<s>
Smuxi	B-Protocol
is	O
a	O
cross-platform	B-Operating_System
IRC	B-Protocol
client	B-Protocol
for	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
desktop	I-Application
inspired	O
by	O
Irssi	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
pioneered	O
the	O
concept	O
of	O
separating	O
the	O
frontend	B-Architecture
client	B-Protocol
from	O
the	O
backend	B-Architecture
engine	O
which	O
manages	O
connections	O
to	O
IRC	B-Protocol
servers	O
inside	O
a	O
single	O
graphical	O
application	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smuxi	B-Protocol
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
client	B-Operating_System
–	I-Operating_System
server	I-Operating_System
model	I-Operating_System
:	O
The	O
core	O
application	O
exists	O
in	O
the	O
Smuxi	B-Protocol
back-end	B-Architecture
server	O
which	O
is	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
Internet	O
around-the-clock	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
user	O
interacts	O
with	O
one	O
or	O
more	O
Smuxi	B-Protocol
front-end	B-General_Concept
clients	O
which	O
are	O
connected	O
to	O
the	O
Smuxi	B-Protocol
back-end	B-Architecture
server	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
way	O
,	O
the	O
Smuxi	B-Protocol
back-end	B-Architecture
server	O
can	O
maintain	O
connections	O
to	O
IRC	B-Protocol
servers	O
even	O
when	O
all	O
Smuxi	B-Protocol
front-end	B-General_Concept
clients	O
have	O
been	O
closed	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
combination	O
of	O
screen	B-Application
and	O
Irssi	B-Protocol
served	O
as	O
an	O
example	O
of	O
this	O
architecture	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Quassel	B-Language
IRC	I-Language
client	B-Protocol
has	O
a	O
similar	O
design	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smuxi	B-Protocol
also	O
supports	O
the	O
regular	O
single	O
application	O
mode	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
This	O
behaves	O
like	O
a	O
typical	O
IRC	B-Protocol
client	B-Protocol
with	O
no	O
separation	O
of	O
back-end	B-Architecture
and	O
front-end	B-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
utilizes	O
a	O
local	O
IRC	B-Protocol
engine	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
by	O
the	O
local	O
front-end	B-General_Concept
client	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smuxi	B-Protocol
supports	O
nick	O
colors	O
which	O
are	O
identical	O
across	O
channels	O
and	O
networks	O
,	O
a	O
Caret	O
Mode	O
as	O
seen	O
in	O
Firefox	B-Application
that	O
allows	O
users	O
to	O
navigate	O
through	O
the	O
messages	O
using	O
the	O
keyboard	O
,	O
theming	B-Application
with	O
colors	O
and	O
fonts	O
,	O
configurable	O
tray-icon	O
support	O
,	O
optional	O
stripping	O
of	O
colours	O
and	O
formattings	O
and	O
convenience	O
features	O
like	O
CTCP	O
support	O
,	O
channel	O
search	O
and	O
nickname	O
completion	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smuxi	B-Protocol
can	O
attach	O
to	O
a	O
local	O
backend	B-Architecture
engine	O
or	O
a	O
remote	O
engine	O
utilizing	O
the	O
Engine	O
drop	O
down	O
menu	O
(	O
similar	O
to	O
screen	B-Application
used	O
with	O
irssi	B-Protocol
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
includes	O
,	O
in	O
client-server	B-Operating_System
operation	O
,	O
a	O
visual	O
marker	O
showing	O
the	O
user	O
's	O
last	O
activity	O
in	O
an	O
open	O
session	O
,	O
and	O
ignore	O
filtering	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smuxi	B-Protocol
can	O
be	O
found	O
in	O
many	O
major	O
free	O
operating	O
systems	O
such	O
as	O
:	O
</s>
<s>
Debian	O
GNU/Linux	B-Application
(	O
including	O
Debian	O
GNU/kFreeBSD	O
)	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Ubuntu	B-Operating_System
,	O
</s>
<s>
Gentoo	B-Application
Linux	I-Application
,	O
</s>
<s>
Arch	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
</s>
<s>
openSUSE	B-Operating_System
Community	O
Repository	O
,	O
</s>
<s>
Frugalware	O
Linux	B-Application
,	O
</s>
<s>
FreeBSD	B-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smuxi	B-Protocol
is	O
also	O
available	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
XP	O
,	O
Vista	O
,	O
7	O
,	O
8.x	O
and	O
10	O
(	O
32-bit	B-Device
and	O
64-bit	B-Device
architectures	B-General_Concept
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smuxi	B-Protocol
is	O
available	O
for	O
Mac	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
X	I-Operating_System
starting	O
with	O
the	O
0.8.9	O
release	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Smuxi	B-Protocol
was	O
selected	O
in	O
"	O
Hot	O
Picks	O
"	O
by	O
Linux	B-Application
Format	O
Magazine	O
in	O
March	O
2009	O
.	O
</s>
