Irssi the irc client that rocks

Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for GNU/Linux systems.

Even the dpkg bot in #debian agrees irssi rocks:
<dpkg> i guess irssi is the best <IRC> client ever. "aptitude install irssi" and read http://www.irssi.org/documentation/startup . See also http://irssi.org/documentation/faq. http://www.irssi.org/

Lots of fun and useful irssi scripts/themes:
web::irssi::scripts - http://scripts.irssi.org/
irssi Themes - http://www.irssi.org/themes

irssi Documentation/Guides
Irssi - The client of the future - http://www.irssi.org/documentation/startup
Irssi Documentation and Resources | quadpoint.org - http://quadpoint.org/articles/irssidoc

Irssi quickstart guide (Linux Reviews) - http://linuxreviews.org/software/irc/irssi/
Irssi’s /channel, /network, /server and /connect – What It Means - http://pthree.org/2010/02/02/irssis-...what-it-means/
Irssi Handling JOINS/PARTS/QUITS - http://pthree.org/2010/03/12/irssi-h...inspartsquits/
Internet Relay Chat Anonymity - http://www.searchlores.org/irc_kane.htm

Some nifty things you can do with irssi:
An Illustrated Guide to Split Windows in Irssi | quadpoint.org - http://quadpoint.org/articles/irssisplit
A Guide to Efficiently Using Irssi and Screen | quadpoint.org - http://quadpoint.org/articles/irssi
Use Irssi with Tor - https://trac.torproject.org/projects.../IrcSilc#Irssi

Useful irssi scripts for bitlbee:
http://quadpoint.org/projects/irssiscripts
http://the-timing.nl/stuff/irssi-bitlbee/
http://browsingtheinternet.com/temp/bitlbee_rename.txt

irssi packages in debian:
irssi-scripts - collection of scripts for irssi
irssi-dev - terminal based IRC client - development files
irssi - terminal based IRC client



#debian is on both OFTC and Libera.
NickServ/CertFP - OFTC - https://www.oftc.net/NickServ/CertFP/

How to use a certificate to connect on Libera:
https://libera.chat/guides/certfp
Using SASL on Libera:
https://libera.chat/guides/sasl
Libera docs: https://libera.chat/guides

If you need help with irc in general take a look at: An IRC Tutorial - http://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/irctutorial.html

Now go install irssi and join some channels and have fun. Feel free to say hi, I am always in #debian, #raspberrypi, #debian-offtopic and #smxi on oftc and on Libera in #debian, #linux, #raspberrypi, #crossfire.