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! {{rh}} | [[Bersirc]]{{Anchor|Bersirc}}<ref>[http://bersirc.org/index.php/about/ Bersirc IRC Client - about Bersirc]</ref>
! {{rh}} | [[Bersirc]]{{Anchor|Bersirc}}<ref>[http://bersirc.org/index.php/about/ Bersirc IRC Client - about Bersirc] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812090202/http://bersirc.org/index.php/about/ |date=2011-08-12 }}</ref>
| Jamie Frater, Nicholas Copeland
| Jamie Frater, Nicholas Copeland
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| [[Free software]]
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! {{rh}} | HydraIRC{{Anchor|HydraIRC}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hydrairc.com/ |title=HydraIRC website}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Software Review - IRC Clients Part Three: HydraIRC |date=December 5, 2007 |first=Bill |last=Vincent |publisher=WinExtra |url=http://www.winextra.com/2007/12/05/software-review-irc-clients-part-three-hydrairc/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011050246/http://www.winextra.com/2007/12/05/software-review-irc-clients-part-three-hydrairc/ |archivedate=2008-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=My Top 5 Free Software Picks |first=Spencer |last=Scott<!-- (sscott721)--> |publisher=LockerGnome |date=July 28, 2007 |url=http://www.lockergnome.com/sscott721/2007/07/28/my-top-5-free-software-picks/ |archiveurl=http://classic-web.archive.org/web/20080510230809/http://www.lockergnome.com/sscott721/2007/07/28/my-top-5-free-software-picks/ |archivedate=2008-05-10}}</ref>
! {{rh}} | HydraIRC{{Anchor|HydraIRC}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hydrairc.com/ |title=HydraIRC website |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110128122510/http://hydrairc.com/ |archivedate=2011-01-28 |df= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Software Review - IRC Clients Part Three: HydraIRC |date=December 5, 2007 |first=Bill |last=Vincent |publisher=WinExtra |url=http://www.winextra.com/2007/12/05/software-review-irc-clients-part-three-hydrairc/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081011050246/http://www.winextra.com/2007/12/05/software-review-irc-clients-part-three-hydrairc/ |archivedate=2008-10-11}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=My Top 5 Free Software Picks |first=Spencer |last=Scott<!-- (sscott721)--> |publisher=LockerGnome |date=July 28, 2007 |url=http://www.lockergnome.com/sscott721/2007/07/28/my-top-5-free-software-picks/ |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080510230809/http://www.lockergnome.com/sscott721/2007/07/28/my-top-5-free-software-picks/ |archivedate=2008-05-10 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref>
| Hydra
| Hydra
| Freeware
| Freeware
| {{proprietary}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hydrairc.com/content/developers |title=HydraIRC [Source and Development] |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20160520060522/http://www.hydrairc.com/content/developers |archive-date=2016-05-20 |dead-url=no}}</ref><br/>(source available)<ref>{{cite web |title=HydraIRC releases version 0.3.165 and opens access to its sourcecode |date=January 24, 2009 | publisher=IRC-Junkie.org |url=http://www.irc-junkie.org/2009-01-24/hydrairc-releases-version-03165-and-opens-access-to-its-sourcecode/ |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20150905135756/http://www.irc-junkie.org/2009-01-24/hydrairc-releases-version-03165-and-opens-access-to-its-sourcecode/ |archive-date=2015-09-05}}</ref>
| {{proprietary}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hydrairc.com/content/developers |title=HydraIRC [Source and Development] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160520060522/http://www.hydrairc.com/content/developers |archive-date=2016-05-20 |dead-url=yes |df= }}</ref><br/>(source available)<ref>{{cite web |title=HydraIRC releases version 0.3.165 and opens access to its sourcecode |date=January 24, 2009 |publisher=IRC-Junkie.org |url=http://www.irc-junkie.org/2009-01-24/hydrairc-releases-version-03165-and-opens-access-to-its-sourcecode/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905135756/http://www.irc-junkie.org/2009-01-24/hydrairc-releases-version-03165-and-opens-access-to-its-sourcecode/ |archive-date=2015-09-05 |deadurl=yes |df= }}</ref>
| GUI
| GUI
| [[C++]], [[WTL]]
| [[C++]], [[WTL]]
