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://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://beem-project.com/hg/trunk and viewable "here":http://beem-project.com/projects/beem/repository and "here":http://beem-project.com/hg/trunk. You can see development repositories "here":http://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: 
 <pre> 
 hg clone http://beem-project.com/hg/trunk/ beem 
 </pre> 

 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: 
 <pre> 
 hg pull -u  
 && hg update 
 </pre>  

 *Lib Xmpp* 

 aSmack - buildsystem for Smack on Android: https://github.com/Flowdalic/asmack 

 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 MUC room: beem@conference.elyzion.net. 
 We have a public mailing list, feel free to subscribe "here":http://list.beem-project.com/mailman/listinfo/beem-dev and send mail to beem-dev@list.beem-project.com. 
 *Important Note*: this is a mailing list, *you may not receive an answer* if you have not registered. 

 You can also contact *privately* the *BEEM Team* at contact@beem-project.com. 
 We are currently *not interested by any advertising services.* Such requests will just be ignored. 

 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.