Ncurses based XMPP client
See the code
Profanity is a console based XMPP client inspired by Irssi.
If you like Profanity consider becoming a sponsor or donate some money.
See the User Guide for information on installing and using Profanity.
This project is about freedom, privacy and choice. We want to enable people to chat with one another in a safe way. Thus supporting encryption (OTR, PGP, OMEMO, OX) and being decentralized, meaning everyone can run their own server. We believe XMPP is a great proven protocol with an excellent community serving this purpose well.
Feel free to follow us on twitter, join our mailing list and/or MUC.
Our user guide contains an install section and a section for building from source yourself.
We would highly appreciate if you support us via GitHub Sponsors. Especially if you make feature requests or need help using Profanity. Sponsoring enables us to spend time on Profanity.
An alternative way to support us would be:
bc1qx265eat7hfasqkqmk9qf38delydnrnuvzhzy0x85Mz3CXUrom2LJSJRBqcbWj5rg7PfkkVrUzAW5MyGzZiTFxbXjkGckAiLFfze6bjAuLTmPoZ4VNgXZVKHhPWgeWg2nWeU69Also see https://profanity-im.github.io/donate.
Thank you! <3
We tried to sum things up on our helpout page. Additionally you can check out our blog where we have articles like: How to get a backtrace and Contributing a Patch via GitHub. For more technical details check out our CONTRIBUTING.md file.
To get help, first read our User Guide then check out the FAQ. If you are having a problem, first search the issue tracker.
If you don't find any existing issue, you can report it: With a GitHub account: Create a new issue directly on our issue tracker. This is what you should do. If you don't have an account, create one! It makes our life much easier. Without a GitHub account:
---), and fill it out.profanity@lists.posteo.de, or join our MUC and ask someone to submit it on your behalf.URL: https://profanity-im.github.io
Repo: https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity-im.github.io
URL: https://profanity-im.github.io/blog
Repo: https://github.com/profanity-im/blog
Mailing List: https://lists.posteo.de/listinfo/profanity
MUC: profanity@rooms.dismail.de
Plugins repository: https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity-plugins
(top 24 of 25)
425 followers · starred Aug 2019
116 followers · starred Feb 2026
138 followers · starred Oct 2025
53 followers · starred Jul 2021
Ncurses based XMPP client
See the code
Profanity is a console based XMPP client inspired by Irssi.
If you like Profanity consider becoming a sponsor or donate some money.
See the User Guide for information on installing and using Profanity.
This project is about freedom, privacy and choice. We want to enable people to chat with one another in a safe way. Thus supporting encryption (OTR, PGP, OMEMO, OX) and being decentralized, meaning everyone can run their own server. We believe XMPP is a great proven protocol with an excellent community serving this purpose well.
Feel free to follow us on twitter, join our mailing list and/or MUC.
Our user guide contains an install section and a section for building from source yourself.
We would highly appreciate if you support us via GitHub Sponsors. Especially if you make feature requests or need help using Profanity. Sponsoring enables us to spend time on Profanity.
An alternative way to support us would be:
bc1qx265eat7hfasqkqmk9qf38delydnrnuvzhzy0x85Mz3CXUrom2LJSJRBqcbWj5rg7PfkkVrUzAW5MyGzZiTFxbXjkGckAiLFfze6bjAuLTmPoZ4VNgXZVKHhPWgeWg2nWeU69Also see https://profanity-im.github.io/donate.
Thank you! <3
We tried to sum things up on our helpout page. Additionally you can check out our blog where we have articles like: How to get a backtrace and Contributing a Patch via GitHub. For more technical details check out our CONTRIBUTING.md file.
To get help, first read our User Guide then check out the FAQ. If you are having a problem, first search the issue tracker.
If you don't find any existing issue, you can report it: With a GitHub account: Create a new issue directly on our issue tracker. This is what you should do. If you don't have an account, create one! It makes our life much easier. Without a GitHub account:
---), and fill it out.profanity@lists.posteo.de, or join our MUC and ask someone to submit it on your behalf.URL: https://profanity-im.github.io
Repo: https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity-im.github.io
URL: https://profanity-im.github.io/blog
Repo: https://github.com/profanity-im/blog
Mailing List: https://lists.posteo.de/listinfo/profanity
MUC: profanity@rooms.dismail.de
Plugins repository: https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity-plugins
(top 24 of 25)
425 followers · starred Aug 2019
116 followers · starred Feb 2026
138 followers · starred Oct 2025
53 followers · starred Jul 2021