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! {{rh}} | ii (IRC IT){{Anchor|ii}}<ref>[http://tools.suckless.org/ii/ IRC IT (ii) IRC client]. Official webpage. suckless.org.</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Lederer, Christian ("phrozen77") |date=September 13, 2010 |url=http://www.irc-junkie.org/2010-09-13/ii-a-filesystem-based-irc-client/ |title=ii – A Filesystem-based IRC Client |work=irc-junkie.org |publisher=IRC-Junkie.org: Your daily dose of IRC related news |location=[[Sulzbach-Rosenberg]], Germany |accessdate=2011-05-11}}([[WP:WikiProject IRC/Sources|rationale]])</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tool of the year: ii (irc it)|author=Schlitt, Tobias |publisher=schlitt.info |location=[[Dinslaken]], Germany |date=November 27, 2008 |url=http://schlitt.info/opensource/blog/0585_tool_of_the_year_ii_irc_it.html}}([[WP:WikiProject IRC/Sources|rationale]])</ref>
! {{rh}} | ii (IRC IT){{Anchor|ii}}<ref>[http://tools.suckless.org/ii/ IRC IT (ii) IRC client]. Official webpage. suckless.org.</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=Lederer, Christian ("phrozen77") |date=September 13, 2010 |url=http://www.irc-junkie.org/2010-09-13/ii-a-filesystem-based-irc-client/ |title=ii – A Filesystem-based IRC Client |work=irc-junkie.org |publisher=IRC-Junkie.org: Your daily dose of IRC related news |location=[[Sulzbach-Rosenberg]], Germany |accessdate=2011-05-11 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110725195312/http://www.irc-junkie.org/2010-09-13/ii-a-filesystem-based-irc-client/ |archivedate=July 25, 2011 |df= }}([[WP:WikiProject IRC/Sources|rationale]])</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Tool of the year: ii (irc it)|author=Schlitt, Tobias |publisher=schlitt.info |location=[[Dinslaken]], Germany |date=November 27, 2008 |url=http://schlitt.info/opensource/blog/0585_tool_of_the_year_ii_irc_it.html}}([[WP:WikiProject IRC/Sources|rationale]])</ref>
| Nico Golde, Anselm Garbe
| Nico Golde, Anselm Garbe
| Free software
| Free software
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! {{rh}} | jIRCii{{Anchor|jIRCii}}<ref>{{cite web |title=jIRCII - The Ultimate IRC Client |url=http://www.oldschoolirc.com |first=Raphael |last=Mudge |publisher=oldschoolirc.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Robusto cliente IRC con scripts |publisher=Softonic |first=Damien |last=Rasson |date=September 22, 2009 |language=Spanish |url=http://jircii.softonic.com/}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//jircii.softonic.com/&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie=UTF-8 English]).</ref><ref>Magic (November 20, 2004). [http://www.mirc.net/news/index.php?id=175 "jIRCii review"]. mirc.net.</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Sleep 2.1 Manual |first=Raphael |last=Mudge |publisher=CreateSpace |page=131 |year= 2008 |isbn= 978-1-4382-2723-8 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mv4a2LmR61gC&pg=PA131#v=onepage&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Scripting Java Applications with Sleep |journal=[[Dr. Dobbs Journal]] |publisher=M&T Publications |date=July 1, 2005 |volume=30 |issue= |page=38 |url= http://drdobbs.com/java/184406145}}</ref>
! {{rh}} | jIRCii{{Anchor|jIRCii}}<ref>{{cite web |title=jIRCII - The Ultimate IRC Client |url=http://www.oldschoolirc.com |first=Raphael |last=Mudge |publisher=oldschoolirc.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Robusto cliente IRC con scripts |publisher=Softonic |first=Damien |last=Rasson |date=September 22, 2009 |language=Spanish |url=http://jircii.softonic.com/}} ([https://translate.google.com/translate?u=http%3A//jircii.softonic.com/&hl=en&langpair=auto|en&tbb=1&ie=UTF-8 English]).</ref><ref>Magic (November 20, 2004). [http://www.mirc.net/news/index.php?id=175 "jIRCii review"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425153531/http://www.mirc.net/news/index.php?id=175 |date=2012-04-25 }}. mirc.net.</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=Sleep 2.1 Manual |first=Raphael |last=Mudge |publisher=CreateSpace |page=131 |year= 2008 |isbn= 978-1-4382-2723-8 |url= https://books.google.com/books?id=mv4a2LmR61gC&pg=PA131#v=onepage&f=false}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |title=Scripting Java Applications with Sleep |journal=[[Dr. Dobbs Journal]] |publisher=M&T Publications |date=July 1, 2005 |volume=30 |issue= |page=38 |url= http://drdobbs.com/java/184406145}}</ref>
| Raphael Mudge, Serge Baranov, Andreas Ravnestad
| Raphael Mudge, Serge Baranov, Andreas Ravnestad
| Free software
| Free software

