If you're an Emacs user, or plan to become one, then ERC is the way to go. I would go as far as recommend it even if you're not (yet) using Emacs, but that migh

If you're an Emacs user, or plan to become one, then ERC is the way to go. I would go as far as recommend it even if you're not (yet) using Emacs, but that might be just me. Otherwise irssi. Personally, I'm running an IRC proxy (znc), an irssi in screen on my server, connecting to the proxy, and an ERC from home, connecting to the same proxy. That way I can easily access my IRC sessions even if I don't have emacs with me.