Irssi: IRC Client on Atomic Host¶

Irssi is a Terminal Based IRC Client for Unix/Linux based systems. This page shows how to run Irssi on Atomic Host.

Steps¶

First you will need to boot up an atomic host

Copy the Sources down from here Fedora Dockerfile for Irssi.
Perform the build with the following command:

docker build -t fedora/irssi .
After the build is successful run the container with the following command:

atomic run fedora/irssi

This will start Irssi.

To Connect to Server:

/connect irc.freenode.net

To Connect to Channel:

/join #fedora

To leave Channel:

/part #fedora

To Set nick:

/set nick username

To Identify nick:

/msg nickserv identify password

To Change nick:

/nick username1

Command	Description
/ban	Sets or lists bans for a channel
/clear	Clears a channel buffer
/disconnect	Disconnects from the network that has focus
/exit	Disconnects client from all networks and returns to shell prompt
/join	Joins a channel
/kick	Kicks a user out
/kickban	Kickbans a user
/msg	Sends a private message to a user
/names	Lists the users in the current channel
/query	Opens a query window with a user or closes a current query window
/topic	Displays/edits the current topic
/unban	Unbans everyone
/whois	Displays user information
/window close	Forces closure of a window

Further Reading: To know more about Irssi visit https://irssi.org.