LIRC

LIRC (Linux Infrared remote control) is an open source package that allows users to receive and send infrared signals with a Linux-based computer system.

This article is about Linux Infrared Remote Control. For the railroad with reporting mark LIRC, see Louisville and Indiana Railroad.

LIRC
Stable release	0.10.2[1] / 4 October 2022; 2 years ago (4 October 2022)
Repository	sourceforge.net/p/lirc/git/ci/master/tree/
Written in	C
Operating system	Linux
Size	653 kB (archived)
Type	Infrared remote control
License	GNU General Public License
Website	https://lirc.org/

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There is a Microsoft Windows equivalent of LIRC called WinLIRC.

With LIRC and an IR receiver the user can control their computer with almost any infrared remote control (e.g. a TV remote control). The user may for instance control DVD or music playback with their remote control.

One GUI frontend is KDELirc, built on the KDE libraries.

See also

• RC-5