Irssi

Irssi (Finnish pronunciation: [ˈirsːi] (listen)) is an IRC client program for Linux, FreeBSD, macOS and Microsoft Windows. It was originally written by Timo Sirainen, and released under the terms of the GNU GPL-2.0-or-later in January 1999.[1]

Irssi
A screenshot of Irssi.
Original author(s)Timo Sirainen
Developer(s)The Irssi team
Initial releaseJanuary 1999 (1999-01)[1]
Stable release
1.2.3[2]  / 11 April 2021
Repository
Written inC
Operating systemCross-platform
TypeIRC client
LicenseGPL-2.0-or-later[3]
Websiteirssi.org

Features

Irssi is written in the C programming language and in normal operation uses a text-mode user interface.[4]

According to the developers, Irssi was written from scratch, not based on ircII (like BitchX and epic).[5] This freed the developers from having to deal with the constraints of an existing codebase, allowing them to maintain tighter control over issues such as security and customization.[5] Numerous Perl scripts have been made available for Irssi to customise how it looks and operates.[6] Plugins are available which add encryption[7][8] and protocols such as ICQ and XMPP.[9][10]

Irssi may be configured by using its user interface or by manually editing its configuration files, which use a syntax resembling Perl data structures.[4]

Distributions

Irssi was written primarily to run on Unix-like operating systems, and binaries and packages are available for Gentoo Linux, Debian, Slackware, SUSE (openSUSE), Frugalware, Fedora, FreeBSD, OpenBSD,[11] NetBSD, DragonFly BSD, Solaris,[12] Arch Linux,[13] Ubuntu,[12] NixOS,[14] and others.

Irssi builds and runs on Microsoft Windows under Cygwin, and in 2006, an official Windows standalone build became available.[15]

For the Unix-based macOS, text mode ports are available from the Homebrew, MacPorts, and Fink package managers, and two graphical clients have been written based on Irssi, IrssiX, and MacIrssi.[12] The Cocoa client Colloquy was previously based on Irssi,[16] but it now uses its own IRC core implementation.[17]

See also

References
  1. Manual. irssi.org.
  2. "Release 1.2.3". 11 April 2021. Retrieved 11 April 2021.
  3. irssi v. 0.8.16 source files (e.g. irssi-0.8.16/src/core/core.c)
  4. Danen, Vincent (May 5, 2008). "Try IRC with Irssi to communicate via chat". TechRepublic. ZDnetAsia.com. Archived from the original on December 27, 2009. Retrieved 2010-10-18.
  5. Sirainen, Timo. "About". Irssi.org. Archived from the original on 2001-04-05.
  6. Van der Gaast, Wilmer (2004). "Enhance irssi with Perl". In Paul Mutton (ed.). IRC hacks. O'Reilly Books. p. 84. ISBN 0-596-00687-X.
  7. SILC encryption plugin. penguin-breeder.org
  8. FiSH encryption plugin. Secure.la.
  9. ICQ plugin sourcecode Archived 2006-07-19 at the Wayback Machine. berlios.de.
  10. Didier, Colin Jabber/Xmpp plugin. cybione.org.
  11. "irssi-1.1.1p0 – modular IRC client with many features (ipv6,socks,proxy)". OpenBSD ports. 2018-02-27. Retrieved 2018-10-10.
  12. Downloads. irssi.org.
  13. "Arch Linux - Package Database". archlinux.org.
  14. "NixOS - Package Database". nixos.org.
  15. "Download". Irssi.org. Archived from the original on 2006-11-15.
  16. Smykil, Jeff (August 21, 2005). "In the Loop with Tim Hatcher". Ars Technica
  17. Hatcher, Tim (February 11, 2006). "Changeset 3129: Remove Irssi from the project". Colloquy.info.
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