# poggadaj: rebuilding Gadu-Gadu backend services

> poggadaj rebuilds Gadu-Gadu backend services in Go for historical messaging clients. A TCP service handles login, presence, contacts, and messages across several client versions, while an HTTP service supplies client endpoints and a web frontend provides account access.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-08
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/Oreeeee/poggadaj>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/Oreeeee/poggadaj/blob/4dc5484621fc53fc3205af80e4f80eca9f1d208d/README.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/poggadaj-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/poggadaj-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/poggadaj-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Docker Compose orchestrates the documented service deployment; the services are written in Go.
- **Limits:** Client support varies by Gadu-Gadu version; P2P and HTTP registration are absent.
- **License:** AGPL-3.0 license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/Oreeeee/poggadaj/blob/4dc5484621fc53fc3205af80e4f80eca9f1d208d/README.md>

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