Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients

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This article is about Internet Relay Chat clients. For a comparison of instant messaging clients, see Comparison of instant messaging clients. For a comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients, see Comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients.

The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of IRC client programs which have been discussed in published literature.

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[edit] General

Basic general information about the clients: creator/company, license/price etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.

Client Primary developers Distribution model Software license User interface Programming language Computing platform
AmIRC[1][2][3][4] Oliver Wagner, Jamie van den Berge Freeware Proprietary GUI C m68k, PowerPC
Bersirc[5] Jamie Frater, Nicholas Copeland Free software LGPL GUI C x86
BitchX Colten Edwards Free software BSD License TUI, GUI C x86, x86-64, s390, SPARC, MIPS, PowerPC
ChatZilla Free software MPL/GPL/LGPL
tri-license		 GUI [Note 1] JavaScript, XUL
Colloquy Timothy Hatcher, Kiji Roshi Desktop: Free software,
Mobile: Commercial		 Desktop: GPL,
Mobile: BSD License		 GUI Objective-C PowerPC, x86 [Note 2], ARM
DMDirc[6][7][8] Chris Smith, Greg Holmes, Shane McCormack[9] Free software GPL GUI Java
ERC Free software GPL TUI Emacs Lisp
HydraIRC[10][11][12] Hydra Freeware Proprietary (source available)[13] GUI C++/WTL x86
IceChat[14][15] Paul Vanderzee Freeware Proprietary GUI Visual Basic until 2004, then C#[16] x86
ii (IRC IT)[17][18][19] Nico Golde and Anselm Garbe Free software MIT/X Consortium License filesystem based FIFO C ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, s390, SPARC, x86, x86-64
ircII Michael Sandrof Free software BSD License TUI C ARM, m68k, MIPS, PowerPC, s390, SPARC, x86, x86-64
Ircle Onno Tijdgat Commercial 30-day trial Proprietary GUI C PowerPC, x86 [Note 2]
Irssi Timo Sirainen Free software GPL TUI C ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, s390, SPARC, x86, x86-64
jIRCii[20][21][22][23][24] Raphael Mudge, Serge Baranov, Andreas Ravnestad Free software Artistic License 2.0 GUI, TUI Java
KVIrc Szymon Stefanek Free software GPL GUI C++ PowerPC, x86, x86-64
Konversation Free software GPL GUI C++ PowerPC, x86, x86-64
LeetIRC[25][26] Mike Chambers Free software GPL TUI QuickBasic x86
LimeChat[27][28][29] Satoshi Nakagawa Free software GPL[30] GUI RubyCocoa[29][30] PowerPC, x86 [Note 2]
Linkinus Conceited Software Commercial, 15 day trial Proprietary GUI  ? PowerPC, x86 [Note 2], ARM
Mibbit Jimmy Moore Textual Adbar Proprietary Web-based JavaScript frontend,
Java backend		 N/A
mIRC Khaled Mardam-Bey Shareware 30-day trial

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 Proprietary GUI C/C++ (originally Borland C++)[31] x86
Neebly[32][33][34] Christos Constantinou Freeware ? GUI x86
Nettalk Nicolas Kruse Freeware Apache license 2.0 GUI Visual Basic x86
Opera Freeware Proprietary GUI [Note 3] C++
PChat[35] Zach Thibeau, Luis Miranda Free Software GPL GUI C++ x86, Cross-Platform[Note 4]
PIRCH Shareware Proprietary GUI ? x86
PJIRC Philippe Detournay Free software GPL GUI Java
Quassel Manuel Nickschas, Marcus Eggenberger, Alexander von Renteln Free software GPL TUI, [Note 5] GUI [Note 6] C++ PowerPC, x86 [Note 2], x86-64, ARM, ia64, MIPS, s390, Sparc
qwebirc Chris Porter Free software GPL Web based JavaScript frontend,
Python backend		 N/A
rcirc Ryan Yeske Free software GPL TUI Emacs Lisp Cross-platform
Smuxi Mirco Bauer Free software GPL TUI, [Note 5] GUI [Note 6] C# ARM, PowerPC, s390, SPARC, x86, x86-64
Snak Kent Sørensen Commercial Proprietary GUI ? PowerPC, x86 [Note 2]
Visual IRC Free software GPL GUI ? x86
WeeChat Sebastien Helleu Free software GPL TUI, GUI [Note 4] C x86
XChat Unix/Linux: Free software, Windows: Commercial, 30-day trial[36] GPL but Proprietary for Windows [Note 7] TUI, GUI C x86, x86_64[38]
Client Primary developers Distribution model Software license User interface Programming language Computing platform
  1. ^ Can be installed as part of a web browser
  2. ^ a b c d e f Distributed as a Universal Binary
  3. ^ Web browser component
  4. ^ a b In development
  5. ^ a b Not complete, proof of concept
  6. ^ a b Separate client and daemon
  7. ^ An XChat-WDK patchset is available to allow XChat to be built with the Windows Driver Kit[37]

