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 middle‐ 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:gajim@conference.gajim.org?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.

June 2025