In this post, you are going to learn how you can chat with your friends as well as strangers using Termux. Now by the word chatting I mean only texting and not sending images and emojis. You will chat using your termux terminal as you see in hacking movies. [āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϏā§āĻā§, āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ Termux āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ⧠āĻ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻāĻŋāϤāĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŦā§āύ āϤāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻāϤ⧠āĻāϞā§āĻā§āύāĨ¤ āĻāĻāύ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāϞ āĻā§āĻā§āϏāĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŋāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āύāĻž āĻĒā§āϰā§āϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻšā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻŽā§āĻāĻŋāĻā§āϞāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻā§āύ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āϏ āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻžāϞāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰ⧠āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāĻŦā§āύāĨ¤}
If you want to chat with your friend you can use Netcat also but in this post, we are using irssi package in termux. Irssi is an Internet relay chat client since 1999. With the help of this tool, you can chat with a group of people by joining a channel at number of available servers.
You can create your own channel(Group) on irssi which is completely free and your friends can join the same channel to chat with you. It is similar to a chat group on WhatsApp but the only difference is command-line based. [āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāύ āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āύā§āĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻ āĻĒā§āϏā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āϏ⧠āĻāϰāϏāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāĨ¤ āĻāϰāĻļ⧠⧧⧝⧝⧝ āϏāĻžāϞ āĻĨā§āĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāϰāύā§āĻ āϰāĻŋāϞ⧠āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻā§āϞāĻžāϝāĻŧā§āύā§āĻ this āĻāĻ āϏāϰāĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŽāĻāĻŋāϰ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝā§, āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧ āϏāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āϏāĻāĻā§āϝāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϞ⧠āϝā§āĻāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϰā§āĻĒā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύāĨ¤
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Irssi chat is a Built-in Package in termux, you can install it like any other packages. {āĻāϰāĻļāĻŋ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āϏā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāϞā§āĻ-āĻāύ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻ, āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻ āύā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāĻā§āĻā§āϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻāύāϏā§āĻāϞ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύāĨ¤}
It will take approximately one minute to install in termux , it also depends on your Internet Speed. {āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āϏ⧠āĻāύāϏā§āĻāϞ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻŋāĻ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϞāĻžāĻāĻŦā§, āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āĻāĻžāϰāύā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāϤāĻŋāϰ āĻāĻĒāϰāĻ āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻāϰ āĻāϰā§}
Now to start Irssi Chat you just have to type irssi on your terminal and your IRC chat cline will open. {āĻāĻāύ āĻāϰāĻļā§ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻļā§āϰ⧠āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻā§āĻŦāϞ āĻāϰāĻļā§ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāϰāϏāĻŋ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻā§āϞāĻžāĻāύāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϞāĻŦā§āĨ¤}
Now, You will see this screen, which means Irssi chat is successfully installed in your Termux. { āĻāĻāύ, āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻ āϏā§āĻā§āϰāĻŋāύāĻāĻŋ āĻĻā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāĻŦā§āύ, āϝāĻžāϰ āĻ āϰā§āĻĨ āĻāϰāĻļāĻŋāϰ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻŽāĻžāĻā§āϏ⧠āϏāĻĢāϞāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāύāϏā§āĻāϞ āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻā§āĨ¤}
Now, You have to connect to a server in order to join a channel on IRC, Here I am joining Freenode but you can join other Servers too. Just type below command to join a Free node server. [āĻāĻāύ, āĻāĻāĻāϰāϏāĻŋ-āϤ⧠āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϞ⧠āϝā§āĻāĻĻāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āϏāĻāϝā§āĻ āϏā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§, āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻĢā§āϰāĻŋāĻāύāĻĄā§ āϝā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāĻā§āĻāĻŋ āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ āύā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϝ āϏāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻžāϰāĻā§āϞāĻŋāϤā§āĻ āϝā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύāĨ¤ āĻĢā§āϰāĻŋ āύā§āĻĄ āϏāĻžāϰā§āĻāĻžāϰ⧠āϝā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻā§āĻŦāϞ āύā§āĻā§āϰ āĻāĻŽāĻžāύā§āĻĄāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤}
Now Your user name will look like u0_a234 Now If you join any Channel Now one will going to remember your name because it is gibberish. To Change Your Nickname to something Human Understandable You have to use this command [āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰāĻāĻžāϰā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻāĻŋ u0_a234 āĻāϰ āĻŽāϤ⧠āĻĻā§āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāύ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻā§āύāĻ āĻā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϞ āύā§āύ⧠āϝā§āĻ āĻĻā§āύ āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻāĻāύ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āĻŽāϰāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻŦā§ āĻāĻžāϰāĻŖ āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāϤ ber āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻžāĻāύāĻžāĻŽāĻāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦ āĻŦā§āϧāĻāĻŽā§āϝ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻāĻŋāĻā§āϤ⧠āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāĻā§ āĻāĻ āĻāĻĻā§āĻļāĻāĻŋ āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§}
You can change any name you want, Just Enter Your name After /nick. { āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝ⧠āĻā§āύāĻ āύāĻžāĻŽ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāϰā§āϤāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ, āĻā§āĻŦāϞ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āύāĻžāĻŽ / āύāĻŋāĻ āĻĒāϰ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦā§āĻļ āĻāϰā§āύāĨ¤}
Now everything is set you just have to join a channel if you want to chat with your friends you and your friends have to join the same channel if you want to create your own channel you can create it by just typing your channel name in the below command. You can chat with me by joining my channel on Freenode. {āĻāĻāύ āϏāĻŦāĻāĻŋāĻā§ āϏā§āĻ āĻāϰāĻž āĻāĻā§ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāϞāĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϞ⧠āϝā§āĻāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āĻĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāύ āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻŦāύā§āϧā§āϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻ āĻā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϞ⧠āϝā§āĻ āĻĻāĻŋāϤ⧠āĻšāĻŦā§ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āύāĻŋāĻā§āϰ āĻā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϞ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻāĻžāύ āϤāĻŦā§ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻā§āĻŦāϞ āύā§āĻā§ āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϞā§āϰ āύāĻžāĻŽāĻāĻŋ āϞāĻŋāĻā§ āĻāĻāĻŋ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ āĻāĻĻā§āĻļ āĻĢā§āϰāĻŋāύā§āĻĄā§ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϞ⧠āϝā§āĻāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻāĻŽāĻžāϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻā§āϝāĻžāĻ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύāĨ¤}
You can also Join random channels to talk with new people.{ āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āύāϤā§āύ āϞā§āĻā§āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āĻāύā§āϝ āĻāϞā§āĻŽā§āϞ⧠āĻā§āϝāĻžāύā§āϞāĻā§āϞāĻŋāϤ⧠āϝā§āĻāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύāĨ¤}
You can Type Exit to get back to your Terminal window and too Quit the irssi. {āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰā§āĻŽāĻŋāύāĻžāϞ āĻāĻāύā§āĻĄā§āϤ⧠āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧠āϝā§āϤ⧠āĻāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻāĻžāĻāĻĒ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻā§āĻŦ āĻļāĻŋāĻāĻāĻŋāϰāĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āĻĨāĻžāύ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰā§āύāĨ¤}
Now you can chat in your group and if you want your other friend to join your Group, Just let them know your channel name and they will easily able to join your channel.
just type your message and press Enter to send your text like you do in other Messaging app.
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