h1. BEEM {{>toc}} 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. !http://dev.beem-project.com/beem_files/beem_twitter_aos.png! "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 !http://beem-project.com/beem_files/screenshot_rc1/contact_list.png! !http://beem-project.com/beem_files/screenshot_rc1/send_im.png! !http://beem-project.com/beem_files/screenshot_rc1/settings.png! h2. Download h3. Android package !http://dev.beem-project.com/beem_files/qr-code.png! {{download}} 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:
hg clone http://beem-project.com/hg/trunk/ beem
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:
hg pull -u 
*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: xmpp:beem@conference.elyzion.net?join. 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.