irssi-icon ========== This small daemon serves two basic functions: * Provides a status-bar icon with notification emblems when you have new private messages or messages in a channel you have joined. * Clicking the icon or calling with --clear will clear notifications. Installation ============ Install: sudo pip install irssi-icon Execute: irssi-icon For a description of (optional) command-line arguments, see --help. irssi over SSH ============== Many people run irssi on an shell server over SSH. Use the --ssh argument to connect irssi-icon to the remote irssi: irssi-icon --ssh user@host Use the --ssh-key argument to avoid having to type a password on startup.