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Adium is a free and open-source instant messaging application for Mac OS X, developed by the Adium team and released under the GNU GPL. Written using Mac OS X's Cocoa API and based on the libpurple protocol library, it allows users to connect to multiple messaging accounts across various protocols, including AOL, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, ICQ, Facebook, and Google Talk (XMPP). Originating from the United States, Adium is highly customizable, supporting themes, multiple languages, and a tabbed interface, along with Off-the-Record (OTR) messaging for enhanced privacy. Its development is actively managed on GitHub, and it has received positive user reviews praising its capability and extensive protocol support.