Profanity
Console-based XMPP client inspired by irssi
Profanity is a console XMPP client whose interface is inspired by irssi. It supports OMEMO and OTR encryption, group chats, and a fully keyboard-driven workflow for the terminal.
Key features
- Terminal interface
- OMEMO and OTR encryption
- Keyboard-driven workflow
- Plugin support
Strengths
- Released under the GPL-3.0 license
- Active community (1.5k GitHub stars)
- Written in C
- Tiny footprint — runs in 32 MB RAM
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