---
name: "quasselcore"
section: "1"
platform: "linux"
package: "quassel-core"
version: "1:0.14.0-3"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/quasselcore"
---

# quasselcore(1)

manual page for quassel v0.14.0 (dist-da9c1c9)

## NAME

quassel - manual page for quassel v0.14.0 (dist-da9c1c9)

## SYNOPSIS

**quasselcore** \[*options*\]

## DESCRIPTION

Quassel IRC is a modern, distributed IRC client.  One (or multiple) client(s) can attach to and detach from a central core -- much like the popular combination of screen and a text-based IRC client such as WeeChat, but graphical.

**quasselcore** provides the daemon which connects to IRC networks, allowing any number of Quassel clients to connect, including the official desktop client, the **quasselclient** program.

## OPTIONS

- **-c**, **--configdir** \<path\>

  Specify the directory holding configuration files, the SQlite database and the SSL certificate.

- **--listen** \<\<address\>\[,\<address\>\[,...\]\]\>

  The address(es) quasselcore will listen on.

- **-p**, **--port** \<port\>

  The port quasselcore will listen at.

- **-n**, **--norestore**

  Don't restore last core's state.

- **--config-from-environment**

  Load configuration from environment variables.

- **--select-backend** \<backendidentifier\>

  Switch storage backend (migrating data if possible).

- **--select-authenticator** \<authidentifier\>

  Select authentication backend.

- **--add-user**

  Starts an interactive session to add a new core user.

- **--change-userpass** \<username\>

  Starts an interactive session to change the password of the user identified by \<username\>.

- **--strict-ident**

  Use users' quasselcore username as ident reply. Ignores each user's configured ident setting.

- **--ident-daemon**

  Enable internal ident daemon.

- **--ident-port** \<port\>

  The port quasselcore will listen at for ident requests. Only meaningful with **--ident-daemon**.

- **--ident-listen** \<\<address\>\[,...\]\>

  The address(es) quasselcore will listen on for ident requests. Same format as **--listen**.

- **--oidentd**

  Enable oidentd integration. In most cases you should also enable **--strict-ident**.

- **--oidentd-conffile** \<file\>

  Set path to oidentd configuration file.

- **--proxy-cidr** \<\<address\>\[,...\]\>

  Set IP range from which proxy protocol definitions are allowed

- **--require-ssl**

  Require SSL for remote (non-loopback) client connections.

- **--ssl-cert** \<path\>

  Specify the path to the SSL certificate.

- **--ssl-key** \<path\>

  Specify the path to the SSL key.

- **--metrics-daemon**

  Enable metrics API.

- **--metrics-port** \<port\>

  The port quasselcore will listen at for metrics requests. Only meaningful with **--metrics-daemon**.

- **--metrics-listen** \<\<address\>\[,...\]\>

  The address(es) quasselcore will listen on for metrics requests. Same format as **--listen**.

- **-L**, **--loglevel** \<level\>

  Supports one of Debug\|Info\|Warning\|Error; default is Info.

- **-l**, **--logfile** \<path\>

  Log to a file.

- **--syslog**

  Log to syslog.

- **-d**, **--debug**

  Enable debug output.

- **--debug-irc**

  Enable logging of all raw IRC messages to debug log, including passwords!  In most cases you should also set **--loglevel** Debug

- **--debug-irc-id** \<database network ID\>

  Limit raw IRC logging to this network ID.  Implies **--debug-irc**

- **--debug-irc-parsed**

  Enable logging of all parsed IRC messages to debug log, including passwords!  In most cases you should also set **--loglevel** Debug

- **--debug-irc-parsed-id** \<database network ID\>

  Limit parsed IRC logging to this network ID.  Implies **--debug-irc-parsed**

- **-h**, **--help**

  Displays help on commandline options.

- **--help-all**

  Displays help including Qt specific options.

- **-v**, **--version**

  Displays version information.

## AUTHORS

The full list of Quassel IRC authors and contributors may be seen in quasselclient's About window.

This manual page was written by Thomas Mueller \<thomas.mueller@tmit.eu\> and updated by Shane Synan \<digitalcircuit36939+deb@gmail.com\> and Scott Kitterman \<scott@kitterman.com\> (with the assitance of help2man), for the Debian GNU/Linux system (but may be used by others).  Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the terms of the GNU General Public License version 2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation.

## SEE ALSO

The full documentation for **quassel** is maintained as a Texinfo manual.  If the **info** and **quassel** programs are properly installed at your site, the command

-

  **info quassel**

should give you access to the complete manual.