Revision as of 16:26, 11 August 2017

This article is about Internet Relay Chat clients. For a comparison of instant messaging clients (including multi-protocol clients that support IRC), 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 independent published literature.

General

Basic general information about the clients: creator/company, license 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 Last Stable Release
AdiIRC[1][2] Per Amundsen Freeware Proprietary GUI C# February 15, 2016 (2.7)
Adium Thijs Alkemade Free software GPL GUI Objective-C and C April 22, 2016 (1.5.10.3)
AmIRC[3][4][5][6] Oliver Wagner, Jamie van den Berge Freeware Proprietary GUI C December 24, 2015 (3.6.2)
Bersirc[7] Jamie Frater, Nicholas Copeland Free software LGPL GUI C (Delphi originally) August 12, 2005 (2.2.14)
BitchX Colten Edwards Free software BSD TUI, GUI C November 14, 2014 (1.2.1)
ChatZilla Mozilla Foundation Free software MPL, GPL, LGPL
tri-license 		GUI[Note 1] JavaScript, XUL November 8, 2016 (0.9.93)
Colloquy Timothy Hatcher, Kiji Roshi Desktop: free software,
Mobile: commercial 		BSD: mobile,
GPL: desktop 		GUI Objective-C March 22, 2014 (2.4.3)
Convos Nordaaker Free software Artistic License 2.0 Web Perl April 21, 2017 (0.99_33)
degesch[8] Přemysl Janouch Free software BSD equivalent:
ISC 		TUI C December 30, 2016 (0.9.5)
DMDirc[9][10][11] Chris Smith, Greg Holmes, Shane McCormack[12] Free software GPL GUI Java March 17, 2014 (0.8.1)
ERC Free software GPL TUI, GUI Emacs Lisp January 26, 2008 (5.3)
f-irc[13] Folkert van Heusden Free software GPL TUI C February 23, 2014 (1.36)
HexChat[14] Berke Viktor Free software GPL TUI, GUI C December 10, 2016 (2.12.4)
HydraIRC[15][16][17] Hydra Freeware Proprietary[18]
(source available)[19] 		GUI C++, WTL December 12, 2008 (0.3.165)
IceChat[20][21] Paul Vanderzee Free software GPL GUI C# (Visual Basic until 2004)[22] April 15, 2017 (9.15)
ii (IRC IT)[23][24][25] Nico Golde, Anselm Garbe Free software BSD equivalent:
MIT/X Consortium 		filesystem-based FIFO C January 5, 2013 (1.7)
Instantbird Florian Quèze Free software GPL GUI C/C++, JavaScript, CSS, XUL December 17, 2013 (1.5)
ircII Michael Sandrof Free software BSD TUI C September 3, 2015 (20150903)
IRCjr[26][27][28] Michael Brutman Free software GPL TUI C++ April 26, 2013
Ircle Onno Tijdgat Commercial 30-day trial Proprietary GUI C November 17, 2007 (3.5a6)
Irssi Timo Sirainen Free software GPL TUI C March 10, 2017 (1.0.2)
jIRCii[29][30][31][32][33] Raphael Mudge, Serge Baranov, Andreas Ravnestad Free software Artistic License 2.0 GUI, TUI Java July 20, 2011 (0.9)
