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gajim - a fully-featured XMPP chat client

gajim -h

gajim --show

gajim --start-chat

gajim [-q] [-v] [-w] [-l subsystem=level] [-p name] [-s] [-c directory] [--gdebug] [--cprofile]

gajim aims to be an easy to use and fully-featured XMPP client. Just chat with your friends or family, easily share pictures and thoughts or discuss the news with your groups. Chat securely with End-to-End encryption via OMEMO or OpenPGP. gajim integrates well with your other devices: simply continue conversations on your mobile device.

XMPP is the Extensible Messaging and Presence Protocol, a set of open technologies for instant messaging, presence, multi-party chat, voice and video calls, collaboration, lightweight middle‐ ware, content syndication, and generalized routing of XML data. For more information on the XMPP protocol see https://xmpp.org/about/.

-h, --help
Show help options
-V, --version
Show the application’s version
-q, --quiet
Show only critical errors
-s, --separate
Separate profile files completely (even history database and plugins)
-v, --verbose
Print XML stanzas and other debug information
-p, --profile=NAME
Use defined profile in configuration directory
-c, --config-path=PATH
Set configuration directory
-l, --loglevel=SUBSYSTEM=LEVEL
Configure logging.

SUBSYSTEM e.g. gajim.c.m

LEVEL (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL)

Example: gajim.c.m=DEBUG

-w, --warnings
Show all warnings
--gdebug
Sets an environment variable so GLib debug messages are printed
--cprofile
Profile application with cprofile
--start-chat
Start a new chat

$XDG_CACHE_HOME/gajim/
The directory for cached data.
$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/gajim/
The directory where settings and configurations are stored.
$XDG_DATA_HOME/gajim/
The directory where all persistent data, e.g. the message database, is stored.

Please submit bugs at https://dev.gajim.org/gajim/gajim/issues.

You are welcome to join us at xmpp:gajim@conference.gajim.org?join.

gajim is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; version 3 only.

gajim is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

Philipp Hörist, Daniel Brötzmann, Yann Leboulanger.

August 2022