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Irssi

text-mode IRC client
CreativeWork irc_client Q746544

Facts

13 properties
Instance of
IRC client, free software[2]
Inception
1999
Official website
irssi.org
Has use
IRC
Copyright license
GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later[4]
Copyright status
copyrighted
Depends on software
ncurses
Developer
Timo Sirainen[3]
GUI toolkit or framework
ncurses
Operating system
Linux, macOS, Berkeley Software Distribution, Solaris, Cygwin[7][8][9][10][11]
Programmed in
C, Perl[5][6]
Software quality assurance
continuous integration
Software version identifier
1.0.0, 0.8.21, 0.8.20, 0.8.19, 0.8.18, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5, 1.0.6, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.0.7, 1.1.2, 1.2.0, 1.0.8, 1.1.3, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.4.1, 1.4.2, 1.4.3, 1.4.4, 1.4.5[12][13][14][15][16][17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]
🏷️ Also known as
en Irssi ar Irssi ar آي آر إس إس آي ar آي.آر.إس.إس.آي ar آي آر اس اس آي pl MacIrssi
🔖 Identifiers · 36
Image (Wikimedia Commons)
Irssi 1.2.3 screenshot.png ↗
AUR package
irssi-git
Alpine Linux package
irssi
AlternativeTo software ID
irssi
Arch Linux package
irssi
ArchWiki article
Irssi, Irssi_(Français), Irssi_(Español)
Debian Wiki article
irssi, it/irssi, uk/irssi
Debian stable package
irssi
Docker Hub repository
library/irssi
Facebook username
irssi
Fedora package
irssi
Free Software Directory entry
Irssi
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FreeBSD port
irc/irssi
Freebase ID
/m/03t0h
Gentoo Wiki article
Irssi
Gentoo package
net-irc/irssi
GitHub account
irssi
GitHub topic
irssi
Homebrew formula name
irssi
IRC channel URL
irc://irc.libera.chat/irssi
MacPorts port
irssi
Mastodon address
irssi@mastodon.social
NetBSD package ID
chat/irssi
Open Hub ID
irssi
OpenBSD port
net/irssi
OpenSUSE package
irssi
Pro-Linux.de DBApp ID
3650
Repology project name
irssi
Semantic Scholar topic ID
2713077
Snap package
irssi
Source code repository URL
github.com
Ubuntu package
irssi
Vikidia article ID
fr:Irssi
Wine AppDB ID
9506
WineApp DB developer ID
4385
X (Twitter) username
IrssiProject

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🔗 Connections
Operating system 5
Linux, macOS, Berkeley Software Distribution, Solaris, Cygwin
Copyright license 1
GNU General Public License, version 2.0 or later
Depends on software 1
ncurses
GUI toolkit or framework 1
ncurses
Instance of 1
free software
Software quality assurance 1
continuous integration
← Inspired by 1
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Summary

Irssi is an IRC client[1].

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  1. 5w ago · Spiral6800 · 2026-09-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Developer → Timo Sirainen
    Operating system → Linux, macOS, Berkeley Software Distribution +2
    Programmed in → C, Perl
    Instance of → —
    + 18 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Alpine Linux package: irssi, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/324932053|irssi (#324932053)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/8507|Alpine Linux package]] #mi"
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