<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><!DOCTYPE article  PUBLIC '-//OASIS//DTD DocBook XML V4.4//EN'  'http://www.docbook.org/xml/4.4/docbookx.dtd'><article><articleinfo><title>irssi</title><revhistory><revision><revnumber>4</revnumber><date>2014-01-19 17:46:14</date><authorinitials>independence</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>3</revnumber><date>2014-01-19 13:13:24</date><authorinitials>independence</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>2</revnumber><date>2011-08-10 12:43:41</date><authorinitials>independence</authorinitials></revision><revision><revnumber>1</revnumber><date>2011-03-30 16:44:40</date><authorinitials>independence</authorinitials></revision></revhistory></articleinfo><section><title>Irssi</title><para>Irssi is a terminal based <ulink url="http://ipv6.blinkenshell.org/wiki/irssi/wiki/IRC#">IRC</ulink> client for UNIX-like systems. It's very popular amongst people who use IRC a lot. One of the reasons it's so popular is that you can run it on a remote server in a <ulink url="http://ipv6.blinkenshell.org/wiki/irssi/wiki/Screen#">Screen</ulink>, which allows you to always stay connected to your regular IRC channels. It's also a very customizable and extensible client with a lot of plugins and scripts available. </para><section><title>See also</title><itemizedlist><listitem><para><ulink url="http://ipv6.blinkenshell.org/wiki/irssi/wiki/Howto/IRC#">Irssi + Screen howto</ulink> </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="http://ipv6.blinkenshell.org/wiki/irssi/wiki/Howto/IrssiTips#">Howto/IrssiTips</ulink> - Tips and tricks for the irssi IRC client </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="http://ipv6.blinkenshell.org/wiki/irssi/wiki/IRC/Gallery#">IRC/Gallery</ulink> - Some screenshots of irssi and other IRC clients </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="http://ipv6.blinkenshell.org/wiki/irssi/wiki/weechat#">weechat</ulink> - Alternative IRC client </para></listitem></itemizedlist></section><section><title>External links</title><itemizedlist><listitem><para><ulink url="http://irssi.org/"/> - Irssi homepage </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="http://scripts.irssi.org/"/> - Scripts for Irssi </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="http://irssi.org/documentation/startup"/> - Startup Howto </para></listitem><listitem><para><ulink url="http://quadpoint.org/articles/irssi"/> - A Guide to Efficiently Using Irssi and Screen </para></listitem></itemizedlist></section></section></article>