KiwiIRC Darren Whitlen Free software AGPL Web Javascript frontend, Node.js backend March 30, 2016 (0.9.4)
KVIrc Szymon Stefanek Free software GPL GUI C++ July 3, 2012 (4.2.0)
Konversation KDE Free software GPL GUI C++ April 15, 2017 (1.7)
LeafChat[34] Samuel Marshall Free software GPL GUI Java July 29, 2012 (2.5)
LeetIRC[35][36] Mike Chambers Free software GPL TUI QuickBasic March 18, 2008 (1.1)
LimeChat[37][38][39] Satoshi Nakagawa Free software GPL[40] GUI RubyCocoa (2007–2010)[39][40]
Objective-C(2010–)[41] 		June 23, 2014 (2.42)
Linkinus Conceited Software Commercial, 15-day trial Proprietary GUI Objective-C August 23, 2011 (2.4.3)
The Lounge Jérémie Astori, Pavel Djundik, Maxime Poulin Free software MIT Web JavaScript March 13, 2017 (2.2.2)
Mibbit Jimmy Moore Textual Adbar Proprietary Web JavaScript frontend,
Java backend
mIRC Khaled Mardam-Bey Shareware 30-day trial[42] Proprietary GUI C/C++ (Borland C++ originally)[43] April 15, 2017 (7.48)
Neebly[44][45][46] Christos Constantinou Freeware ? GUI ? February 28, 2009 (1.0.4)
Nettalk Nicolas Kruse Freeware Apache 2.0 GUI Visual Basic October 30, 2012 (6.7.16)
Opera (Until version 12.xx) [Note 2] Freeware Proprietary GUI[Note 3] C++ April 12, 2017 (44.0.2510.1218)
PChat Zach Thibeau, Luis Miranda Free software GPL GUI C++
Pidgeon[47] Petr Bena Free software GPL GUI C# August 4, 2014 (1.6.1)
Pidgin Free software GPL GUI C March 9, 2017 (2.12.0)
PIRCH Shareware Proprietary GUI Delphi January 1, 2001 (1.0.1.1190)
PJIRC Philippe Detournay Free software GPL GUI Java November 29, 2004 (2.2.1)
Quassel Manuel Nickschas, Marcus Eggenberger, Alexander von Renteln Free software GPL TUI[Note 4], GUI[Note 5] C++ May 17, 2016 (0.12.4)
qwebirc Chris Porter Free software GPL Web JavaScript front end,
Python backend 		February 13, 2012 (0.92)
rcirc Ryan Yeske Free software GPL TUI Emacs Lisp June 10, 2012 (24.1)
Scrollback Askabt Free software AGPL Web, embeddable[Note 6] JavaScript frontend,
Node.js backend
Smuxi Mirco Bauer Free software GPL GUI, TUI, server[Note 5] C# August 9, 2015 (1.0)
Snak Kent Sorensen Commercial Proprietary GUI ? March 11, 2012 (5.3.4)
Textual[48] Codeux Software, LLC Commercial BSD
(3-clause )[49] 		GUI Objective-C April 12, 2017 (6.0.10)
Visual IRC Free software GPL GUI ? July 15, 2007 (2.0pl2)
WeeChat Sebastien Helleu Free software GPL TUI, GUI[Note 7] C April 22, 2017 (1.7.1)
XChat (evolved into HexChat)[Note 8] Unix/Linux: free software; Windows: commercial, 30-day trial[50]

