EPIC5-1.1.3 (*nix Console IRC Client) Released
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givello · 2012-05-17 10:11

Is it very different from irssi?

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tjharman · 2012-05-18 05:04

It is, in that it's almost a "framework" client.  It has extremely
powerful scripting (using it's own scripting language) built into it,
but because of that it doesn't come with any scripts (how do you
choose which one of many to make the default?) so if you run it by
itself, you'll be very confused.

There's a list of scripts here: http://scripts.epicsol.org

NB: I keep LiCe updated, so that's what I'd recommend you try, but
amnesiac and darkstar are also great scripts.

Comparatively irissi is also very powerful and flexible, and it's a
lot more user friendly out of the box.

I'm a big epic fan because I've been using it (or, at least ircII and
then epic) for the last 15 years.  If you're already comfortable with
irsii, I probably wouldn't move (though I'd love it if you gave epic a
go!)

Tim