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Description:
Console based XMPP client

Type: Formula | Tracked Since: Dec 28, 2025

Links: Homepage | formulae.brew.sh

Category: Networking

Tags: xmpp chat terminal messaging console

Install: brew install profanity

About:
Profanity is a lightweight, terminal-based XMPP client designed for efficient communication directly from the command line. It supports multi-user chats, file transfers, and extensive plugin capabilities, making it ideal for power users and system administrators. Its focus on keyboard-driven interaction and minimal resource usage provides a distraction-free messaging experience.

Key Features:

Keyboard-driven interface with extensive shortcuts
Support for OTR and OMEMO end-to-end encryption
Extensible via Python plugins
Multi-account and MUC (Multi-User Chat) support

Use Cases:

System administrators managing team communications via terminal
Users seeking a lightweight, distraction-free chat client
Secure messaging over XMPP networks

Alternatives:

Finch – Uses the ncurses library and supports multiple protocols, but has a different UI paradigm.
Gajim – Feature-rich graphical client, but requires a desktop environment unlike Profanity's terminal focus.

Version History

Detected	Version	Rev	Change	Commit
Sep 15, 2025 7:14am		0	VERSION_BUMP	e6437449
Nov 25, 2024 9:36am		2	VERSION_BUMP	81c52f8f