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irssi


Released January, 1999

Product Shot 1 The Pros:Screenable! Available for most operating systems. Gets the job done simply without any bloat.

The Cons:Slight learning curve. Doesn't come with more advanced features out of the box. No easy-to-use UI (all text configuration and command driven).

Irssi is a highly configurable, perl-scriptable, open source (GNU licensed) text-based IRC client. It runs on a command line interface, and is available for most operating systems (including Windows, OSX, and most Linux and BSD distributions).

Product Shot 2 Irssi, like any CLI program, can be run in GNU screen - allowing for users to remotely access running instances of the program without any loss in functionality from anywhere in the world.

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    screenable!

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    available for most operating systems

  • 2

    gets the job done simply without any bloat

  • 1

    allows for window splitting, pinning, etc...

Cons
  • 2

    slight learning curve

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    doesn't come with more advanced features out of the box

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    no easy-to-use UI (all text configuration and command driven)

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