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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 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 (Delphi originally) x86
BitchX Colten Edwards Free software BSD 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 		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
f-irc[10] Folkert van Heusden Free software GPL TUI C
HexChat[11] Berke Viktor Free software GPL TUI, GUI C (forked from XChat) alpha, arm, hppa, ia64, ppc, ppc64, sparc, x86, x86-64
HydraIRC[12][13][14] Hydra Freeware Proprietary (source available)[15] GUI C++, WTL x86
IceChat[16][17] Paul Vanderzee Freeware GPL GUI C# (Visual Basic until 2004)[18] x86
ii (IRC IT)[19][20][21] Nico Golde, Anselm Garbe Free software MIT/X Consortium filesystem based FIFO C ARM, MIPS, PowerPC, s390, SPARC, x86, x86-64
ircII Michael Sandrof Free software BSD TUI C ARM, m68k, MIPS, PowerPC, s390, SPARC, x86, x86-64
IRCjr[22][23][24] Michael Brutman Free software GPL TUI C++ x86[Note 3]
IRCCloud RJ, James Subscription service (free in alpha phase) ? GUI Erlang, JavaScript All with modern browser
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[25][26][27][28][29] Raphael Mudge, Serge Baranov, Andreas Ravnestad Free software Artistic 2.0 GUI, TUI Java
KiwiIRC Darren Whitlen Free software AGPL Web Javascript frontend, Node.js backend N/A
KVIrc Szymon Stefanek Free software GPL GUI C++ PowerPC, x86, x86-64
Konversation Free software GPL GUI C++ PowerPC, x86, x86-64
LeafChat[30] Samuel Marshall Free software GPL GUI Java Cross-platform
LeetIRC[31][32] Mike Chambers Free software GPL TUI QuickBasic x86
LimeChat[33][34][35] Satoshi Nakagawa Free software GPL[36] GUI RubyCocoa (2007–2010)[35][36]
Objective-C(2010–)[37] 		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 JavaScript frontend,
Java backend 		N/A
mIRC Khaled Mardam-Bey Shareware 30-day trial[38] Proprietary GUI C/C++ (Borland C++ originally)[39] x86
Neebly[40][41][42] Christos Constantinou Freeware ? GUI x86
Nettalk Nicolas Kruse Freeware Apache 2.0 GUI Visual Basic x86
Opera Freeware Proprietary GUI[Note 4] C++
PChat[43] Zach Thibeau, Luis Miranda Free Software GPL GUI C++ x86, cross-platform[Note 5]
PIRCH Shareware Proprietary GUI Delphi x86
PJIRC Philippe Detournay Free software GPL GUI Java
Quassel Manuel Nickschas, Marcus Eggenberger, Alexander von Renteln Free software GPL TUI,[Note 6] GUI[Note 7] C++ PowerPC, x86,[Note 2] x86-64, ARM, IA-64, MIPS, s390, SPARC
qwebirc Chris Porter Free software GPL Web JavaScript frontend,
Python backend 		N/A
rIRC Risharde R. Free software Proprietary GUI Visual Basic .NET Windows x86 / x64 compatible (requires .NET 2.0 or higher)
rcirc Ryan Yeske Free software GPL TUI Emacs Lisp Cross-platform
Smuxi Mirco Bauer Free software GPL GUI, TUI, Server[Note 7] C# ARM, PowerPC, s390, SPARC, x86, x86-64
Snak Kent Sorensen Commercial Proprietary GUI ? PowerPC, x86[Note 2]
Visual IRC Free software GPL GUI ? x86
WeeChat Sebastien Helleu Free software GPL TUI, GUI[Note 5] C x86, VAX
XChat Unix/Linux: free software; Windows: commercial, 30-day trial[44] GPL; or proprietary for Windows TUI, GUI C x86, x86-64[45]
XChat-SE Freeware Proprietary (violates GPL) GUI C, C++ x86, x86-64
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. ^ 16-bit x86
  4. ^ Web browser component
  5. ^ a b In development
  6. ^ Incomplete, proof of concept
  7. ^ a b Separate client and daemon

Release history

A brief overview of the release history.

First public release First stable release Latest stable release
Client Date Version Date Version
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)[46]) [±]
Colloquy 2005 2.4.3 (6011) (March 22, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-03-22)) [±]
DMDirc 2007 0.7 (January 5, 2013; 11 years ago (2013-01-05)[47]) [±]
ERC 1999? ERC improvements are now released as part of Emacs. [±]
f-irc 2006? 0.0.1 1.11 (September 17, 2013)
HexChat October 4, 2009 r249 October 9, 2009 2.86.0 2.9.5 (April 1, 2013)
HydraIRC 2002 Template:Latest stable software release/HydraIRC
IceChat 2002 3.0 9.54[48] Edit this on Wikidata (1 June 2023; 15 months ago (1 June 2023)) [±]
ii (IRC IT) December 19, 2005 0.1 February 1, 2007 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; 17 months ago (2023-03-31)[49]) [±]
Ircle 1995 3.5a6 (November 17, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-11-17)) [±]
Irssi 1999 1.4.4 (March 31, 2023; 17 months ago (2023-03-31)) [±][50]
jIRCii ? ? Template:Latest stable software release/jIRCii
KVIrc 1998 0.6.0 December 21, 1999 1.0.0 5.2.0 (January 14, 2024; 7 months ago (2024-01-14)[51]) [±]
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; 13 years ago (2011-08-23)[52]) [±]
Mibbit 2008 web application, no version
mIRC 1995 7.77 (11 June 2024; 2 months ago (2024-06-11)[53]) [±]
Neebly December 13, 2008 1.0.1 Template:Latest stable software release/Neebly
Nettalk 2004 6.7.16 (October 30, 2012; 11 years ago (2012-10-30)[54]) [±]
Opera 1996 100.0.4815.21 (June 20, 2023; 14 months ago (2023-06-20)[55][56][57])


