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Best command line IRC clients
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WeeChat
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GPLv3
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Irssi
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ERC
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KISS for IRC (kirc)
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WeeChat
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Terminal-based
WeeChat has a command line interface.
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No official GUI option
While there are some unofficial remote graphical interfaces available for WeeChat, it is intended to be used as a terminal client. As such it might be challenging to use to those accustomed to graphical interfaces.
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License:
GPLv3
Proxy server:
Yes
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Light and extensible
WeeChat is designed to be light and extensible: a lightweight core with optional plugins.
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Fully keyboard driven
Weechat can be fully driven by keyboard shortcuts. Navigating between buffers, switching between windows and changing text styling can all be achieved with keyboard shortcuts.
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Built-in script manager
WeeChat has a built-in tool for searching, downloading, installing and updating scripts and plugins.
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Can act as a relay for mobile client
It's possible to leave WeeChat running at home/on a server, then connect to it with a smartphone client. This way a choppy mobile internet connection won't disconnect from IRC, and still allow using a touch screen optimized UI.
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Interactive configuration plugin
With /fset you can easily customise weechat.
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Extensible via plugins and scripts
Supports scripting in C, Python, Perl, Ruby, Lua, Tcl, Scheme and Javascript.
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Mouse support
Mouse click and gestures are supported on a local terminal as well as remote terminal accessed via ssh regardless of screen/tmux. To enable mouse support use /mouse enable command or press alt+m.
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Highly customisable buffer plugin
Buflist plugin to display buffers.
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Incremental text search
Text is searched through in real time as search terms are being written.
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Active and helpful community support
Weechat community can be found on #weechat @ Freenode. The community, including devs, is helpful in answering any WeeChat related questions.
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Huge library of scripts
WeeChat scripts repository has hundreds of scripts including url shorteners, music player integrations and bandwidth monitors.
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Free and open source
WeeChat is a free program licensed under GPL with source code available on GitHub.
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Highly customizable and configurable
With many dotfiles that are publicly available.
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Flexible window splitting
Weechat allows very flexible window splitting behavior to show multiple IRC channels at once. Windows can be split vertically and horizontally.
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Accessible to less expert users out of the box
WeeChat has an easy to use interface and sane defaults, making it a great client for beginner users.
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Smart filtering
Smart filtering lets set a series of rules for IRC channels. For example, it allows instructing the client to show /quit and /join messages only if the user was speaking in the last 20 minutes.
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Intuitive, detail-oriented interface
By default WeeChat has a chat area surrounded by a nicklist on the right, title bar on top, and status and input bars at the bottom. The layout, though, can be completely customized and split vertically or horizontally. It supports 256 colors as long as the terminal supports 256 colors as well as bolded, italicized and underlined text. Even includes little touches as differently colored nicknames for people /away.
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Irssi
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Has a plugin for encrypted communications
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Cryptic configuration files
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Free and open-source
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Gives little direction upfront
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Command line outputs can be sent to a channel or message
/exec -o figlet "Slant.co"
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Persistent Connection
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Terminal-based
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Can be upgraded without losing connection
Upgrading your Irssi client to the latest version can be easily done without losing the connections to the IRC servers and without restarting Irssi.
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Perl Scripting
Allows the user to create and use perl scripts to perform actions.
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Themes
Allows the modification of IRSSI's look and feel.
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Lightweight
Kiss is smaller than 1 MB.
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License:
MIT
Platforms:
Linux, Windows (WSL), MacOS
SSL:
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SASL:
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Fast
Kiss is written in C99.
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