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Apr 28 22:16 UTC

Show HN: Matrirc – run irssi in 2026, talk to people on Matrix (github.com)

12 points|by pawelb0||1 comment|Read full story on github.com
This solves no real problem — Element works, there's already a Matrix-to-IRC bridge running on half the FOSS networks, and probably nobody under 30 has opened irssi voluntarily this decade.

I wrote it anyway because I miss Esc 4 and clunky window-split commands.

Matrirc is a local IRC server that speaks Matrix on the back. Point irssi at localhost:6667, log in with Matrix creds, rooms show up as channels.

brew tap pawelb0/tap brew install matrirc

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  1. 1. johntash||context
    I like that this is an irc->matrix bridge instead of a matrix->bridge. I honestly don't use either much anymore, but I'll probably give it a try.

    I didn't know irssi was still maintained in 2026. There hasn't been a release in a while, but there are at least a few recent-ish commits. Has everyone moved on from irssi to weechat?