# 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. Also installable with debian: sudo apt install profanity.

## 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/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst

- Nix (92%):

```sh
nix profile install nixpkgs#profanity
```

  Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/pr/profanity/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1

- 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 profanity
```

  Evidence: openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: profanity from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst

## Package facts

- **Package key:** brew:profanity
- **Package manager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 0.18.2
- **Source summary:** Console based XMPP client
- **Homepage:** <https://profanity-im.github.io>
- **Repository:** <https://github.com/profanity-im/profanity>
- **Last updated:** 2026-06-08T13:42:20Z
- **Generated:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- profanity (alias)

## Install behavior

- Bottle: not available

## Freshness

- Page generated: 2026-08-03
- Package-manager version: 0.18.2

## 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
## 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: pkgs/by-name/pr/profanity/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1
- 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 - 0.18.2-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 - 0.18.2-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 - 0.18.0-5.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/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | A console based XMPP client | https://profanity-im.github.io/
- dnf - profanity-devel - 0.18.0-5.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/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Development files for libraries used by plugins of Profanity | https://profanity-im.github.io/
- dnf - profanity-doc - 0.18.0-5.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/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-primary.xml.zst | Documentation for profanity | https://profanity-im.github.io/
- dnf - profanity-libs - 0.18.0-5.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/07190dc5ae9f35ae73866675fed6d95fe6e8d9fe22c9d7cdf85862cb2ed24a4c-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 - 0.18.2-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: libprofanity0 from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Shared library for the profanity console-based XMPP client | https://profanity-im.github.io
- zypper - profanity - 0.18.2-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: profanity from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Console-based XMPP client | https://profanity-im.github.io
- zypper - profanity-devel - 0.18.2-1.3: normalized package name match | openSUSE Tumbleweed package metadata: profanity-devel from https://download.opensuse.org/tumbleweed/repo/oss/repodata/50b07339cb64c8ed4091bdbabddadc1ff5737b090e478818a195b40d8a3292861a879139b4a3987c31109699fde9fbf4a716367ddf4eef77da75f96e3193d6ed-primary.xml.zst | Development files for the libprofanity XMPP client library | https://profanity-im.github.io


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/profanity.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/profanity.yml)


## Sources

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated configuration and credential file locations
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- external package-manager database matches
- cross-ecosystem install command graph
