xaric

Lightweight terminal-based IRC client with scripting support

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IRC client

Commands

xaric

Examples

Connect to an IRC server$ xaric -s irc.libera.chat -n mynickname
Connect to a specific channel on connection$ xaric -s irc.libera.chat -n mynickname -c #channel
Launch xaric with a custom configuration file$ xaric -f ~/.xaricrc