[edit] Release history

A brief overview of the release history.

Client First public release First stable release Latest stable release
Date Version Date Version
AmIRC 1995 3.6  (September 5, 2011; 5 months ago (2011-09-05)[45])
Bersirc 1999 2.2.14  (August 12, 2005; 6 years ago (2005-08-12))
BitchX 1996 1.1-final  (May 26, 2004; 7 years ago (2004-05-26))
ChatZilla 2001 0.9.88  (December 18, 2011; 57 days ago (2011-12-18))
Colloquy 2005 2.3 (4617)  (August 20, 2009; 2 years ago (2009-08-20))
DMDirc 2007 0.6.5  (January 25, 2011; 12 months ago (2011-01-25)[46])
ERC 1999? 5.3  (March 26, 2008; 3 years ago (2008-03-26)[47])
HydraIRC 2002 0.3.165  (December 12, 2008; 3 years ago (2008-12-12))
IceChat 2002 3.0 2009 RC1  (July 5, 2011; 7 months ago (2011-07-05))
ii (IRC IT) December 19, 2005 0.1 February 1, 2007 1.0 1.6  (January 31, 2011; 12 months ago (2011-01-31)[48])
ircII 1990 20111115  (November 15, 2011; 2 months ago (2011-11-15))
Ircle 1995 3.5a6  (November 17, 2007; 4 years ago (2007-11-17))
Irssi 1999 0.8.15  (April 3, 2010; 21 months ago (2010-04-03))
jIRCii  ?  ? 07.20.11  (July 20, 2011; 6 months ago (2011-07-20))
KVIrc 1998 0.6.0 December 21, 1999 1.0.0 4.0.4  (March 19, 2011; 10 months ago (2011-03-19)[49])
Konversation 2002 1.4  (4 December 2011; 2 months ago (2011-12-04)[50])
LeetIRC 2006 1.1  (March 18, 2008; 3 years ago (2008-03-18)[51])
LimeChat 2007 2.23  (April 19, 2011; 9 months ago (2011-04-19)[52])
Linkinus 2007 2.4  (August 23, 2011; 5 months ago (2011-08-23)[53])
Mibbit 2008 web application, no version
mIRC 1995 7.22  (October 14, 2011; 3 months ago (2011-10-14)[54])
Neebly December 13, 2008 1.0.1 1.0.4  (February 28, 2009; 2 years ago (2009-02-28)[55])
Nettalk 2004 6.7.8  (August 1, 2010; 18 months ago (2010-08-01)[56])
Opera 1996 11.61  (January 24, 2012; 20 days ago (2012-01-24))
PChat 2010 2010 1.4.3
PIRCH 1995 1.0.1.1190  (January 1, 2001; 11 years ago (2001-01-01))
PJIRC 2002 2.2.1  (November 29, 2004; 7 years ago (2004-11-29))
Quassel August 27, 2008 0.3.0 0.7.1  (September 23, 2010; 16 months ago (2010-09-23))
qwebirc 2009 0.81 0.92  (February 13, 2012; 0 days ago (2012-02-13))
rcirc  ?  ? 22.1 (1.50)  (July 29, 2009; 2 years ago (2009-07-29)[57][58])
Smuxi 2008 0.8.9  (January 1, 2012; 43 days ago (2012-01-01))
Snak 1997 5.3.3  (November 15, 2007; 4 years ago (2007-11-15)[59])
Visual IRC 1995 2.0pl2 (200/187)  (July 15, 2007; 4 years ago (2007-07-15))
WeeChat 2003 0.3.6  (October 22, 2011; 3 months ago (2011-10-22)[60])
XChat 1998 2.8.8 (source)  (May 30, 2010; 20 months ago (2010-05-30))
2.8.9 (windows)  (August 28, 2010; 17 months ago (2010-08-28))
Client Date Version Date Version Latest stable release
First public release First stable release

