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Revision 68 (Frédéric Barthéléry, 01/04/2013 09:03 PM) → Revision 69/72 (Neustradamus -, 03/23/2013 11:47 AM)
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:
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hg clone http://beem-project.com/hg/trunk/ 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 -u
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*Lib XMPP* 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. 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.