Profanity (instant messaging client)

{{Short description|Text mode instant messaging interface that uses XMPP protocol}}

{{Infobox software

| name = Profanity

| caption = Profanity chat window

| developer = James Booth, Michael Vetter

| released = August 2012

| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q7247905|P348|P548=Q2804309}}

| latest release date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q7247905|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}

| latest preview version = {{wikidata|property|preferred|references|edit|Q7247905|P348|P548=Q51930650}}

| latest preview date = {{wikidata|qualifier|preferred|single|Q7247905|P348|P548=Q51930650|P577}}

| programming language = C

| operating system = Windows, macOS, Linux, FreeBSD, Android (via Termux)

| genre = Instant messaging client

| license = GPL-3.0-or-later

| website = {{URL|https://profanity-im.github.io}}

}}

Profanity is a text mode instant messaging interface that supports the XMPP protocol.{{Cite web|url=http://xmpp.org/xmpp-software/clients/|title = XMPP | XMPP Clients}} It supports Linux, macOS, Windows (via Cygwin or WSL), FreeBSD, and Android (via Termux).

Packages are available in the Debian,{{Cite web|url=https://packages.debian.org/buster/profanity|title = Debian -- Details of package profanity in buster}} Ubuntu{{Cite web|url=http://packages.ubuntu.com/wily/profanity|title = Ubuntu – Error}} and Arch Linux{{Cite web|url=https://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/x86_64/profanity/|title = Arch Linux - profanity 1:0.11.1-2 (X86_64)}} distributions.

Features include multi-user chat, desktop notifications, Off The Record{{Cite web|url=https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/software.php|title=Off-the-Record Messaging}}{{Cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kuVrBgAAQBAJ&q=raspberry+pi+for+secret+agents |title = Raspberry Pi for Secret Agents - Second Edition|isbn = 9781784391386|last1 = Sjogelid|first1 = Stefan|date = 2015-01-27| publisher=Packt Publishing }} and OMEMO{{Cite web|url=https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity/releases/tag/0.7.0|title=Release 0.7.0 · profanity-im/Profanity|website=GitHub}} message encryption.