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[–] dotslashme@infosec.pub 15 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] neidu2@feddit.nl 3 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Same. I used mIRC back in the 90's, but ever since I started dabbling with servers I preferred to have an irssi client running inside a screen session somewhere. Allowed me to catch up on things that happened while I was AFK, as well as provide some continuity while I was on the move and/or on a dodgy connection.

[–] Trent@lemmy.ml 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] Penguincoder@beehaw.org 3 points 5 months ago

Seconded. Weechat and Gomuks for matrix chat.

[–] iopq@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Sounds too much like WeChat

[–] Trent@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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... 🤷‍♂️

[–] iopq@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Would you run a distro called Windoze?

[–] Trent@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

I don't care what it's called as long as it's a decent distro and does what I need it to do.

[–] bacon_pdp@lemmy.world 13 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

Because it's healthy.

[–] bugsmith@programming.dev 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

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.

[–] lud@lemm.ee 2 points 5 months ago

I feel the same way. I don't feel like hanging around for someone else's conversation to end so I can actually get what the fuck is happening.

[–] dkc@lemmy.world 5 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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.

[–] liliumstar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Just to let you know, Hexchat is no longer maintained, unless someone has forked it. Might be worth looking into alternatives.

https://hexchat.github.io/news/2.16.2.html

[–] 56_@lemmy.ml 10 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Has IRC been getting many new features recently? It kind of feels like the sort of thing where software can become "finished".

[–] liliumstar@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 5 months ago

I mean yeah, Hexchat does work pretty well and is kind of finished. But it's possible there are existing security vulnerabilities or new ones to be discovered in the future.

[–] chameleon@kbin.social 1 points 5 months ago

IRCv3 has extended IRC quite a bit over the past decade, fixing a lot of minor pain points if clients support the fixed versions of the protocol.

[–] JetpackJackson@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago

Aw drat. That sucks. Thanks for pointing that out

[–] semitones@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

Same. Hexchat + znc = peak of software development

[–] oscardejarjayes@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

irssi. the plugin stuff is nice, terminal is better than GUI, and when themed it doesn't look terrible

[–] gkpy@feddit.de 4 points 5 months ago
[–] vort3@lemmy.ml 4 points 5 months ago

I use Quassel hosted on my server.

[–] meldrik@lemmy.wtf 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

The Lounge. Very convenient to use.

[–] Max_P@lemmy.max-p.me 2 points 5 months ago

Already coming up close to 10 years of The Lounge! Really gets the job done nicely as long as you don't hate webapps. By far the least broken option for mobile unless you go IRCCloud.

[–] banazir@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

I run irssi on a Raspberry Pi. It has everything I need.

[–] krimson@feddit.nl 2 points 5 months ago (3 children)

Is IRC still that popular? I mean it’s all Discord and Matrix etc these days (not saying that’s a good thing, I f’in hate Discord)

What kind of channels are you in if I may ask?

[–] mechap@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

I am still active in some private irc servers. The communities haven't changed much since the golden era of irc.

[–] steeznson@lemmy.world 1 points 5 months ago

Discord is closed source and has no way to easily archive/record conversations. This makes it unsuitable for a lot of open source projects who need a chat client. I've not used much Discord but potentially the "gamer" culture might put people off.

Matrix seems good but it's not quite there yet from what I can tell. It's got way more features than IRC but none of them seem to work that well. Like a swiss army knife full of blunt tools.

For IRC I'm on the libera.chat server. Usually hanging out in the gentoo channels since I use that distro. There are a lot of different channels for the various devs, user tech support, niche uses like gaming* and also offtopic chat channels.

*More gamers tend to use other linux distros for some reason

[–] lud@lemm.ee 1 points 5 months ago

IRC still seems to be pretty active in piracy communities. At least most of the private trackers I'm on host an IRC instance.

[–] zod000@lemmy.ml 2 points 5 months ago

Irssi. It's extensible and stable, been using it for years.

[–] kionite231@lemmy.ca 2 points 5 months ago

I use the web client of libera.chat and I love it because convenience!

[–] pastermil@sh.itjust.works 1 points 5 months ago

hexchat, also Konversation

[–] stsquad@lemmy.ml 1 points 5 months ago

I run Circe in Emacs because it's lightweight and integrates with the modeline for not overly distracting notifications.

[–] Kit@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 5 months ago

For Windows I like 0irc. It's extremely lightweight and portable. For a browser alternative, KiwilIRC works in a pinch.

[–] crispy_kilt@feddit.de 1 points 5 months ago

irssi. No explanation necessary

[–] Takios@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 5 months ago

Quassel, self-hosted.

[–] Matty_r@programming.dev 1 points 5 months ago

The one I wrote myself. Not because its any better ha ha. Its pretty fun to work on it though.

[–] Revan343@lemmy.ca 1 points 5 months ago

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

[–] vitriolix@lemmy.world -1 points 5 months ago

Element, not only is Matrix the future but it handles bridging to irc well