Server Commands

User Commands

/NICK [new nick]

Change your nickname to [new nick].

/QUIT [reason]

Quit from IRC and end your current session. The session may not close instantly, because InspIRCd places its quit handling at a lower priority than users who are still currently connected.

/ADMIN [server]

Fetches the administrative information on the given server.

/PRIVMSG [target] [text]

Sends a message to a user or channel specified in [target]. You may not send messages to channels which have the +n mode set unless you are a member of the channel or are connecting from a ulined connection.

/NOTICE [target] [text]

Sends a notice to a user or channel specified in [target]. You may not send notices to channels which have the +n mode set unless you are a member of the channel or are connecting from a ulined connection.

/JOIN [channel]{,[channel]} [key]{,[key]}

Joins one or more channels you provide the names for. The key is optional.

/NAMES [channel]{,[channel]}

Return a list of users on the channels you provide. If the channel is +s, you must be on the channel to perform this command.

/PART [channel]{,[channel]}

Leaves one or more channels you specify.

/KICK [channel] [nick] {reason}

Kicks a user from a channel you specify. You must be at least a channel halfoperator (%) to kick a user, where halfop is enabled, or a channel operator (@) otherwise.

/MODE [target] [+|-][modes]{[+|-][modes]} {mode parameters}

Sets the mode for a channel or a nickname specified in [target] A user may only set modes upon themselves, and may not set the +o usermode, and a user may only change channel modes of channels where they are at least a halfoperator.

/TOPIC [channel] {topic}

Sets or retrieves the channel topic. If a channel topic is given in the command and the channel is either not +t, or you are at least a halfoperator, the channel topic will be changed to the new one you provide.

/WHO [channel|nick|server|o 0]

Looks up the information of users matching the range you provide. You may only /WHO nicknames in channels or on servers where you share a common channel with them. The syntax '/WHO o 0' shows a list of online IRC operators.

/MOTD [server]

Show the message of the day for [server]. Messages of the day contain important server rules and notice and should be read before using a server in any way!

/RULES

Show the rules file for the local server. This is similar in effect to /MOTD except that rules are optional. All users are sent the MOTD when they connect without having to request it.

/LIST {pattern}

Creates a list of all existing channels. If you include a pattern the list will only show matching channels e.g. *chat* would display #chat, #funchat and #comechathere

/LUSERS

Shows a count of local and remote users, servers and channels.

/AWAY {message}

If a message is given, marks you as being away, otherwise removes your away status and previous message

/ISON [nick] {[nick]...}

Returns a subset of the nicks you give, showing only those that are currently online.

/INVITE [nick] [channel]

Invites a user to a channel. If the channel is NOT +i, any user, channel op or not, may invite any other user to the channel, so long as they are a member of that channel. Otherwise, if +i is set only channel halfoperators and above may invite users into the channel

/WHOIS [nick]{,[nick]...}

Returns the WHOIS information of a user, their channels, hostname, etc. If a second nickname or server is provided, then a whois is performed from the server where the user is actually located rather than locally, showing idle and signon times.

/WHOWAS [nick]

Returns a list of times the user was last seen on irc along with the time they were last seen and their server.

/TIME {server}

Returns the local time of the server, or remote time of another server.

/REMOVE [nick] [channel] {reason}

Removes a user from a channel you specify. You must be at least a channel halfoperator (%) to Remove a user, where halfop is enabled, or a channel operator (@) otherwise.

/SILENCE +/-[hostmask]

A serverside /ignore of the given hostmask. /SILENCE without a parameter will list the nicks that you have silenced.