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gajim - a fully-featured XMPP chat client

NAME  SYNOPSIS  DESCRIPTION  OPTIONS  FILES  BUGS  SUPPORT  COPYRIGHT  AUTHORS 

NAME

gajim − a fully−featured XMPP chat client

SYNOPSIS

gajim −h
gajim −−start−chat
gajim [−q] [−v] [−w] [−l subsystem=level] [−u name] [−p name] [−s] [−c directory] [−−gdebug] [−−cprofile]

DESCRIPTION

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 middleâ ware, content syndication, and generalized routing of XML data. For more information on the XMPP protocol see https://xmpp.org/about/.

OPTIONS

−h, −−help

Show help options

−V, −−version

Show the application’s version

−q, −−quiet

Show only critical errors

−s, −−separate

DEPRECATED: Separate profile files completely (even history database and plugins)

−v, −−verbose

Print XML stanzas and other debug information

−u, −−user−profile=NAME

Use a profile to run multiple Gajim instances

−p, −−profile=NAME

DEPRECATED: 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

FILES

$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.

BUGS

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

SUPPORT

You are welcome to join us at xmpp:[email protected]?join.

COPYRIGHT

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.

AUTHORS

Philipp Hörist, Daniel Brötzmann, Yann Leboulanger.


Updated 2026-06-01 - jenkler.se | uex.se