(HexChat is free of charge)

GPL; or proprietary for Windows TUI, GUI C August 28, 2010 (2.8.9)
Client Primary developers Distribution model Software license User interface Programming language
  1. ^ Can be installed as part of a web browser
  2. ^ Opera 12.xx was the last version with IRC support. When Opera was rebased from Opera's own Presto layout engine to the Chromium browser, IRC and Mail were not ported.
  3. ^ Web browser component
  4. ^ Incomplete, proof of concept
  5. ^ a b Separate client and daemon
  6. ^ Can be used to embed an IRC channel on a web page.
  7. ^ No official GUI, several options available (e.g. Glowing Bear, a web frontend)
  8. ^ xChat is no longer being developed by its original creators. Hexchat is entirely based on xChat and is now designed by new people.

Release history

A brief overview of the release history.

First public release First stable release Latest stable release
Client Date Version Date Version
AdiIRC 2005 ?
AmIRC 1995 Template:Latest stable software release/AmIRC
Bersirc 1999 2.2.14 (12 August 2005; 19 years ago (2005-08-12)) [±]
BitchX 1996 1.2.1 (November 14, 2014; 9 years ago (2014-11-14)) [±]
ChatZilla 2001 0.9.93 (November 8, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-11-08)[51]) [±]
Colloquy 2005 2.4.3 (6011) (March 22, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-03-22)) [±]
Convos 2013 Template:Latest stable software release/Convos
degesch 2015 0.9 2015 0.9
DMDirc 2007 0.7 (January 5, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-01-05)[52]) [±]
ERC 1999? ERC improvements are now released as part of Emacs. [±]
f-irc 2006? 0.0.1 Template:Latest stable software release/f-irc
HexChat 2009-10-04 r249 2009-10-09 2.86.0 2.16.2[53][54] Edit this on Wikidata (7 February 2024; 6 months ago (7 February 2024)) [±]
HydraIRC 2002 Template:Latest stable software release/HydraIRC
IceChat 2002 3.0 2002-04-08 3.0 9.54[55] Edit this on Wikidata (1 June 2023; 14 months ago (1 June 2023)) [±]
ii (IRC IT) 2005-12-19 0.1 2007-02-01 1.0 Template:Latest stable software release/ii
ircII 1990 20210314 (March 14, 2021; 3 years ago (2021-03-14)) [±]
IRCjr 2008 2008 mTCP_2023-03-31 (March 31, 2023; 16 months ago (2023-03-31)[56]) [±]
Ircle 1995 3.5a6 (November 17, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-11-17)) [±]
Irssi 1999 1.4.4 (March 31, 2023; 16 months ago (2023-03-31)) [±][57]
jIRCii ? ? Template:Latest stable software release/jIRCii
KVIrc 1998 0.6.0 1999-12-21 1.0.0 5.2.0 (January 14, 2024; 7 months ago (2024-01-14)[58]) [±]
Konversation 2002 Template:Latest stable software release/Konversation
LeafChat ? 1.0 2.5 (July 29, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-07-29)) [±]
LeetIRC 2006 Template:Latest stable software release/LeetIRC
LimeChat 2007 Template:Latest stable software release/LimeChat
Linkinus 2007 2.4.3 (August 23, 2011; 12 years ago (2011-08-23)[59]) [±]
Mibbit 2008 web application, no version
mIRC 1995 7.77 (11 June 2024; 2 months ago (2024-06-11)[60]) [±]
Neebly 2008-12-13 1.0.1 Template:Latest stable software release/Neebly
Nettalk 2004 6.7.16 (October 30, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-10-30)[61]) [±]
Opera 1996 100.0.4815.21 (June 20, 2023; 13 months ago (2023-06-20)[62][63][64])


PChat 2010 2010 1.4.3
PIRCH 1995 1.0.1.1190 (January 1, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-01-01)) [±]
PJIRC 2002 2.2.1 (November 29, 2004; 19 years ago (2004-11-29)) [±]
Quassel 2008-08-27 0.3.0 0.14.0 (January 1, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-01-01)) [±]
qwebirc 2009 0.81 Template:Latest stable software release/qwebirc
rIRC 2010 Preview Release 1 2012 1.44 1.4.4 (January 16, 2012)
Scrollback 2013 2013
rcirc ? ? rcirc improvements are now released as part of Emacs. [±]
Smuxi 2008-07-29 0.6 2010-09-03 0.8 1.2.1 (April 23, 2023; 15 months ago (2023-04-23)) [±]
Snak 1997 5.3.4 (March 11, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-11)[65]) [±]
Visual IRC 1995 2.0pl2 (December 30, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-12-30)) [±][66]
Textual 2010 1.0.0[67] 2010 1.0.0 Template:Latest stable software release/Textual
WeeChat 2003 4.2.1 (January 22, 2024; 6 months ago (2024-01-22)[68]) [±]
XChat 1998 Template:Latest stable software release/XChat
Client Date Version Date Version Latest stable release
First public release First stable release

