osa1/tiny

Health v2 · maintenance only

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1179 stars · 77 forks observed · 2026-08-28

What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded

tiny is a terminal-based IRC client written in Rust with a clean, minimal UI. It supports SASL authentication, TLS, automatic reconnection, mention highlighting, and configurable key bindings and colors.

Use cases

• chat on IRC from the terminal
• get desktop notifications for IRC mentions
• auto-reconnect to IRC servers after laptop sleep
• connect to IRC with SASL authentication over TLS
• use a vim-style keybinding IRC client
• run an IRC client through a znc bouncer

When to choose

• you want a lightweight, fast terminal IRC client on Linux or macOS
• you prefer vim-inspired keybindings and a clean, compact message UI
• you need SASL, TLS, and znc support in a TUI client
• you want mention aggregation in a dedicated tab

When to avoid

• you need a graphical IRC client with rich media previews
• you primarily use Windows outside WSL
• you need IRC features like file transfers (DCC) or extensive scripting plugins

Facets

application · maturity active

chat-interface cli auth security messaging-platforms developer-tools self-hosted cli rust irc-client terminal-ui chat vim-inspired sasl tls znc command-line linux macos

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