Profanity (instant messaging client)

Profanity
Developer(s)	James Booth, Michael Vetter
Initial release	August 2012
Stable release	0.14.0 / 3 August 2023
Repository	github.com/profanity-im/profanity ;
Written in	C
Operating system	Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Android (via Termux)
Type	Instant messaging client
License	GPL-3.0-or-later
Website	profanity-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 Debian,^[3] Ubuntu^[4] and Arch^[5] Linux distributions.

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

References

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