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! {{rh}} | [[Bersirc]]{{Anchor|Bersirc}}<ref>[http://bersirc.org/index.php/about/ Bersirc IRC Client - about Bersirc]</ref> |
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| Jamie Frater, Nicholas Copeland |
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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= |
! {{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> |
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| Hydra |
| Hydra |
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| Freeware |
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| {{proprietary}}<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.hydrairc.com/content/developers |title=HydraIRC [Source and Development] |archive-url= |
| {{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> |
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| [[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> |
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| Nico Golde, Anselm Garbe |
| Nico Golde, Anselm Garbe |
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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> |
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| Raphael Mudge, Serge Baranov, Andreas Ravnestad |
| Raphael Mudge, Serge Baranov, Andreas Ravnestad |
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| Free software |
| Free software |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
- ^ Can be installed as part of a web browser
- ^ 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.
- ^ Web browser component
- ^ Incomplete, proof of concept
- ^ a b Separate client and daemon
- ^ Can be used to embed an IRC channel on a web page.
- ^ No official GUI, several options available (e.g. Glowing Bear, a web frontend)
- ^ 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 | |||
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Client | Date | Version | Date | Version | |
AdiIRC | 2005 | ? | |||
AmIRC | 1995 | Template:Latest stable software release/AmIRC | |||
Bersirc | 1999 | 2.2.14 (12 August 2005[±] | )|||
BitchX | 1996 | 1.2.1 (November 14, 2014[±] | )|||
ChatZilla | 2001 | 0.9.93 (November 8, 2016[51]) [±] | |||
Colloquy | 2005 | 2.4.3 (6011) (March 22, 2014[±] | )|||
Convos | 2013 | Template:Latest stable software release/Convos | |||
degesch | 2015 | 0.9 | 2015 | 0.9 | |
DMDirc | 2007 | 0.7 (January 5, 2013[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] ![]() |
HydraIRC | 2002 | Template:Latest stable software release/HydraIRC | |||
IceChat | 2002 | 3.0 | 2002-04-08 | 3.0 | 9.54[55] ![]() |
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[±] | )|||
IRCjr | 2008 | 2008 | mTCP_2023-03-31 (March 31, 2023[56]) [±] | ||
Ircle | 1995 | 3.5a6 (November 17, 2007[±] | )|||
Irssi | 1999 | 1.4.4 (March 31, 2023[±][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[58]) [±] |
Konversation | 2002 | Template:Latest stable software release/Konversation | |||
LeafChat | ? | 1.0 | 2.5 (July 29, 2012[±] | )||
LeetIRC | 2006 | Template:Latest stable software release/LeetIRC | |||
LimeChat | 2007 | Template:Latest stable software release/LimeChat | |||
Linkinus | 2007 | 2.4.3 (August 23, 2011[59]) [±] | |||
Mibbit | 2008 | web application, no version | |||
mIRC | 1995 | 7.77 (11 June 2024[60]) [±] | |||
Neebly | 2008-12-13 | 1.0.1 | Template:Latest stable software release/Neebly | ||
Nettalk | 2004 | 6.7.16 (October 30, 2012[61]) [±] | |||
Opera | 1996 | 100.0.4815.21 (June 20, 2023[62][63][64])
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PChat | 2010 | 2010 | 1.4.3 | ||
PIRCH | 1995 | 1.0.1.1190 (January 1, 2001[±] | )|||
PJIRC | 2002 | 2.2.1 (November 29, 2004[±] | )|||
Quassel | 2008-08-27 | 0.3.0 | 0.14.0 (January 1, 2022[±] | )||
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[±] | )
Snak | 1997 | 5.3.4 (March 11, 2012[65]) [±] | |||
Visual IRC | 1995 | 2.0pl2 (December 30, 2007[±][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[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 |
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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 |
Unix and Unix-like operating systems:
- Unix (BSD): 386BSD, BSD/OS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, SunOS, ULTRIX
- Unix (System V): AIX, A/UX, HP-UX, IRIX, SCO OpenServer, Solaris, UnixWare
- Unix-like: Linux, NeXTSTEP, OpenVMS[citation needed], OSF/1, QNX, Tru64 UNIX
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 |
- ^ 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
- ^ 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]
- ^ In development[79]
- ^ 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 |
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 |
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 |
- ^ Automatically updates via the Sparkle framework
- ^ Can be added with separate packages.
- ^ Supports automatic updates via the Emacs package manager
- ^ Since 2.9.5 HexChat is shipped only with Perl and Python.
- ^ Supported as of version 20050921
- ^ 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
- Comparison of IRC daemons
- Comparison of mobile IRC clients
- Comparison of instant messaging clients
- Comparison of instant messaging protocols
- Comparison of LAN messengers
References
- ^ "AdiIRC website".
- ^ "AdiIRC - Free download and software reviews - CNET Download.com". download.com. CNET. October 23, 2013.
- ^ Bouma, Mike (August 19, 2002). "Classic AmigaOS Emulation - A Guide for WinUAE". OS News. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ^ Sallin, Nicolas. "AmIRC". www.biclodon.com. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
- ^ Charalabidis, Alex (1999-12-15). "Odds and Ends: IRC for Other Platforms: Amiga". The Book of IRC: The Ultimate Guide to Internet Relay Chat (1st ed.). San Francisco, California: No Starch Press. p. 249. ISBN 1-886411-29-8.
AmIRC is probably the most popular client for the Amiga. It supports all the basics, emphasizing well-developed standard features rather than modern toys, and provides a stable and secure chat environment.
- ^ Jeacle, Karl (May 1996). "Running the Best Software: Internet Relay Chat: AmIRC". First Steps Amiga Surfin'. Bedford, Bedfordshire: Bookmark Publishing. p. 76. ISBN 1-85550-007-8.
AmIRC is the aforementioned competition to Grapevine. As with the other "Am" applications, it is the Amiga Technologies choice for inclusion in the A1200 Surfer pack.
- ^ Bersirc IRC Client - about Bersirc Archived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ [1]. GitHub.
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