{
    "mode": "man",
    "parameter": "irssi",
    "section": "1",
    "url": "https://www.chedong.com/phpMan.php/man/irssi/1/json",
    "generated": "2026-05-30T05:15:12Z",
    "synopsis": "irssi [--config=PATH] [--home=PATH] [-dv!?] [-c server] [-p port] [-n nickname] [-w password]\n[-h hostname]",
    "sections": {
        "NAME": {
            "content": "Irssi - a modular IRC client for UNIX\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "SYNOPSIS": {
            "content": "irssi [--config=PATH] [--home=PATH] [-dv!?] [-c server] [-p port] [-n nickname] [-w password]\n[-h hostname]\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "DESCRIPTION": {
            "content": "Irssi is a modular Internet Relay Chat client; it is highly extensible and very secure. Being\na  fullscreen,  termcap  based  client with many features, Irssi is easily extensible through\nscripts and modules.\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "OPTIONS": {
            "content": "--config=FILE\nuse FILE instead of ~/.irssi/config\n\n--home=PATH\nPATH specifies the home directory of Irssi; default is ~/.irssi\n",
            "subsections": [
                {
                    "name": "-c, --connect=",
                    "content": "connect to SERVER\n",
                    "flag": "-c"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-w, --password=",
                    "content": "use PASSWORD for authentication.\n",
                    "flag": "-w"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-p, --port=",
                    "content": "automatically connect to PORT on server.\n",
                    "flag": "-p"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-!, --noconnect",
                    "content": "disable autoconnecting of servers\n",
                    "long": "--noconnect"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-n, --nick=",
                    "content": "specify NICKNAME as your nick\n",
                    "flag": "-n"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-h, --hostname=",
                    "content": "use HOSTNAME for your irc session\n",
                    "flag": "-h"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-v, --version",
                    "content": "display the version of Irssi\n",
                    "flag": "-v",
                    "long": "--version"
                },
                {
                    "name": "-?, --help",
                    "content": "show a help message\n",
                    "flag": "-?",
                    "long": "--help"
                }
            ]
        },
        "SEE ALSO": {
            "content": "Irssi has a  solid  amount  of  documentation  available;  check  /HELP  or  look  online  at\nhttps://irssi.org\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "FILES": {
            "content": "~/.irssi/config\npersonal configuration file\n\n~/.irssi/config.autosave\nautomatic save of the personal config file when it was changed externally\n\n~/.irssi/default.theme\ndefault irssi theme\n\n~/.irssi/away.log\nlogged messages in away status\n\n~/.irssi/scripts/\ndefault scripts directory\n\n~/.irssi/scripts/autorun/\ndirectory containing links to scripts that should be loaded automatically on startup\n\n~/.irssi/startup\nfile containing a list of commands to execute on startup\n",
            "subsections": []
        },
        "AUTHORS/CREDITS": {
            "content": "Irssi  was  written  by  Timo  Sirainen; this manpage was written by Istvan Sebestyen, Stefan\nTomanek, Geert Hauwaerts.\n\n\n\nIrssi IRC client                              June 2015                                     Irssi(1)",
            "subsections": []
        }
    },
    "summary": "Irssi - a modular IRC client for UNIX",
    "flags": [
        {
            "flag": "-c",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "connect to SERVER"
        },
        {
            "flag": "-w",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "use PASSWORD for authentication."
        },
        {
            "flag": "-p",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "automatically connect to PORT on server."
        },
        {
            "flag": "",
            "long": "--noconnect",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "disable autoconnecting of servers"
        },
        {
            "flag": "-n",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "specify NICKNAME as your nick"
        },
        {
            "flag": "-h",
            "long": null,
            "arg": null,
            "description": "use HOSTNAME for your irc session"
        },
        {
            "flag": "-v",
            "long": "--version",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "display the version of Irssi"
        },
        {
            "flag": "-?",
            "long": "--help",
            "arg": null,
            "description": "show a help message"
        }
    ],
    "examples": [],
    "see_also": []
}