NAME

       Irssi - a modular IRC client for UNIX

SYNOPSIS

       irssi  [--config=PATH]  [--home=PATH]  [-dv!?]  [-c  server]  [-p  port]  [-n nickname] [-w password] [-h
       hostname]

DESCRIPTION

       Irssi is a modular Internet Relay Chat  client;  it  is  highly  extensible  and  very  secure.  Being  a
       fullscreen,  termcap  based  client  with  many  features, Irssi is easily extensible through scripts and
       modules.

OPTIONS

       --config=FILE
              use FILE instead of ~/.irssi/config

       --home=PATH
              PATH specifies the home directory of Irssi; default is ~/.irssi

       -c, --connect=SERVER
              connect to SERVER

       -w, --password=PASSWORD
              use PASSWORD for authentication.

       -p, --port=PORT
              automatically connect to PORT on server.

       -!, --noconnect
              disable autoconnecting of servers

       -n, --nick=NICKNAME
              specify NICKNAME as your nick

       -h, --hostname=HOSTNAME
              use HOSTNAME for your irc session

       -v, --version
              display the version of Irssi

       -?, --help
              show a help message

SEE ALSO

       Irssi has a solid amount of documentation available; check /HELP or look online at https://irssi.org

FILES

       ~/.irssi/config
              personal configuration file

       ~/.irssi/config.autosave
              automatic save of the personal config file when it was changed externally

       ~/.irssi/default.theme
              default irssi theme

       ~/.irssi/away.log
              logged messages in away status

       ~/.irssi/scripts/
              default scripts directory

       ~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/
              directory containing links to scripts that should be loaded automatically on startup

       ~/.irssi/startup
              file containing a list of commands to execute on startup

AUTHORS/CREDITS

       Irssi was written by Timo Sirainen; this manpage was written by Istvan Sebestyen, Stefan  Tomanek,  Geert
       Hauwaerts.