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https://matrix.org/blog/2017/03/11/how-do-i-bridge-thee-let-... is a good overviewer. Only one bridge (matrix-bifrost) uses libpurple as a fallback; everthing else speaks the target protocol natively.

Quinn Norton had some pretty damning things to say about libpurple and its lack of security in 2014: https://medium.com/message/everything-is-broken-81e5f33a24e1

It's possible libpurple's security has improved since then, but I wouldn't count on it.

Thanks for the link. I actually checked the CVEs so far and read their 'security' page. I have only skimmed the article, however, if it's just reverse engineering the protocols, and you are still using somebody else's server, what's the biggest risk? Maybe a vuln in the client that won't be fixed as fast as the official client?

There's a whole bunch of bridges available for Matrix. I plan on trying the whatsapp and telegram bridges, and maybe discord as well.

There's a list here: https://matrix.org/docs/projects/bridges

Pidgin integration would be amazing. It's my favorite client and one of the most usable currently, but nothing uses it. Everything nowadays is custom web or electron apps. I wish someone made a signald plugin for Pidgin...