| Profanity | |
|---|---|
 Profanity 0.15.1 | |
| Developers | James Booth, Michael Vetter |
| Release | August 2012 |
| Stable release | 0.18.21 
/ 8 June 2026 |
| 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 |
| 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 Ubuntu4 and Arch Linux5 distributions.
Features include multi-user chat, desktop notifications, Off The Record67 and OMEMO8 message encryption.
References
References
- "Release 0.18.2". 8 June 2026. Retrieved 9 June 2026.
- "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.