How to use Tigase service

This article describes how to use tigase.org service for instant communication.

You have to install and run Jabber client application to use the service.

Short instructions:

Usually you just need to enter Jabber user name of the form: user@tigase.org. Your Jabber client should take care of all other things as our service doesn't need any special settings.

If you don't have account on tigase.org server yet just tick the option to register new account. That's it!

Long instructions:

Good news is that there are many programs to choose from which allow you to communicate through our server. So you can pick up your favorite application or use existing one if it is compatible and start using our service.

All clients presented below support multiple accounts on Jabber servers. What it means is that you can have a few Jabber accounts on different Jabber servers and you can still use just one program to connect to all of them at the same time.

Full list of all known Jabber client is very long you can obviously try them all but below is a selection which is recommended by Tigase team.
The selected programs might not be the best choice for you but these programs have been tested and we can offer help with using them.
Here is a list of recommended instant messaging clients:

Psi

Pure Jabber client. Although it supports only Jabber network it is very user friendly and comfortable program. It works on most popular operating systems like Linux, MS Windows and Apple MacOS X.

Gajim

This is another Jabber only client. Very user friendly works on most of Linux distributions, FreeBSD and MS Windows.

Gaim

This is not just a Jabber client. This kind of applications are called multicommunicator as apart from Jabber it supports also many other instant messagin networks like: AIM/ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, Gadu-Gadu, IRC and a few others. So it is especially convenient if you have friends using other messaging networks. Gaim works on most Linux distributions and on MS Windows.

Kopete

This is KDE component and although it works only on Linux based system it also support many, most popular instant messaging systems apart from Jabber like: AIM, Gadu-Gadu, ICQ, IRC, MSN, Yahoo.

Install Jabber client of your choice and setup it for Tigase account:

• Configuration instructions for Psi