Irssi is a modular text mode chat client. It comes with IRC support built in, and there are third party ICB, SILC, XMPP (Jabber), PSYC and Quassel protocol modules available.

Ninja 1.8 and Meson 0.53

git clone https://github.com/irssi/irssi
cd irssi
meson Build
ninja -C Build && sudo ninja -C Build install

• Download release
• Verify signature

tar xJf irssi-*.tar.xz
cd irssi-*
meson Build
ninja -C Build && sudo ninja -C Build install

• glib-2.32 or greater
• openssl
• perl-5.8 or greater (for perl support)
• terminfo or ncurses (for text frontend)

• New users guide
• Questions and Answers
• Check the built-in /HELP, it has all the details on command syntax

Please report security issues to staff@irssi.org. Thanks!

Check the GitHub issues if it is already listed in there; if not, open an issue on GitHub or send a mail to staff@irssi.org.

Irssi is always looking for developers. Feel free to submit patches through GitHub pull requests.

You can also contact the Irssi developers in #irssi on irc.libera.chat.