The Pidgin IM client for StatusNet-hosted sites

To add your Status.Net-hosted instance to the Pidgin IM client, you need the microblog-purple plugin.

I tried this in Windows, downloading the .exe version.

You generally need to quit Pidgin to install plugins (in Windows anyway).

Once I installed the plugin via the .exe and restarted Pidgin, I added an account, using my Status.net username, and choosing Status.net for the account type, and using my Status.net-hosted URL (like company.status.net, inserting the name of your instance for "company") as the server.

After that, it just works.