Ii (IRC client)

Short description: Minimal IRC client

iiOriginal author(s)| Anselm R. Garbe, Nico Golde

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Stable release| 1.8 (February 4, 2018; 8 years ago (2018-02-04)[1]) [±]
Written in| C
Operating system| Unix-like
Available in| English
Type| IRC client
License| MIT License
Website| tools.suckless.org/ii/

IRC It, or ii is a free and open-source Unix IRC client written in C by the suckless.org community.

From the readme:[2]

> ii is a minimalist FIFO and filesystem-based IRC client. It creates an irc directory tree with server, channel and nickname directories. In every directory a FIFO in file and a normal out file is created. The in file is used to communicate with the servers and the out files contain the server messages. For every channel and every nickname there are related in and out files created. This allows IRC communication from command line and adheres to the Unix philosophy.

ii is described as a client "even more plain" than the usual CLI-based clients, which are "commonly thought to be the most basic". It consists of less than 500 lines of sourcecode. Its core command set includes "joining and parting, changing nickname and setting topics."[3]

Author Tobias Schlitt called ii "fantastic" and his "tool of the year", which "simply uses the file system to structure IRC connections, channels and queries and offers FIFOs to communicate with the server. It allows you to write IRC bots in bash (or any other language that allows file access)".[4]

## See also

* Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients

## References

1. ↑ "ii IRC client". http://tools.suckless.org/ii/.
2. ↑ Golde, Nico; Garbe, Anselm (31 October 2011). "ii". suckless. suckless.org. http://tools.suckless.org/ii/.
3. ↑ Lederer, Christian ("phrozen77") (September 13, 2010). "ii – A Filesystem-based IRC Client". irc-junkie.org. Sulzbach-Rosenberg, Germany: IRC-Junkie.org: Your daily dose of IRC related news. http://www.irc-junkie.org/2010-09-13/ii-a-filesystem-based-irc-client/. (rationale)
4. ↑ Schlitt, Tobias (November 27, 2008). "Tool of the year: ii (irc it)". Dinslaken, Germany: schlitt.info. http://schlitt.info/opensource/blog/0585_tool_of_the_year_ii_irc_it.html. (rationale)

## External links

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Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

General topics

Common terms|

* BNC
* Bot
* Channel
* DoS attack
* Channel Operator
* Client
* Flood
* Hostmask
* IRC
* Netsplit
* Network
* Operator
* Script
* Server
* Services
* Takeover
* vhost

Lists and comparisons|

* List of IRC commands
* Comparison of IRC bots
* Comparison of IRC clients
* Comparison of mobile IRC clients
* Comparison of IRC daemons

Related protocols|

* IRC
* IRCX
* MSN Chat
* P10
* CTCP
* DCC
* XDCC
* Ident

See also|

* IRC subculture
* Jarkko Oikarinen

Clients (comparison)

macOS|

* Colloquy
* Fire
* Homer (Mac OS)
* Ircle
* Linkinus
* MacIrssi
* Snak

Microsoft Windows|

* Bersirc
* mIRC
* Microsoft Comic Chat
* PIRCH
* Shareaza
* Visual IRC

Unix-like|

* ircII

Cross-platform|

* BitchX
* Irssi
* Konversation
* KVIrc
* LeafChat
* naim
* Smuxi
* WeeChat
* XChat
* PJIRC
* Quassel IRC
* IceChat

Multi-IM|

* Centericq
* Empathy
* Kopete
* Miranda IM
* Pidgin
* Trillian

Web-based|

* CGI
* PJIRC
* Mibbit

Web browser components|

* ChatZilla
* Mozilla Application Suite

Library and plug-ins|

* ERC
* rcirc

Bots (comparison)

* Eggdrop
* Infobot
* Robot9000

Bouncers, Gateways and Proxies

* BitlBee
* ZNC

Daemons (comparison)

* IRCd
* ircu
* UnrealIRCd

Networks

* DALnet
* EFnet
* Freenode
* GameSurge
* IRC@2ch
* IRCnet
* OFTC
* QuakeNet
* Rizon
* RusNet
* SlashNET
* Undernet

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