irssi Command Examples

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

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

irssi {{[-n|--nick]}} {{nickname}} {{[-c|--connect]}} {{irc.example.com}}

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

irssi {{[-c|--connect]}} {{irc.example.com}} {{[-p|--port]}} {{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