Weechat
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weechat is a modern TUI irc client. It has many features of irssi built into it's core.
Documentation
all official docs https://weechat.org/doc/ user docs https://weechat.org/files/doc/stable/weechat_user.en.html scripting docs https://weechat.org/files/doc/stable/weechat_scripting.en.html
Locations
~/.weechat
weechat config-dir ~/.weechat/${LANG}/autoload/*
plugins loaded on startup
Usage
weechat usage weechat configuration weechat scripts