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 OS X (Intel/PPC) OS 9 OS 8 System 7 (PPC/68k) BeOS, Haiku OS/2, eCS AmigaOS (68k) AmigaOS 4, MorphOS (PPC) DOS
AdiIRC Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
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 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 No No No No No No No No
Convos Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
degesch No No No No No No No No ? No No No No No No No No
ERC Yes Yes ? No ? ? No ? ? No No No No No ? ? ?
HexChat Yes Dropped (2.9.5) No No No No No No 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 Yes
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
IRCjr No Yes[Note 2] Yes[Note 2] No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes
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 No ? Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes No
KiwiIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes 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 Yes[72] Yes Yes No No No Yes[73] No No No
LeafChat Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes No 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 4] No No No No No No No No
Linkinus No No No No No No No No Yes[Note 3] No No No No No No No No
The Lounge Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 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[75] 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[77] Dropped[78] 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 No Yes Yes No No 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
rIRC Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? No No No No No No No No No
rcirc Yes Yes ? ? No No No No ? No No No No No No No No
Scrollback Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 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
Textual No No No No No No No No Yes No No No 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 OS X (Intel/PPC) OS 9 OS 8 System 7 (PPC/68k) BeOS, Haiku OS/2, eCS AmigaOS (68k) AmigaOS 4, MorphOS (PPC) DOS
  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Requires Cygwin[69][70]
  2. ^ a b Requires SwsVpkt[71]
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Requires OS X v10.4.3 or later
  4. ^ [74]
  5. ^ Does not support Windows 95 or Windows 98[76]

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 OpenServer Solaris UnixWare Linux NeXTSTEP OpenVMS OSF/1 QNX Tru64 UNIX
AdiIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
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 Yes[Note 1] Yes ? 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
Convos Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
degesch ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
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
f-irc ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
HexChat ? ? 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
IRCjr No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
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 No Yes Yes Yes
KiwiIRC Yes 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 ? ? ? ? ?
LeafChat No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No
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
The Lounge Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
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 ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? 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
Textual 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 OpenServer 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
  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[79]
  3. ^ In development[79]
  4. ^ XChat tested on HP-UX 10.20 and 11[80]

Protocol support

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

Client CTCP DCC IPv6 SSL TLS DANE OCSP CRL SASL OTR
AdiIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes script
AmIRC Yes Yes No No No ? No No ? No
Bersirc ? Partial No No ? ? ? ? ? No
BitchX Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? No
ChatZilla Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes script No
Colloquy Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes No[81]
Convos ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
degesch Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ? ? No
DMDirc Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? No
ERC Partial Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes[Note 1] No
f-irc Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? No
HexChat Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes[Note 2]
HydraIRC Yes Yes ? No No ? No No ? No
IceChat Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes No
ii (IRC IT) ? No Yes[Note 1] Yes[Note 1] Yes[Note 1] ? ? ? ? No
ircII Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? No
IRCjr Yes No No No No ? No No No No
Ircle Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? No
Irssi Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No ? script Yes[82][83][Note 2]
jIRCii Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? No
KiwiIRC Yes No Yes Yes Yes ? No No Yes No
Konversation Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes No
KVIrc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No No Yes No
LeetIRC[36] No Partial No No No ? No No ? No
LimeChat ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes No
Linkinus Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ? ? No No
Mibbit ? Partial[Note 3][Note 4] No Yes ? ? ? ? Yes No
mIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? script No
Neebly Yes Yes No No ? ? ? ? ? No
Nettalk Yes Yes No No ? ? ? ? ? No
Opera Yes[84] Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? No
PIRCH Yes Yes No No ? ? ? ? ? No
PJIRC ? Yes No No ? ? ? ? ? No
Quassel Yes No Yes Yes Yes ? No No Yes No[85]
qwebirc Yes No No Yes No ? No No No No
rcirc Partial No No Yes Yes ? ? ? ? No
Scrollback Partial No Yes Yes ? ? ? ? No No
Smuxi Yes No Yes Yes ? ? ? ? No No[86]
Snak Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? No
Textual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes[Note 5] Yes[Note 5] Yes Yes[87]
Visual IRC Yes Yes No No ? ? ? ? ? No
WeeChat Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes[82][88][Note 2]
XChat Yes Yes Partial[Note 4] Yes ? No ? ? script Yes[82][83][Note 2]
Client CTCP DCC IPv6 SSL TLS DANE OCSP CRL SASL OTR
  1. ^ a b c d Supported via patch
  2. ^ a b c d Supported via plugin
  3. ^ Cannot send files, can receive files up to 2 MB only
  4. ^ a b DCC does not always succeed at this stage
  5. ^ a b OS X supports this natively for SSL sockets

