Profanity

profanity

Profanity is a console based XMPP client inspired by Irssi.

Runs as profanity|macOS, Linux, Windows|profanity-im.github.io

Open form in Otty otty.toml

Command form

ai-draft · 2 tasks · 6 fields

Launch the XMPP client, optionally auto-connecting an account or starting with startup commands.

Opens the form; the finished command lands at your prompt, unrun

Run in Otty

otty gui profanity

Start ProfanityExample values, fixed in this page — nothing here reaches a terminal

Basic

Auto-connect account*

string

Theme

string

TasksEach one presets the form for one job

Connect an account

accounttheme

Start with debug logging

loglogfile

ParametersOnly these flags are editable in the form

Auto-connect account

Must be an existing account.
string

--account-a

Theme

string

--theme-t

Log level

enum

--log-lDEBUGINFOWARNERROR

Config file

path

--config-c

Log file

path

--logfile-f

Startup commands

Each entry runs right after startup, e.g. /sleep 10.
string · repeatable

--cmd-r

SourcesEvery flag above is checked against these

man

-a, --account ACCOUNT Auto connect to an account on startup, ACCOUNT must be an existing account. -c, --config Use an alternative config file. -l, --log LEVEL Set the logging level, LEVEL may be set to DEBUG, INFO (the default), WARN or ERROR. -f, --logfile Specify a different logfile -r, --cmd Specify the commands that should be run right after startin…

manual2026-10-27

manpages.debian.org

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