Is there a Linux version of Adium?

Sorry; Adium is only available for Mac OS X.

Are there plans to make one?

Unfortunately, Adium is written with very Mac specific code — mostly, but not entirely, Cocoa.

But couldn't you use GNUStep?

We use Cocoa Bindings, Carbon, Quartz, Core Foundation, and Search Kit, among other APIs. These features are not available in GNUStep.

There was a GNUStep implementation very long ago, but it fell out of date and was missing features.

Alternative suggestions

Several multi-protocol IM clients already exist for Linux operating systems.

If you're using GTK+, we recommend Pidgin. Adium uses the same core as Pidgin (libpurple) for most protocols.

If you're using KDE, we recommend Kopete. Kopete even works with Adium message view styles.