$XDG_CACHE_HOME/gajim/
The directory for cached data.
A fully-featured xmpp chat client
gajim -h
gajim --start-chat
gajim [-V]
[-q]
[-v]
[-w]
[-l
subsystem=level]
[-u
name]
[-c
directory]
[--configure
path]
[--export-settings
path]
[--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
-v, --verbose
Print XML stanzas and other debug information
-w, --warnings
Show all warnings
-l, --loglevel=SUBSYSTEM=LEVEL
Configure logging
SUBSYSTEM e.g. gajim.c.m
LEVEL (DEBUG, INFO, WARNING, ERROR, CRITICAL)
Example: gajim.c.m=DEBUG
-u, --user-profile=NAME
Use a profile to run multiple Gajim instances
-c, --config-path=PATH
Set configuration directory
--configure=PATH
Configure Gajim with values from a .json file
--export-settings=PATH
Export settings to a .json file
--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.
You are welcome to join us at xmpp:[email protected]?join.
10 releases since Debian 4.0 (Etch); the text changed 6 times.
--config-path since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--configure since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--cprofile since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--export-settings since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--gdebug since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--loglevel since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--quiet since Debian 8 (Jessie);
--start-chat since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--user-profile since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
--version since Debian 13 (Trixie);
--warnings since Debian 10 (Buster);
-V since Debian 13 (Trixie);
-c since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-l since Debian 13 (Trixie);
-q since Debian 8 (Jessie);
-u since Arch Linux 2026-11-01;
-w since Debian 10 (Buster).
--profile until Debian 13 (Trixie);
--separate until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-p until Debian 13 (Trixie);
-s until Debian 13 (Trixie).