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Profanity (instant messaging client)

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Short description: Text mode instant messaging interface that uses XMPP protocol
Profanity
Developer(s)James Booth, Michael Vetter
Initial releaseAugust 2012
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.[1] It supports Linux, macOS, Windows (via Cygwin or WSL), FreeBSD, and Android (via Termux).

Packages are available in Debian,[2] Ubuntu[3] and Arch[4] Linux distributions.

Features include multi-user chat, desktop notifications, Off The Record [5][6] and OMEMO[7] message encryption.

References

  1. ↑ "XMPP | XMPP Clients". http://xmpp.org/xmpp-software/clients/. 
  2. ↑ "Debian -- Details of package profanity in buster". https://packages.debian.org/buster/profanity. 
  3. ↑ "Ubuntu – Error". http://packages.ubuntu.com/wily/profanity. 
  4. ↑ "Arch Linux - profanity 1:0.11.1-2 (X86_64)". https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/profanity/. 
  5. ↑ "Off-the-Record Messaging". https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/software.php. 
  6. ↑ Sjogelid, Stefan (2015-01-27). Raspberry Pi for Secret Agents - Second Edition. Packt Publishing. ISBN 9781784391386. https://books.google.com/books?id=kuVrBgAAQBAJ&q=raspberry+pi+for+secret+agents. 
  7. ↑ "Release 0.7.0 · profanity-im/Profanity". https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity/releases/tag/0.7.0. 



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