Personally I used to use Pidgin, but since I moved my XMPP to Gajim because of OMEMO I have no need to stay tied to it necessarily. So I’m looking to expand my horizons, and I figured here’s as good a place as any to start a discussion about Linux IRC clients.

What do y’all use? Terminal, GUI, both?

  • cvr@sh.itjust.works
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    1 year ago

    tmux + weechat. Also connect to it via weechat-android on my phone. Great for getting pings and quick replies while not at the desktop.

  • NaN@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    irssi or hexchat (earlier xchat) since forever. I’m one of the weird people that even paid for xchat on Windows ages ago.

    I’ve never liked the clients that were just an extension in something else, like Pidgin.

    • ellipse@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      1 year ago

      I’m guessing it’s because IRC is proven, robust, simple, and has established communities. It’s also extensible and can be run on anonymous networks like i2p

      • said as a non IRC user
  • melmel@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    1 year ago

    Only tried issri on CLI Linux… Hexchat on windows I couldn’t eve get to connect lol. What are people using to keep IRC open, so you can look back on chats? Pretty new to it

    • 7heo@lemmy.ml
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      1 year ago

      Just to make you aware, you posted around 4 or 5 times the same comment…