Command-line tool

irssi

brew/irssi

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Modular IRC client

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At a glance

Type

Command-line tool

Install on

macOS, Linux

Last checked

25 Oct 2026, 21:09 UTC

Install it

macOS

brew install irssi

Linux

brew install irssi

Open Irssi and connect to a server with a nickname

irssi -n nickname -c irc.example.com

Open Irssi and connect with a specific server on a given port

irssi -c irc.example.com -p port

[Interactive] Join a channel

/join #channelname

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