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Profanity vs Converse: catalog facts
Profanity	Converse
Free Free and open source; the project accepts donations.	Free Free and open source under the MPL-2.0 licence.
Windows, macOS, Linux, Android, Command line	Web, Self-hosted
OMEMO, OTR and PGP encryption support Multi-user chat rooms and roster management	Works with any standard XMPP server OMEMO end-to-end encryption
Terminal only, with no graphical interface Requires an XMPP account on some server	Needs an XMPP account or server to be useful Some features such as URL previews depend on server support
Downloadable app	Downloadable app, Web application, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: GPL-3.0	License: MPL-2.0
Not stated if an account is needed	Not stated if an account is needed
Not stated if it works offline	Not stated if it works offline
Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Checked September 23, 2026

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