libpurple provides a backend for different IMs. the new centerIM 5 will be using it as wellb Reproducible: Always
the ebuild already exist.. its called net-im/pidgin and you do USE="-ncurses -gtk" (I guess at some point that should build no UI).
*** Bug 195719 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***
*** Bug 351313 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***