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Ask HN: What IRC client do you use?

irssi The Lounge WeeChat
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    Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source

    #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 6 social mentions

  2. The Lounge is a web IRC client that you host on your own server.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    I'm using thelounge (https://thelounge.chat/). It runs in a container, and I can keep a tab open on my phone, my work laptop and my private laptop without much hassle.

    #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 38 social mentions

  3. WeeChat is a fast, light and extensible chat client.
    Pricing:
    • Open Source
    Weechat (https://weechat.org/) It's available on the SDF metaarray and looks really good in a terminal, so it's what I use.

    #Group Chat & Notifications #Messaging #Communication 17 social mentions

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    irc.c is a minimal lightweight curses IRC client
    I go through several "suckless" type IRC clients - currently my own patched version of: https://c9x.me/irc/ - which is nice and simple.

    #Group Chat & Notifications #Communication #Messaging 1 social mentions

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