Neırssi

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

Download information

Development source installation

Ninja 1.8 and Meson 0.53

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

Release source installation

• Download release
• Verify signature

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

Requirements

• glib-2.32 or greater
• openssl
• perl-5.6 or greater (for perl support)
• terminfo or ncurses (for text frontend)

See the INSTALL file for details

Documentation

• New users guide
• Check the built-in /HELP, it has all the details on command syntax
• Other random Irssi documentation on https://irssi.org/documentation/

Themes

Scripts

Modules

Security information

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

Bugs / Suggestions / Contributing

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.