{{title}} — repartee
Author: outragedevs
Description: repartee — A modern terminal IRC client built with Ratatui, Tokio, and Rust. Scripting, theming, encrypted logging, and more.
Keywords: irc, terminal, tui, client, chat, repartee, ratatui, tokio, rust

# Installation

## Requirements

- Rust 1.85+ — repartee uses the Rust 2024 edition. Install the toolchain with `curl --proto '=https' --tlsv1.2 -sSf https://sh.rustup.rs | sh`.
- A terminal with 256-color or truecolor support — any modern terminal works: iTerm2, Alacritty, kitty, WezTerm, Windows Terminal, GNOME Terminal, etc.

## Install from crates.io

The quickest way to get started:

    cargo install repartee
    repartee

## Install from source

If you want to hack on repartee or run the latest unreleased code:

    git clone https://github.com/outragedevs/repartee.git
    cd repartee
    cargo build --release
    ./target/release/repartee

## Command-line usage

    repartee                  # normal start (fork + terminal)
    repartee -d / --detach    # start headless (no terminal)
    repartee a [pid]          # attach to a running session
    repartee attach [pid]     # same as above
    repartee -v / --version   # print version

See Sessions & Detach for details on background sessions.

## Binary size

The release binary is approximately 5MB (includes bundled SQLite and Lua). The `--release` profile enables LTO, single codegen unit, and symbol stripping for minimal size.

## Build options

The `Cargo.toml` release profile is pre-configured for small binaries:

    [profile.release]
    lto = true
    codegen-units = 1
    panic = "abort"
    strip = true