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+[![Build Status](https://travis-ci.org/hanzz/libtransport.png?branch=master)](https://travis-ci.org/hanzz/libtransport)
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+Spectrum is an XMPP transport/gateway. It allows XMPP users to communicate with
+their friends who are using one of the supported networks. It supports a wide
+range of different networks such as ICQ, XMPP (Jabber, GTalk), AIM, MSN,
+Facebook, Twitter, Gadu-Gadu, IRC and SIMPLE. Spectrum is written in C++
+and uses the Swiften XMPP library and libpurple for “legacy networks”.
+Spectrum is open source and released under the GNU GPL.