[edit] Operating system support

The operating systems on which the clients can run natively (without emulation).

Client Windows 7, Vista XP, 2000 NT 4.0 NT 3.x Me, 98 95 3.1x ReactOS Mac OS X (Intel/PPC) OS 9 OS 8 System 7 (PPC/68k) BeOS, Haiku OS/2, eCS AmigaOS (68k) AmigaOS 4, MorphOS (PPC) DOS Other
AmIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No
Bersirc Yes Yes ? No ? ? No ? ? No No No No No No No No
BitchX Yes [Note 1] Yes [Note 1] Yes [Note 1] No Yes [Note 1] Yes [Note 1] No ? Yes No No No ? Yes [Note 2] Yes Yes No
ChatZilla Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes No
Colloquy No No No No No No No No Yes [Note 3] No No No No No No No No
ERC Yes Yes ? No ? ? No ? ? No No No No No ? ? ?
HydraIRC Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
IceChat Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
ii (IRC IT) ? ? ? No ? ? No ? Yes No No No ? No No No No
ircII Yes [Note 1] Yes [Note 1] Yes [Note 1] No Yes [Note 1] Yes [Note 1] No ? Yes No No No No No No ? No
Ircle No No No No No No No No Yes [Note 3] Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Irssi Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No ? Yes No No No Yes Yes ? Yes No
jIRCii Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes No
Konversation Partial Partial Partial No Partial Partial No ? Partial No No No No No No No No
KVIrc Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No
LeetIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes
LimeChat No No No No No No No No Yes [Note 3] [Note 4] No No No No No No No No
Linkinus No No No No No No No No Yes [64] No No No No No No No No
Mibbit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
mIRC Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Partial ? No No No No No No No No No
Neebly Yes Yes [65] No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Nettalk Yes Yes ? No Partial [Note 5] No  No ? No No No No No No No No No
Opera Yes Yes Dropped (10.10) No Dropped Dropped Dropped No[67] Yes Dropped Dropped No Dropped Dropped No No No
PChat Yes Yes No No No No No No ? No No No No No No No No
PIRCH Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? No No No No No No No No No
PJIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No
Quassel Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
qwebirc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
rcirc Yes Yes ? ? No No No No ? No No No No No No No No
Smuxi Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
Snak No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes ? No No No No No
Visual IRC Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No ? No No No No No No No No No
WeeChat Partial [Note 1] [Note 3] Partial [Note 1] [Note 3] Partial [Note 1] [Note 3] No Partial [Note 1] [Note 3] Partial [Note 1] [Note 3] No ? Yes No No No Partial No No No No
XChat Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No ? Yes No No No ? ? No No No
Client Windows 7, Vista XP, 2000 NT 4.0 NT 3.x Me, 98 95 3.1x ReactOS Mac OS X (Intel/PPC) OS 9 OS 8 System 7 (PPC/68k) BeOS, Haiku OS/2, eCS AmigaOS (68k) AmigaOS 4, MorphOS (PPC) DOS Other
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Requires Cygwin[61][62]
  2. ^ Requires EMX[61]
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h Requires Mac OS X v10.4 or later[63]
  4. ^ Requires RubyCocoa 1.0.0 or later[63]
  5. ^ Does not support Windows 95 or Windows 98[66]

Unix and Unix-like operating systems:

