# MCABBER
> Small XMPP console client with encryption and MUC support

## Summary
Small XMPP console client with encryption and multi-user chat

## Capabilities
- Connect to XMPP/Jabber servers
- SASL/SSL/TLS encrypted connections
- Multi-User Chat (MUC) support
- OpenPGP encryption
- History logging and command completion

## When to Use
- You need a secure terminal XMPP client
- You want OpenPGP encryption for XMPP

## When NOT to Use
- You need a GUI chat client

## Related Tools
- [profanity](/tools/profanity) (complementary)
- [poezio](/tools/poezio) (complementary)
- [gnu-freetalk](/tools/gnu-freetalk) (complementary)

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Source: https://littlescripts.sh/tools/mcabber
