girc - just irc tui client

Run

go run ./cmd/girc

Join a single channel:

go run ./cmd/girc -server irc.libera.chat -channel '#zig'

Join several channels:

go run ./cmd/girc -channels '#zig,#lobsters,##rust,#go-nuts'

Config

girc loads the nearest .env from the current directory or its parents.

cp .env.example .env
$EDITOR .env
go run ./cmd/girc

TLS is enabled by default on port 6697. Use -plain -port 6667 only for plaintext IRC servers.

For SASL login, set your NickServ account and password:

GIRC_NICK=YourNick GIRC_SASL_USER=YourNick GIRC_SASL_PASS='your-password' go run ./cmd/girc

Commands

• /connect host[:port] [nick]
• /join #channel
• /part [#channel]
• /msg nick message
• /ns NickServ-command
• /me action
• /nick newnick
• /whois nick
• /switch buffer-or-number
• /raw COMMAND
• /quit [message]

Use Tab and Shift+Tab to switch buffers.