Profanity
A console-based XMPP client inspired by Irssi, built with ncurses for terminal chat.
What is Profanity?
Profanity is a console-based XMPP client built with ncurses that runs entirely in the terminal. It provides a lightweight, keyboard-driven interface for secure, decentralized messaging over the XMPP protocol, supporting multiple encryption methods for privacy.
Terminal users, privacy-conscious individuals, and developers who prefer console applications for communication and want a decentralized, self-hostable chat solution.
Profanity offers a fast, minimalistic terminal experience with strong encryption support and full XMPP compatibility, distinguishing itself from GUI clients by being resource-efficient and highly keyboard-operable.
Overview
Ncurses based XMPP client
Use Cases
Best For
- Secure terminal-based chat over XMPP
- Self-hosted decentralized messaging setups
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