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IRSSI Review

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Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.

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Pros

Denilson Figueiredo de Sá

Pro
Terminal-based

Daryl Tucker

Pro
Perl Scripting

Allows the user to create and use perl scripts to perform actions.

kaguru
Daryl Tucker

Pro
Persistent Connection

Andris Pelcbergs
Daryl Tucker

Pro
Command line outputs can be sent to a channel or message

/exec -o figlet "Slant.co"

Daryl Tucker

Pro
Themes

Allows the modification of IRSSI's look and feel.

thermoplastics
bheesham

Pro
Free and open-source

Andris Pelcbergs

Pro
Has a plugin for encrypted communications

Cons

DashingNehebkau
Andris Pelcbergs

Con
Gives little direction upfront

Actually, Irssi.org has it's own GREAT documentation.

joelthelion

Con
Cryptic configuration files

Harry Seldon
Andris Pelcbergs

Con
Can't do vertical splits

Untrue, there are perl scripts available to do split screens with

Harry Seldon
Andris Pelcbergs

Con
No GUI

Actually a plus, lower memory overhead

Commonly Compared

IRSSI
vs
WeeChat
66 Recommendations
Pidgin
60 Recommendations
HexChat
104 Recommendations
Quassel
24 Recommendations
XChat
27 Recommendations
LimeChat
28 Recommendations
Konversation
17 Recommendations
Textual
42 Recommendations
Colloquy
16 Recommendations
Communi
2 Recommendations
Kiwi IRC
7 Recommendations
Linkinus 2
10 Recommendations
 

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