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 August 27, 2008 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)
rcirc ? ? rcirc improvements are now released as part of Emacs. [±]
Smuxi July 29, 2008 0.6 September 3, 2010 0.8 1.2.1 (April 23, 2023; 16 months ago (2023-04-23)) [±]
Snak 1997 5.3.4 (March 11, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-11)[58]) [±]
Visual IRC 1995 2.0pl2 (December 30, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-12-30)) [±][59]
WeeChat 2003 4.4.0 (August 17, 2024; 15 days ago (2024-08-17)[60]) [±]
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
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
ERC Yes Yes ? No ? ? No ? ? No No No No No ? ? ?
HexChat Yes Dropped (2.9.5) No No No No No ? 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 Yes ? 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[64] Yes Yes No No No Yes[65] No No No
LeafChat Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes
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
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[67] 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[69] Dropped[70] 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
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
XChat-SE Yes Yes ? ? ? ? No No No No No 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[61][62]
  2. ^ a b Requires SwsVpkt[63]
  3. ^ a b c d e f g Requires OS X v10.4.3 or later
  4. ^ [66]
  5. ^ Does not support Windows 95 or Windows 98[68]

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
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
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
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 OpenServer Solaris UnixWare Linux NeXTSTEP OpenVMS OSF/1 QNX Tru64 UNIX

mIRC will run on *NIX systems under WINE: confirmed

  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[71]
  3. ^ In development[71]
  4. ^ XChat tested on HP-UX 10.20 and 11[72]

Protocol support

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

Client CTCP DCC IPv6 SSL TLS OCSP CRL SASL
AmIRC Yes Yes No No No No No ?
Bersirc ? Partial No No ? ? ? ?
BitchX Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
ChatZilla Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? script
Colloquy Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes
DMDirc Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
ERC Partial No Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
f-irc Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
HexChat Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
HydraIRC Yes Yes ? No No No No ?
IceChat Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes
ii (IRC IT) ? No Yes[Note 1] Yes[Note 1] Yes[Note 1] ? ? ?
ircII Yes Yes Yes No ? ? ? ?
IRCjr Yes No No No No No No No
Ircle Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ?
Irssi Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? script
jIRCii Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
KiwiIRC Yes No Yes Yes No No No No
Konversation Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes
KVIrc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
LeetIRC[32] No Partial No No No No No ?
LimeChat ? Yes Yes No ? ? ? Yes
Linkinus Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ? ?
Mibbit ? Partial[Note 2][Note 3] No Yes ? ? ? Yes
mIRC Yes Yes Yes Partial[75][Note 4] ? ? ? script
Neebly Yes Yes No No ? ? ? ?
Nettalk Yes Yes No No ? ? ? ?
Opera Yes[76] Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
PIRCH Yes Yes No No ? ? ? ?
PJIRC ? Yes No No ? ? ? ?
Quassel Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes
qwebirc Yes No No Yes No No No No
rcirc Partial No No Yes Yes ? ? ?
Smuxi Yes No Yes Yes ? ? ? No
Snak Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ?
Visual IRC Yes Yes No No ? ? ? ?
WeeChat Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes
XChat Yes Yes Partial[Note 3] Yes ? ? ? script
XChat-SE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes
Client CTCP DCC IPv6 SSL TLS OCSP CRL SASL
  1. ^ a b c Supported via patch
  2. ^ Cannot send files, can receive files up to 2 MB only
  3. ^ a b DCC does not always succeed at this stage
  4. ^ Wrapper library available

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[77] ? ? 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
f-irc No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
HexChat Yes No 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 ? 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 2] Yes[Note 2]
LeetIRC[32] 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 Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? 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[78]
  4. ^ a b Supported via a script[79]
  5. ^ Supported via scripts and plugins[80]

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 ? ? ? —
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
f-irc Yes Yes No No No —
HexChat Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Perl, Python, Tcl, Lua[Note 2], Javascript, C, C++, and via D-Bus.
HydraIRC Yes Yes ? ? Yes No
IceChat Yes Yes ? ? Yes VBScript
ii (IRC IT) Yes Yes ? ? ? Shell script
ircII Yes Yes[Note 3] ? ? ? IrcII script
IRCjr No No No No No —
Ircle Yes No ? ? ? AppleScript
Irssi Yes Yes Yes No ? Perl
KiwiIRC Yes Yes Yes No — Javascript, Node.js
Konversation Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Shell script, Ruby, Python, Perl, Java, C++, C#, JavaScript[Note 4]
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
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 ? ? ?
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)
XChat-SE Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Perl, Python, Tcl, Lua, C, C++
Client Multi-server UTF-8 Proxy server irc:// URI scheme Automatic updates Scripting language
  1. ^ Automatically updates via the Sparkle framework
  2. ^ Since 2.9.5 HexChat is shipped only with Perl and Python.
  3. ^ Supported as of version 20050921
  4. ^ 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

References

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  2. ^ Sallin, Nicolas. "AmIRC". www.biclodon.com. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
  3. ^ 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.
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