Minbif aims to use the libpurple library from the Pidgin project to provide an IRC-friendly instant messaging client. It uses the libpurple library to support over 15 IM protocols.
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This release fixes several bugs and introduces some features, like the full status management with /topic on status channels and its smart interaction with /away. It has also been tested and fixed to work with libpurple 2.7.0, which was released few days ago.