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                                           gajim(1)