Review of IRSSI powered by the Slant community.
Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.
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Pros
Pro Terminal-based
Screen multiplexing and remote connection options with screen or tmux.
Pro Free and open-source
Pro Perl Scripting
Allows the user to create and use perl scripts to perform actions.
Pro Command line outputs can be sent to a channel or message
/exec -o figlet "Slant.co"
Pro Themes
Allows the modification of IRSSI's look and feel.
Pro Easy logging
Pro Persistent Connection
Pro Has a plugin for encrypted communications
Cons
Con No GUI
Actually a plus, lower memory overhead
Con Gives little direction upfront
Actually, Irssi.org has it's own GREAT documentation for new irssi users. Inline /help options are pretty well documented.
Con Cryptic configuration files
Con Can't do vertical splits
This item was correct in the past but vertical splits have been implemented since (see website)
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