Client 386BSD BSD/OS (BSD/386, BSDI) FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD SunOS ULTRIX AIX A/UX HP-UX IRIX SCO UNIX Solaris UnixWare Linux NeXTSTEP OpenVMS OSF/1 QNX Tru64 UNIX
AmIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Bersirc ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? No ? ? ?
BitchX ? Yes [Note 1] Yes [Note 1] Yes [Note 1] Yes [Note 1] Yes [Note 1] ? Yes [Note 1] Yes [Note 1] ? Yes [Note 1] ? Yes [Note 1] ? ? Yes [Note 1] Yes [Note 1] ?
ChatZilla No No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
Colloquy No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
DMDIrc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ERC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
HydraIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
IceChat No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
ii (IRC IT) Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes
ircII Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
Ircle No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Irssi Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
Konversation ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes
KVIrc ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
LeetIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
LimeChat No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Linkinus No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Mibbit ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes
mIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Neebly No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Nettalk No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Opera No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No Dropped No
PIRCH No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
PJIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Quassel ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
qwebirc ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes
rcirc ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Smuxi ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Snak No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Visual IRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
WeeChat ? ? Yes [Note 2] ? ? ? ? Yes Partial [Note 3] ? Yes [Note 2] ? Yes ? ? ? Yes [Note 2] ?
XChat ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes [Note 4] Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes
Client 386BSD BSD/OS (BSD/386, BSDI) FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD SunOS ULTRIX AIX A/UX HP-UX IRIX SCO UNIX Solaris UnixWare Linux NeXTSTEP OpenVMS OSF/1 QNX Tru64 UNIX
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k BitchX is known to work on BSDI 2.0, 2.1, 3.1, 4.0; FreeBSD 2.x, 3.x, 4.0; NetBSD 3.x, 4.x; SunOS 4.1.4; Ultrix; AIX; HP-UX 9.x, 10.x; IRIX 5.x, 6.x; Solaris 5.x and later; Linux; OSF/1 (DEC Alpha); QNX[61]
  2. ^ a b c WeeChat tested on FreeBSD 4.11, 5.4, 6.0; NetBSD 2.0, 2.1; OpenBSD 3.6, 3.7, 3.8; Solaris 5.10; QNX 6.3[68]
  3. ^ In development[68]
  4. ^ XChat tested on HP-UX 10.20 and 11[69]

mIRC will run on *NIX systems under WINE — Confirmed

[edit] Protocol support

What IRC related protocols and standards are supported by each client.

Client CTCP DCC IPv6 SSL TLS OCSP CRL
AmIRC Yes Yes No No No No No
Bersirc ? Partial No No ? ? ?
BitchX Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
ChatZilla Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
Colloquy Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
DMDirc Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
ERC Partial No Yes Yes Yes ? ?
HydraIRC Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
IceChat Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ?
ii (IRC IT) ? No No No ? ? ?
ircII Yes Yes Yes No ? ? ?
Ircle Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ?
Irssi Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
jIRCii Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Konversation Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
KVIrc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No
LeetIRC[26] No Partial No No No No No
LimeChat ? Yes Yes No ? ? ?
Linkinus Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ?
Mibbit ? Partial [Note 1] [Note 2] No Yes ? ? ?
mIRC Yes Yes Partial [Note 3] Partial [72] [Note 3] ? ? ?
Neebly Yes Yes No No ? ? ?
Nettalk Yes Yes No No ? ? ?
Opera Yes[73] Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
PIRCH Yes Yes No No ? ? ?
PJIRC ? Yes No No ? ? ?
Quassel Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
qwebirc Yes No No Yes No No No
rcirc Partial No No Yes Yes ? ?
Smuxi Yes No No Yes ? ? ?
Snak ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Visual IRC Yes Yes No No ? ? ?
WeeChat Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
XChat Yes Yes Partial [Note 2] Yes ? ? ?
Client CTCP DCC IPv6 SSL TLS OCSP CRL
  1. ^ Can not send files, can only receive files up to 2MB
  2. ^ a b DCC is not always successful at this stage
  3. ^ a b Wrapper library available

