ERC, why leave Emacs?
Is mIRC still a thing? Do people still use it? Gosh I feel old.
That’s the first one I thought of as well. And your third point, too… Haha
I remember back in day, my friends would learn how to script only to modify their mIRC and have some sick startup animations and music.
Then MSN Messenger showed up.
I downloaded it not that long ago and worked great!
I was gonna say this is my favorite, with IRCn on top. It’s been a while since I connected. Is EFNet still around?
You know, I wish I could enjoy IRC - or chatrooms in general. But I just struggle with them. Forums and their ilk, I get. I check in on them and see what’s been posted since I last visited, and reply to anything that motivates me to do so. Perhaps I’ll even throw a post up myself once in a while.
But with IRC, Matrix, Discord, etc, I just feel like I only ever enter in the middle of an existing conversation. It’s fine on very small rooms where it’s almost analagous to a forum because there’s little enough conversation going on that it remains mostly asynchronous. But larger chatrooms are just a wall of flowing conversation that I struggle to keep up with, or find an entry point.
Anyway - to answer the actual question, I use something called “The Lounge” which I host on my VPS. I like it because it remains online even when I am not, so I can atleast view some of the history of any conversation I do stumble across when I go on IRC. I typically just use the web client that comes with it.
Weechat. Terminal based, flexible scripting system using a handful of languages, still actively developed, and I can make it work the way I want it to work.
Sounds too much like WeChat
If you’re going to not use software because you don’t like a program with a similar name, I really don’t know what to tell you… 🤷♂️
Would you run a distro called Windoze?
I don’t care what it’s called as long as it’s a decent distro and does what I need it to do.
irssi. No explanation necessary
I use Quassel hosted on my server.
I use Hexchat. It’s a fine GUI a client, simple and reliable. I use a ZNC bouncer so no need to keep a CLI client running 24/7.
Same. Hexchat + znc = peak of software development
The one I wrote myself. Not because its any better ha ha. Its pretty fun to work on it though.
senpai
Irssi. It’s extensible and stable, been using it for years.
I run irssi on a Raspberry Pi. It has everything I need.
Do I have to self host it to make it work or can I just install it on my machine
You can install it on any machine. It’s just a terminal IRC client. I run it on a small home server with
screenso that it’s always on.
ircCloud because my self hosted push notifications were failing and it worked right away.
Irssi before I started depending on push notifications though.
Quassel nowadays, because I’m on my phone more often than my laptop. Back when I say at a keyboard more, it was irssi, no contest
I run Circe in Emacs because it’s lightweight and integrates with the modeline for not overly distracting notifications.
I use the web client of libera.chat and I love it because convenience!
