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Profanity
DevelopersJames Booth, Michael Vetter
ReleaseAugust 2012
Stable release
0.18.2[1] Edit this on Wikidata / 8 June 2026
Written inC
Operating systemWindows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Android (via Termux)
TypeInstant messaging client
LicenseGPL-3.0-or-later
Websiteprofanity-im.github.io
Repository

Profanity is an instant messaging TUI (terminal user interface) client 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.

References

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  1. ↑ "Release 0.18.2". 8 June 2026. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
  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.
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