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e in between loop and pool will be repeated count times can only be called from scripts lusers mask servers requests statistics about the server macro name script usage help creates a macro executable with name that executes script maximize server window maximizes a subwindow server is optional if window belongs to the same context pass as window to maximize the server window me message sends a ctcp action message to the current chat minimize server window minimizes a subwindow server is optional if window belongs to the same context pass as window to minimize the server window mode target mode sets a mode on a channel or user move server window x y moves a subwindow to x left and right and y up and down coordinates server is optional if window belongs to the same context call without arguments to see the current subwindow s coordinates pass as window to move the server window msg target message sends a message msgbox message displays a messagebox with a short message this command is blocking one of the only script only commands that can be issued from an if command can only be called from scripts nick new_nickname changes your nickname notice target message sends a notice number alias low high message requests number from the user between low and high in a dialog with message and stores the input in alias if the user cancels the dialog alias will be set to 0 this command is blocking can only be called by scripts only window restricts a script to only executing in window s context multiple window s can be specified can only be called from scripts oper username password logs into an operator account part channel message leaves a channel ping user text sends a ctcp ping to a user play filename plays a wav file pool ends a loop block can only be called from scripts print server window text prints text to a window server is optional if window belongs to the same context pass as window to print to the server window prints server window text prints system message to a window server is optional if window belongs to the same context pass as window to print to the server window private nickname message opens a private chat subwindow for nickname python filename opens a file in the python editor quit message disconnects from the current irc server quitall message disconnects from all irc servers quote server text sends unprocessed data to the current or another server to specify what server to send the data to pass a hostid the host and port used to connect to the server in the format host port or the hostname used to connect as server random alias start finish generates a random integer from start to finish and stores it in alias can only be called by scripts read alias filename reads filename as a text file and stores the contents in alias if the file is empty or contains only whitespace alias will be set to this command is blocking can only be called by scripts reconnect server port password connects to an irc server reconnecting on disconnection reconnectssl server port password connects to an irc server via ssl reconnecting on disconnection refresh requests a new list of channels from the server _rehash causes the server to reprocess and reload configuration files may only be issued by irc operators reload server window re renders the chat log of a window rem text does nothing can be used for comments restrict server channel private prevents a script from running if it is not being ran in a server channel or private window up to two window types can be passed can only be called from scripts restore server window restores a subwindow server is optional if window belongs to the same context pass as window to restore the server window setfile alias message shows a save file dialog and stores the result in alias if no file is set alias will be set to this command is blocking can only be called by scripts script filename arguments executes a list of commands in a file show server window shows a subwindow if hidden and shifts focus to that subwindow server is optional if window belongs to the same context pass as window to show the server window size server window width height resizes a subwindow server is optional if window belongs to the same context call without arguments to see current subwindow s size pass as window to resize the server window style server window opens a window s text style editor pass as window to select the server window target label creates a target for the goto command if used as a target for goto script execution will move to the line this appears on label cannot contain spaces can only be called from scripts time requests server time topic channel new_topic sets a channel topic _trace target executes a trace on a server or user may only be issued by server operators unalias token deletes the alias referenced by token does nothing in scripts unbind sequence removes a bind for sequence to remove all binds pass as the argument unignore user un hides a user s chat to un hide all users use as the argument unmacro name deletes the macro named name usage number message prevents a script from running unless number arguments are passed to it and displays message if the script can take one or more arguments pass as number can only be called by scripts user setting value changes a user setting or searches and displays one or all settings in the user configuration file pass as value to set a setting as blank caution use at your own risk userhost nick s requests information about users from the server version server requests server version wait seconds pauses script execution for seconds can only be called from scripts wallops message sends a message to all operators warn server window text prints an error message to a window server is optional if window belongs to the same context pass as window to print to the server window who nickname o requests user information from the server whois nickname server requests user information from the server whowas nickname count server requests information about previously connected users window command x y manipulates the main application window valid commands are cascade fade fullscreen hotkey ignore install layout logs maximize minimize move next ontop pause plugin previous readme reload restart restore settings size tile and uninstall call with no arguments to see main window information and a list of subwindows write filename contents writes contents to filename followed by a newline can only be called by scripts xconnect server port password connects to an irc server executes connection script xconnectssl server port password connects to an irc server via ssl executes connection script xreconnect server port password connects to an irc server executes connection script reconnecting on disconnection xreconnectssl server port password connects to an irc server via ssl executes connection script reconnecting on disconnection merk markdown you can easily inject irc colors and formatting into chat and topics using merk markdown to insert irc colors open a chat message with number to set the foreground color of the chat or number number to set the foreground and background colors of the chat respectively number can be any number from 0 to 15 the traditional 16 colors of irc chat stop using the color formatting by closing the text with so to display the words hello world in white on a red background you d use 0 4hello world number description html color 0 white ffffff 1 black 000000 2 blue 00007f 3 