# Install profanity with Homebrew, apk, apt, dnf, MacPorts, Nix, pacman, zypper Console based XMPP client. Version 0.18.2 via Homebrew; verified 2026-06-08. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:profanity ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install profanity ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata - MacPorts (94%): ```sh sudo port install profanity ``` Evidence: MacPorts ports tree: net/profanity/Portfile from https://api.github.com/repos/macports/macports-ports/git/trees/master?recursive=1 ### Linux - apk (92%): ```sh sudo apk add profanity ``` Evidence: Alpine Linux edge package indexes: profanity from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install profanity ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: profanity from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - dnf (92%): ```sh sudo dnf install profanity ``` Evidence: Fedora Rawhide package metadata: profanity from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#profanity ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: profanity from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S profanity ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: profanity from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz - zypper (92%): ```sh sudo zypper install libprofanity0 ``` Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libprofanity0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:profanity - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 0.18.2 - **Source summary:** Console based XMPP client - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-3.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Last updated:** 2026-06-08T13:42:20Z - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - profanity (cli) - profanity (alias) ## Dependencies - gdk-pixbuf - glib - gpgme - gtk+3 - libgcrypt - libomemo-c - libotr - libstrophe - libx11 - libxscrnsaver - python@3.14 - qrencode - readline - sqlite - terminal-notifier ## Build dependencies - meson - ninja - pkgconf ## Uses from macOS - curl - ncurses ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, sonoma, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 0.18.2 - Package-manager updated: 2026-06-08 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://profanity-im.github.io - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Security Notes No matching local secret-handling manifest was found for profanity. Nucleus package metadata is still published here so future coverage has a stable package URL. ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/profanity/profrc ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** profanity - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Head Version:** HEAD - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** head, stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - profanity - 0.15.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: profanity from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | console based XMPP client | https://profanity-im.github.io/ - Debian apt - profanity-light - 0.15.0-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: profanity-light from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | console based XMPP client, light version | https://profanity-im.github.io/ - Nix - profanity: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: profanity from https://raw.githubusercontent.com/NixOS/nixpkgs/master/pkgs/top-level/all-packages.nix - Ubuntu apt - profanity - 0.14.0-1build5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: profanity from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | console based XMPP client | https://profanity-im.github.io/ - Ubuntu apt - profanity-light - 0.14.0-1build5: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: profanity-light from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | console based XMPP client, light version | https://profanity-im.github.io/ - apk - profanity - 0.18.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: profanity from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Ncurses based XMPP client | https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity - apk - profanity-doc - 0.18.1-r0: normalized package name match | Alpine Linux edge package indexes: profanity-doc from https://dl-cdn.alpinelinux.org/alpine/edge/community/x86_64/APKINDEX.tar.gz | Ncurses based XMPP client (documentation) | https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity - dnf - profanity - 0.18.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: profanity from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | A console based XMPP client | https://profanity-im.github.io/ - dnf - profanity-devel - 0.18.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: profanity-devel from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Development files for libraries used by plugins of Profanity | https://profanity-im.github.io/ - dnf - profanity-doc - 0.18.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: profanity-doc from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | Documentation for profanity | https://profanity-im.github.io/ - dnf - profanity-libs - 0.18.0-3.fc45: normalized package name match | Fedora Rawhide package metadata: profanity-libs from https://dl.fedoraproject.org/pub/fedora/linux/development/rawhide/Everything/x86_64/os/repodata/e5ca8ce900cd68f5419e1c39ae517343100b306336cbaeb70a3c153121d95094-primary.xml.zst | The shared libraries required for plugins of Profanity | https://profanity-im.github.io/ - pacman - profanity - 1:0.18.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: profanity from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Console based XMPP client | https://profanity-im.github.io - pacman - profanity-gtk - 1:0.18.2-1: normalized package name match | Arch Linux sync databases: profanity-gtk from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Console based XMPP client (gtk support) | https://profanity-im.github.io - zypper - libprofanity0 - 0.18.2-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libprofanity0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Shared library for the profanity console-based XMPP client | https://profanity-im.github.io - zypper - profanity - 0.18.2-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: profanity from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Console-based XMPP client | https://profanity-im.github.io - zypper - profanity-devel - 0.18.2-1.1: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: profanity-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/be8d3611d25469107f32075a1697e69ec57a2b850b42348a658cc671ad5ec2b50760d02c3e59524d50da9a11d5be799bdaffba2e166e8ca8858512e3c0bd665d-primary.xml.zst | Development files for the libprofanity XMPP client library | https://profanity-im.github.io ## Related links - [Source-control packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/source-control-tools/) - Belongs to a source-control command family. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [gdk-pixbuf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gdk-pixbuf/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [glib](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/glib/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gpgme](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gpgme/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [gtk+3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/gtk-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libgcrypt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libgcrypt/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [libotr](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libotr/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [meson](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/meson/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [ninja](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ninja/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [pkgconf](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/pkgconf/) - Build dependency declared by Homebrew. - [mcabber](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/mcabber/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: chat-client, cli, messaging, ncurses, networking. - [ejabberd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ejabberd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, messaging, networking, xmpp. - [activemq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/activemq/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, messaging, networking. - [czmq](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/czmq/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, messaging, networking. - [emqx](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/emqx/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, messaging, networking. - [libpaho-mqtt](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/libpaho-mqtt/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, messaging, networking. - [nanomsg](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nanomsg/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, messaging, networking. - [nats-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/nats-server/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, messaging, networking. - [center-im](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/center-im/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: chat, cli, client, glib, messaging. - [dissent](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/dissent/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. Shared terms: chat, chat-client, cli, client, gdk. ## Combined YAML source View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/profanity.yml](https://github.com/automic-vault/db/blob/main/combined/profanity.yml) ## Sources - Nucleus package database - Geiger risk classifier - package-page enrichment - curated configuration and credential file locations - package version freshness - av.db category and tag curation - package relationship graph - external package-manager database matches - cross-ecosystem install command graph