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 VOICE
AdiIRC Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? No Yes[Note 1] ? ? ? ? Yes[Note 1] ?
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[89] ? ? No No[Note 2] No No No No No No ? ?
Colloquy Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? Yes ?
Convos ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
degesch No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
DMDirc Yes No Yes Yes ? ? No Yes No No No No Yes No No ?
ERC Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
f-irc No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No ?
HexChat Yes No Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ?
HydraIRC Yes No Yes Yes ? ? No ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ?
IceChat Yes No Yes ? ? ? No ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ?
ii (IRC IT) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
ircII ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
IRCjr No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No ?
Ircle ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Irssi Yes No Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KiwiIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No ?
Konversation Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? Yes ? ? ?
KVIrc Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes[Note 3] Yes[Note 3] Yes[Note 4]
LeetIRC[36] No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No ?
LimeChat ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Linkinus ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Mibbit No ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
mIRC Yes ? Yes Yes[Note 5] ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes[Note 1] ? ? Yes Yes Yes[Note 1] ?
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 5] ? ? 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 Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Textual No No Yes[93] No No No No No No No No No Yes[93] No No No
Visual IRC ? Yes ? Yes[Note 5] ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? Yes ? ? Yes[Note 4]
WeeChat Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? Yes ?
XChat Yes ? Yes Yes No No ? Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes ? Yes[Note 6] ?
Client CHAT Whiteboard SEND RESUME TSEND SEND T XMIT Passive DCC Server RDCC REVERSE RSEND Reverse / Firewall DCC File servers (FSERVs) XDCC VOICE
  1. ^ a b c d Supported via a script[92]
  2. ^ Planned for a later version
  3. ^ a b Supported via scripting
  4. ^ a b Incompatible with other IRC clients[90]
  5. ^ a b c Supports the DCC Resume protocol[91]
  6. ^ Supported via scripts and plugins[94]

Features

Information on what features each of the clients support.

Client Multi-server UTF-8 Proxy server irc:// URI scheme Automatic updates Scripting language
AdiIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes C#, mIRC script
AmIRC No No ? No No ARexx
Bersirc Yes No ? ? ? —
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
Convos ? ? ? ? ? ?
degesch Yes Yes Yes — — Lua
DMDirc Yes Partial ? Yes Yes Custom Actions system, Java plugins
ERC Yes Yes Yes[Note 2] ? Yes[Note 3] Emacs Lisp
f-irc Yes Yes No No No —
HexChat Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Perl, Python, Tcl, Lua[Note 4], Javascript, C, C++, and via D-Bus.
HydraIRC Yes Yes ? ? Yes No
IceChat Yes Yes No ? Yes VBScript
ii (IRC IT) Yes Yes ? ? ? any, Shell script
ircII Yes Yes[Note 5] ? ? ? IrcII script
IRCjr No No No No No —
Ircle Yes No ? ? ? AppleScript
Irssi Yes Yes Yes No No Perl
jIRCii Yes Yes Yes ? No Sleep
KiwiIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes — Javascript, Node.js
Konversation Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Shell script, Ruby, Python, Perl, Java, C++, C#, JavaScript[Note 6]
KVIrc Yes Yes Yes Yes No KVS (custom), Perl, Python, C++
LeafChat Yes Yes ? — Yes Java
LeetIRC No No ? — No No
LimeChat Yes Yes ? ? ? —
Linkinus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AppleScript, Cocoa
The Lounge Yes Yes Yes No — Javascript, Node.js, CSS
Mibbit Yes Yes ? Yes — —
mIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes mIRC script
Neebly No No ? ? ? —
Nettalk Yes Yes SOCKS Yes Yes VBScript, custom
Opera 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 ? ? Yes (language agnostic)
Snak Yes Yes ? ? ? AppleScript, IrcII script
Textual Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AppleScript, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Objective-C, shell 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. ^ Can be added with separate packages.
  3. ^ Supports automatic updates via the Emacs package manager
  4. ^ Since 2.9.5 HexChat is shipped only with Perl and Python.
  5. ^ Supported as of version 20050921
  6. ^ 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.

See also

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  72. ^ Connect to the ReactOS IRC Channels
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  74. ^ Requires RubyCocoa 1.0.0 or later
  75. ^ Requires Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later
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  94. ^ "XChat: Scripts + Plugins". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
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