What is Irssi?

Irssi is a text-only IRC client. It does not get in your way and its commands are intuitive and useful. Non-standard features are implemented with perl scripts, rather than in the core. Irssi can range from a functional, no-frills client to a highly-customized and automated client.

Do I need to run Irssi in a screen to use it?

You’ll still need to run irssi in a screen to use it though. Irssi proxy is a bit different than most proxies, normally proxies create a new connection to IRC server when a new client connects to it, but irssi proxy shares your existing IRC connection (s) to multiple clients.

How does Irssi proxy work?

Irssi proxy is a bit different than most proxies, normally proxies create a new connection to IRC server when a new client connects to it, but irssi proxy shares your existing IRC connection (s) to multiple clients. And even more clearly: You can use only one IRC server connection of the irssi proxy to IRC with as many clients as you want.

What is the HiLight window in Irssi?

Note: you may notice that when starting up a fresh Irssi instance after having configured the hilight window, the active window is the hilight window instead of the status window. If you connect to servers with the hilight window active, your channels may be placed in the top container instead of the bottom container as you would expect.