irssi
Modular terminal IRC client with scripting
irssi is a terminal-based IRC client known for its stability, scripting support, and clean interface. It can be combined with screen or tmux to act as a long-running session.
Key features
- Terminal interface
- Perl scripting
- Themeable display
- Long-running stability
Strengths
- Released under the GPL-2.0 license
- Active community (3.1k GitHub stars)
- Written in C
- Tiny footprint — runs in 32 MB RAM
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