green 009300 4 light red ff0000 5 brown 7f0000 6 purple 9c009c 7 orange fc7f00 8 yellow ffff00 9 light green 00fc00 10 cyan 009393 11 light cyan 00ffff 12 light blue 0000fc 13 pink ff00ff 14 grey 7f7f7f 15 light grey d2d2d2 you can also use markdown tags to send text in italics start and finish a message with for bold use to underline text start and finish with __ to send a strikethough start and finish with this tag is not supported by all irc clients though it will render properly on most modern clients to send the message hello world you d use hello world tags can be nested so 5 9 hello __world __ is a completely valid statement in merk markdown the client can be configured to strip colors and formatting from display but messages sent in markdown will still appear with the formatting in clients the message is sent to in channel windows topics are automatically changed into markdown when the topic is edited via the gui just like almost everything is merk markdown can be turned off in the settings more information about markdown can be found in the merk user guide plugins merk can load plugins plugins are written in python the same language that merk is written in and can react to over 40 different events each plugin has access to the twisted irc client that merk uses to communicate with irc servers and can interact with both the client and any chat subwindows the built in plugin manager can edit export install and create plugins using a special version of the script editor just for python code the plugin editor features syntax highlighting auto indent optional visible whitespace and all the features you d expect out of a basic text editor for more information on how plugins work and how to write your own the merk user guide has all the information you ll need here s an example plugin to help get you started it creates a function that you can call directly with call rainbow that sends a message to the current chat in rainbow colors so to send a hello world message to the current chat you d call call rainbow hello world from merk import plugin import random class rainbowchat plugin def rainbow self window arguments output colors 0 9 11 4 13 8 7 msg join arguments for letter in msg output append f random choice colors 1 letter if len output 0 chat join output window say chat why does merk exist it s simple i don t currently like any of the other irc clients i ve used many many other irc clients for windows and linux and they just didn t feel right they weren t customizable enough didn t have features that i wanted or just plain looked ancient i wanted a gui irc client that looked and felt modern and could be heavily customized my previous irc client was called ərk and although i liked developing it and working on it i honestly didn t use it that much i fell out of love with the single window interface that so many other irc clients use and decided to try something new and by new i mean 30 years old i remembered using mirc back when i was younger and decided to try and write a new client that used the multiple document interface style i remember fondly and thus merk was born i honestly think that merk may be the most configurable irc client ever created with over 350 different settings to work with you can configure merk to look and operate exactly how you want want to display all channel userlists on the left or not display userlists at all you can do that want to turn off all the pretty stuff and display only raw nearly unaltered text you can do that maybe you want to use text styles only on the chat display and leave the userlists and text input alone you can do that one of the things i hated about xchat hexchat is how un configurable the ui is and how most other clients require plugins or scripts to change the client ui i wanted a client where you could alter or change most aspects of the ui without needed external tools or editing configuration files manually with merk you can change all settings in the client and see the effects instantly there are a few settings that can only be changed by editing the configuration files but they are for settings most users will probably never change but you can still change them and merk will compensate and not break the client i mostly wrote merk because i wanted a client that had all the features i wanted no matter how obscure or weird i wanted a pretty client with advanced features one that was easy to use but deep merk is easy to get started with and has all the documentation you could want or need bundled in it s perfectly functional even if you never open the settings dialog but if you want to really get into customizing merk you can you can change almost everything about the ui or how merk functions under the hood if you wish and you don t need tutorials and half a dozen websites to do it long story short merk is my dream irc client and i hope it can become yours too what does merk mean well if you were to pronounce irc as a word and not an acronym it would probably be pronounced ərk since the client allows a user to connect to multiple irc servers at the same time well that might be what the m stands for either that or multiple document interface mdiirc doesn t exactly roll off the tongue so we combined the m with the word pronunciation of irc and came up with merk does merk need any help yes merk is being written by me dan hetrick a software developer that can not do everything that this piece of software needs there s few things i need help with icons and other graphics work i am not a graphic designer and i think that that shows in this project heh i need help with creating better icons i m doing my best here but i m a computer programmer not an artist packaging merk now has pyinstaller based distributions for both windows and linux as well as a linux flatpak i d love to provide a pip package but i don t have much or any experience with this help would be awesome proxy server support i d like merk to support connecting through proxy servers my wishlist is to support socks4 5 and http but i m open to anything dcc chat and file transfers the dcc functionality in twisted is undocumented and i ll be honest i can t make heads or tails of it i d love to be able to add this functionality to merk but i need help using merk and giving me feedback let me know what you love about merk and what you hate about merk got ideas for ways you d like to customize the client features you d like let me know i can t guarantee that i ll put in everything that you want but i love hearing new ideas and i love hearing about how people are using merk contacting me is easy drop me an email or say hi in the official merk irc channel merk on the mansionnet network irc inthemansion com port 6697 for ssl i m also an ircop on mansionnet i m usually in merk and lobby about merk is an open source cross platform multiple document interface gui irc client for windows linux and macos written in python pyqt5 and twisted topics python chat open source irc gplv3 internet chatroom pyqt5 internet relay chat python3 twisted gui application free irc client chat application chatapp chat app twisted library pyqt5 desktop application pyqt5 gui application resources readme license gpl 3 0 license uh oh there was an error while loading please reload this page activity custom properties stars 54 stars watchers 4 watching forks 4 forks report repository releases 52 0 051 850 latest may 11 2026 51 releases contributors uh oh there was an error 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