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Oh, was that Pidgin? I had forgotten about that! Having just looked it up, it seems it's desktop only but it does support Facebook via plugin.
It sounds like it would be great to have on Android but I can't find an Android app for it.
Yes I think so, that rings a bell. Something like that would be cool, I downloaded beeper earlier to give it a go and it immediately wants an email and privacy policy and I assume collects data on what clients you use and so on.
Something like pigdin that's just a front end that doesn't phone home anywhere or collect your data and you just log in through it would be awesome.
Beeper does allow self-hosting, though I think you have to use a matrix client, last I checked you can't use their apps to connect to your own server but you can access your Facebook chat or whatever through a matrix client by running the bridges they provide.
Pidgin for Android would be amazing. I found references to an app from 2010 but the links all go nowhere so I guess that didn't survive the test of time.