[edit] Direct Client-to-Client (DCC) support

Client CHAT Whiteboard SEND RESUME TSEND SEND T XMIT Passive DCC Server RDCC REVERSE RSEND Reverse / Firewall DCC File servers (FSERVs) XDCC
AmIRC Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No Yes No ?
Bersirc ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
BitchX Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No No ? ? ? ? ? Yes
ChatZilla Yes No Yes No[76] ? ? No No [Note 1] No No No No No No ?
Colloquy Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? Yes
DMDirc Yes No Yes Yes ? ? No Yes No No No No Yes No No
ERC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
HydraIRC Yes No Yes Yes ? ? No ? ? ? ? ? ? No No
IceChat Yes No Yes ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ? ? No No
ii (IRC IT) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
ircII ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Ircle ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Irssi Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Konversation Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? Yes ? ?
KVIrc Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes [Note 2] Yes [Note 2]
LeetIRC[26] No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
LimeChat ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Linkinus ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Mibbit ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
mIRC Yes ? Yes Yes [Note 3] ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes [Note 4] ? ? Yes Yes Yes [Note 4]
Neebly ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Nettalk Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Partial No No No No ? ?
Opera No ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ?
PIRCH Yes No Yes Yes [Note 3] ? ? No No No No No No No No No
PJIRC Yes No Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quassel No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
qwebirc No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
rcirc No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Smuxi ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Snak ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Visual IRC ? Yes ? Yes [Note 3] ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? Yes ? ?
WeeChat Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? Yes
XChat Yes ? Yes Yes No No ? Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes ? Yes [Note 5]
Client CHAT Whiteboard SEND RESUME TSEND SEND T XMIT Passive DCC Server RDCC REVERSE RSEND Reverse / Firewall DCC File servers (FSERVs) XDCC
  1. ^ Planned for a later version
  2. ^ a b Supported via scripting
  3. ^ a b c Supports the DCC Resume protocol[77]
  4. ^ a b Supported via a script[78]
  5. ^ Supported via scripts and plugins[79]

[edit] Features

Information on what features each of the clients support.

Client Multi-server UTF-8 Proxy server irc:// URI scheme Automatic updates Scripting language
AmIRC No No ? No No ARexx
Bersirc Yes No ? ? ? N/A
BitchX Yes No ? ? ? Enhanced IrcII script
ChatZilla Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes JavaScript
Colloquy Yes Yes ? Yes Yes [Note 1] AppleScript, Cocoa, F-Script, JavaScript, Python
DMDirc Yes Partial ? Yes Yes Custom "Actions" system, Java plugins
ERC Yes Yes ? ? No Emacs Lisp
HydraIRC Yes Yes ? ? Yes No
IceChat Yes Yes ? ? Yes Visual Basic Scripting
ii (IRC IT) Yes Yes ? ? ? Shell script
ircII Yes Yes [Note 2] ? ? ? IrcII script
Ircle Yes No ? ? ? AppleScript
Irssi Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Perl
Konversation Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Shell script, Ruby, Python, Perl, Java, C++, C#, JavaScript [Note 3]
KVIrc Yes Yes Yes Yes No KVS (Custom), Perl, Python, C++
LeetIRC No No ? N/A No No
LimeChat Yes Yes ? ? ? N/A
Linkinus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AppleScript, Cocoa API
Mibbit Yes Yes ? Yes N/A N/A
mIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes mIRC script
Neebly No No ? ? ? N/A
Nettalk Yes Yes SOCKS Yes Yes VBScript, Custom
Opera Yes Yes ? Yes Yes N/A
Pidgin Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
PIRCH Yes No ? ? No Yes
PJIRC Yes Yes ? ? No Partial, Javascript
Quassel Yes Yes Yes ? No No
qwebirc No Yes No Yes Yes No
rcirc Yes Yes ? ? No Emacs Lisp
Smuxi Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Snak Yes Yes ? ? ? AppleScript, IrcII script
Visual IRC Yes No ? ? ? Versus
WeeChat Yes Yes Yes Yes ? C, Perl, Python, Ruby, Lua, Tcl, Scheme (Guile)
XChat Yes Yes Yes Yes No Perl, Python, Tcl, Ruby, C++, ECMAScript, Scheme (Guile) 
Client Multi-server UTF-8 Proxy server irc:// URI scheme Automatic updates Scripting language
  1. ^ Automatically updates via the Sparkle framework
  2. ^ Supported as of version 20050921
  3. ^ Any language which supports DCOP may be used for Konversation scripting. Virtually any language can be made to support Konversation scripting by executing the command line "dcop" program.

[edit] See also

[edit] References

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