irssi

Text based IRC client. More information: https://irssi.org.

• Open Irssi and connect to a server with a nickname:

irssi -n nickname -c irc.example.com

• Open Irssi and connect with a specific server on a given port:

irssi -c irc.example.com -p port

• Display help:

irssi --help

• Join a channel:

/join #channelname

• Change active window (starts at 1):

/win window_number

• Exit the application cleanly and quitting any server(s):

/quit