Irssi
WEBMar 31, 2023 · Irssi makes it easy to write protocol modules in C. You can enjoy the chatting power of Irssi in combination with IRC, ICB or SILC.
New users guide - Irssi
WEBNew to IRC. Internet Relay Chat was created in 1988 and has hardly changed. It can be used to exchange text messages (one message = single line) with other people, either privately (called query, PM, private message, MSG) or in a room (channel).
Documentation - Irssi
WEBDocumentation. Support on IRC. New users guide. User manual. Questions and Answers. Built-in help. Settings. Scripting. Security information.
Getting the software - Irssi
WEBMany distributions have an Irssi package! Search for irssi in your package manager of choice. Windows. If you want to use Irssi on Windows, you can do so either through Cygwin (search for and enable irssi in the “Cygwin Setup - Select Packages” screen) or with Microsoft’s Linux VM WSL. Binary packages
Settings Documentation - Irssi
WEBIt should be used along with the documents at Documentation for more complete understanding of how Irssi works. For example, the startup HOWTO and tips/tricks show sample uses for these settings, including some very useful stuff. See the appendix for credits and license information of this document.
User manual - Irssi
WEBText input and commands. Commands. Text input. Automation. Automatically connect to a network. Automatically join channels. Add all currently open channels as auto-join channels. Scripts. Automatic log-in to NickServ.
Irssi Scripts
WEBA simple mp3 display script that will display what mp3 you are playing in which software (mpg123, xmms, mp3blaster, etc) to your active channel or to a query window. Convert various color codes to ANSI colors, useful for log filtering and viewing. Automatically downloads and displays long messages from matrix.
Automation - Irssi
WEBAutomatically connect to a network. See the list of configured servers: /SERVER LIST. Enable auto-connect on a server: /SERVER MODIFY -auto irc.libera.chat. To disable it again, use -noauto.
Text input and commands - Irssi
WEBText input and commands. The input line (statusbar item input in the prompt status bar) shows the text cursor and takes your command and text input. Irssi is controlled through commands that you type into the input line.
connect - Irssi dev help page
WEBConnects using TLS encryption. -tls_cert: The TLS client certificate file. -tls_pkey: The TLS client private key, if not included in the certificate file. -tls_pass: The password for the TLS client private key or certificate. -tls_verify: Verifies the TLS certificate of the server.