freetalk

Extensible console-based Jabber client

GNU Freetalk is a command-line Jabber/XMPP chat client. It notably uses the Readline library to handle input, so it features convenient navigation of text as well as tab-completion of buddy names, commands and English words. It is also scriptable and extensible via Guile.

Versions: 4.2
Website: https://www.gnu.org/software/freetalk/
Licenses: GPL 3+
Package source: gnu/packages/messaging.scm
Builds: See build status
Issues: See known issues

Installation

Install the latest version of freetalk as follows:

guix install freetalk

Or install a particular version:

guix install freetalk@4.2

You can also install packages in augmented, pure or containerized environments for development or simply to try them out without polluting your user profile. See the guix shell documentation for more information.