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🎀 man(1) — the Profanity XMPP client manual, /join edition 💖

okay bestie, welcome to the Profanity manual page for /join. this is man(1), and yes it's giving ✨documentation✨ but make it cute.

🌸 NAME 🌸

/join — the Profanity /join command. that's it. that's the name. iconic.

💜 DESCRIPTION 💜

so basically: /join gets you into a chat room</> at the conference server. slay. here's the fine print though, and there IS fine print, pay attention 🫶

  • no room supplied? no problem, a generated name gets used with the format private-chat-[UUID]. you get a whole random identity, main character energy fr.
  • didn't include the domain part in the room name? then the account preference muc.service gets used instead. iykyk.
  • didn't specify a nickname? the account preference muc.nick steps in, which by default is the localpart of your JID. your JID knows who you are even when you forget 💅
  • room doesn't exist? and the server allows it? boom, a new one gets created. you're literally the founder now 👑
  • join a room often? you might also wanna add a bookmark — see /help bookmark — which also lets you set a default nickname. in that case, use /bookmark join. bestie, set the bookmark, your future self will thank you 😭

✨ SYNOPSIS ✨

/join
/join <room> [nick <nick>] [password <password>]

🦋 ARGUMENTS 🦋

  • <room> — the chat room you're joining. your destination. your vibe.
  • nick <nick> — the nickname you wanna rock inside the room 🎀
  • password <password> — the password, but ONLY if the room actually requires one. don't just be handing those out fr.

🔥 EXAMPLES 🔥

just roll up, no frills:

/join

into a specific room:

/join profanity@rooms.dismail.de

same room, but with a nickname:

/join profanity@rooms.dismail.de nick mynick

the full package — room, nick AND password:

/join private@conference.jabber.org nick mynick password mypassword

and a short lil room name, because the domain gets filled in for you:

/join mychannel
💀 heads up: if the room doesn't exist and the server doesn't allow creation, you're not getting in. also don't @ me about passwords, that field is there for a reason.

and that's the whole page, bestie 🫶 this was Profanity 0.18.2, dated 2026-06-08, and it lives under man(1). go forth and join rooms, you've got this 💖✨🌸

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