---
name: "psi"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "psi"
version: "1.5+dfsg1-2"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/psi"
---

# psi(1)

jabber client

## NAME

Psi - jabber client

## SYNOPSIS

**psi** \[*--profile=PROFILE*\] \[*--remote\|--choose-profile*\]

## DESCRIPTION

-

  \[--status=STATUS \[--status-message=MSG\]\] \[--uri=URI\]

Psi - The Cross-Platform Jabber/XMPP Client For Power Users

## OPTIONS

- **--choose-profile**

  Display Choose Profile dialog on startup. Cannot be used together with **--remote**.

- **-h**, **--help**

  Show this help message and exit.

- **--profile**=*PROFILE*

  Activate program instance running specified profile. Otherwise, open new instance using this profile (unless used together with **--remote**).

- **--remote**

  Force remote-control mode. If there is no running instance, or **--profile** was specified but there is no instance using it, exit without doing anything. Cannot be used with **--choose-profile**.

- **--status**=*STATUS*

  Set status. STATUS must be one of \`online', \`chat', \`away', \`xa', \`dnd', \`offline'.

- **--status-message**=*MSG*

  Set status message. Must be used together with **--status**.

- **--uri**=*URI*

  Open XMPP URI. (e.g. xmpp:someone@example.org?chat) For security reasons, this must be the last option.

- **-v**, **--version**

  Show version information and exit.

## SEE ALSO

Go to \<http://psi-im.org/\> for more information about Psi.