Profanity (instant messaging client)

Profanity
Developer(s)James Booth, Michael Vetter
Initial releaseAugust 2012
Stable release
0.14.0[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 3 August 2023
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemWindows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Android (via Termux)
TypeInstant messaging client
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
Websiteprofanity-im.github.io

Profanity is a text mode instant messaging interface that supports the XMPP protocol.[2] It supports Linux, macOS, Windows (via Cygwin or WSL), FreeBSD, and Android (via Termux).

Packages are available in the Debian,[3] Ubuntu[4] and Arch Linux[5] distributions.

Features include multi-user chat, desktop notifications, Off The Record[6][7] and OMEMO[8] message encryption.

  1. ^ "Release 0.14.0". 3 August 2023. Retrieved 19 September 2023.
  2. ^ "XMPP | XMPP Clients".
  3. ^ "Debian -- Details of package profanity in buster".
  4. ^ "Ubuntu – Error".
  5. ^ "Arch Linux - profanity 1:0.11.1-2 (X86_64)".
  6. ^ "Off-the-Record Messaging".
  7. ^ Sjogelid, Stefan (2015-01-27). Raspberry Pi for Secret Agents - Second Edition. Packt Publishing. ISBN 9781784391386.
  8. ^ "Release 0.7.0 · profanity-im/Profanity". GitHub.