ZUSE – The Modern IRC Chat for the Terminal Made in Go/Bubbletea

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ZUSE is a sleek, minimal IRC client for your terminal. Built with Go and powered by the elegant Bubble Tea framework. Chat faster, cleaner, and without distractions right from your terminal.


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go install github.com/babycommando/zuse@latest

  1. Get and build:
git clone https://github.com/yourusername/zuse.git cd zuse go mod tidy go build -o zuse # or zuse.exe on Windows
  1. Add the compiled file to your system PATH

Open a fresh terminal and type:

Enter your IRC details, pick your favorite channels, and you're good to go.


Key Action
↑/↓ Scroll chat
←/→ Switch panes
Ctrl+C Quit

  • Bubble Tea (github.com/charmbracelet/bubbletea)
  • Lipgloss (github.com/charmbracelet/lipgloss)

This software is under active development, beware of bugs and missing features. Let me know if anything went wrong at the github project issues.

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