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Can anyone compare it to weechat? Never used irssi but weechat is my client of choice these days since my old client fell victim to the whole gtk2/gtk3 thing.

2ion 10y ago
Weechat lacks passive DCC. Otherwise, considering the respective plugin ecosystems, both can be made look and work pretty much alike.
godmodus 10y ago
Apples and oranges - wee Is gui. Irssi is cli. It's "wee" - so it's minimal. Does a good job for its niche. Cli chat clients are more flexible, with all the complexity that brings with it - but they're usually robust. Command line graphics don't change much :) gui ones less so, but learning curve is not as steep. That said Xchat is hard to compare to weechat again, as it's a full fledged gui IRC client, rather than a minimal one. (multi network, multi server, dcc/xdcc and scriptability) and it's robust in its own niche. Been using irssi for years now, and can't say I know/utilise all it offers, but it's great to log in to my server and screen -x into my irssi session.
- cschmittiey 10y ago
  Erm, pretty sure weechat is a CLI based IRC program. There's plenty of interfaces for it that expose a GUI, but at its core it's command line.
  - lacampbell 10y ago
    There's a distinction to be made between CLI and TUI (Text user interface, curses and the like) isn't there? I think maybe that's what godmodus was getting it (considering TUIs to be a kind of GUI).
    - tossedaway334 10y ago
      irssi is as much a TUI as weechat
    - godmodus 10y ago
      I made a mistake man, thanks for the back up though. I had an old java based chat client in mind that I used a long time ago and had a similar name.
- jorams 10y ago
  I'm not sure which WeeChat you're comparing to, but practically nothing you said applies to the weechat I know[1]. It's primary interface is a CLI one, it is incredibly flexible, and it's a full fledged IRC client with every single feature you listed. [1]: https://weechat.org/ https://weechat.org/
  - godmodus 10y ago
    Hmm, you're right. I had a different client in mind and confused the two - can't remember what it was called now, tried to Google but it might have died along time ago. Hell even xchat is now hexchat. Weechat seems to be a pretty good client. The nick list on the side does have its drawbacks when it comes to small screen realestate- but for a newbie (and beyond really. It seems to be very extedable) Friendly client it's impressive.

2ion 10y ago

Weechat lacks passive DCC. Otherwise, considering the respective plugin ecosystems, both can be made look and work pretty much alike.

godmodus 10y ago

Apples and oranges - wee Is gui. Irssi is cli. It's "wee" - so it's minimal. Does a good job for its niche. Cli chat clients are more flexible, with all the complexity that brings with it - but they're usually robust. Command line graphics don't change much :) gui ones less so, but learning curve is not as steep. That said Xchat is hard to compare to weechat again, as it's a full fledged gui IRC client, rather than a minimal one. (multi network, multi server, dcc/xdcc and scriptability) and it's robust in its own niche. Been using irssi for years now, and can't say I know/utilise all it offers, but it's great to log in to my server and screen -x into my irssi session.

cschmittiey 10y ago
Erm, pretty sure weechat is a CLI based IRC program. There's plenty of interfaces for it that expose a GUI, but at its core it's command line.
- lacampbell 10y ago
  There's a distinction to be made between CLI and TUI (Text user interface, curses and the like) isn't there? I think maybe that's what godmodus was getting it (considering TUIs to be a kind of GUI).
  - tossedaway334 10y ago
    irssi is as much a TUI as weechat
  - godmodus 10y ago
    I made a mistake man, thanks for the back up though. I had an old java based chat client in mind that I used a long time ago and had a similar name.
jorams 10y ago
I'm not sure which WeeChat you're comparing to, but practically nothing you said applies to the weechat I know[1]. It's primary interface is a CLI one, it is incredibly flexible, and it's a full fledged IRC client with every single feature you listed. [1]: https://weechat.org/ https://weechat.org/
- godmodus 10y ago
  Hmm, you're right. I had a different client in mind and confused the two - can't remember what it was called now, tried to Google but it might have died along time ago. Hell even xchat is now hexchat. Weechat seems to be a pretty good client. The nick list on the side does have its drawbacks when it comes to small screen realestate- but for a newbie (and beyond really. It seems to be very extedable) Friendly client it's impressive.