[Psi](/https://psi-im.org) is a free (as in freedom) XMPP chat app. It is fast and lightweight, and works on Windows, Linux, and macOS. It has full unicode support and easy file transfers.

# Open Psi.

# If you already have an existing account, click on `Accounts` -> `Manage Accounts`.

# Click `Register new account`.\\

Attach:psi-accountsetup.png

# You can pick a server from the list of [free XMPP servers](/xmpp/xmpp). In this example, we use `ircnow.org`.

# Click `Next`.\\

Attach:psi-registeraccount.png

# Choose your username and password:\\

Attach:psi-chooseusername.png

# Your account has been created:\\

Attach:psi-success.png\\

Attach:psi-contacts.png