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The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of notable IRC client programs which have been discussed in independent, reliable prior published sources.
Basic general information about the notableclients: creator/company, license, etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
The Direct Client-to-Client Protocol (DCC) has been the primary method of establishing connections directly between IRC clients for a long time now. Once established, DCC connections bypass the IRC network and servers, allowing for all sorts of data to be transferred between clients including files and direct chat sessions.
^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.
^Only looks for updates, they need to be manually downloaded and installed.
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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources For a comparison of instant messaging clients including multi protocol clients that support IRC see Comparison of cross platform instant messaging clients For a comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients see Comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients This article s factual accuracy may be compromised due to out of date information Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information August 2012 This article may need to be rewritten to comply with Wikipedia s quality standards You can help The talk page may contain suggestions November 2022 The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of notable IRC client programs which have been discussed in independent reliable prior published sources Contents 1 General 2 Release history 3 Operating system support 4 Protocol support 4 1 Direct Client to Client DCC support 4 2 IRCv3 Support 4 2 1 IRCv3 SASL Mechanisms 5 Features 6 See also 7 ReferencesGeneral editBasic general information about the notableclients 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 languageAdium Thijs Alkemade Free software GPL 2 0 or later GUI Objective C and CAmbassador 1 Isengrim Free software MPL GUI Note 1 JavaScript XULAmIRC Oliver Wagner Nicolas Sallin Costel Mincea Free software GNU General Public License GUI AndroIRC 2 Madalynn Freeware Proprietary GUI Bersirc 3 Jamie Frater Nicholas Copeland Free software LGPL GUI C Delphi originally BitchX Colten Edwards Free software BSD TUI GUI CChatZilla James Ross Robert Ginda Samuel Sieb Gijs Kruitbosch Free software MPL GPL LGPLtri license GUI Note 2 JavaScript XULColloquy Timothy Hatcher Kiji Roshi Free software Desktop GPLMobile BSD GUI Objective CERC Alexander L Belikoff Sergey Berezin Free software GPL 3 0 or later TUI GUI Emacs LispGrumpyChat 4 Petr Bena Free software LGPL GUI C HexChat 5 Berke Viktor Free software GPL 2 0 or later TUI GUI CIceChat 6 7 Paul Vanderzee Free software GPL GUI C Visual Basic until 2004 8 Igloo 9 Jordan Koch Commercial Proprietary GUI SwiftInstantbird Florian Queze Free software GPL GUI C JavaScript CSS XULIrccloud 10 IRCCloud Ltd Freemium Proprietary Web JavaScript frontend Erlang backendircII Michael Sandrof Free software BSD TUI CIrcle Onno Tijdgat Commercial 30 day trial Proprietary GUI CIrssi Timo Sirainen Free software GPL 2 0 or later TUI CKiwi Darren Whitlen Free software Apache 2 0 Web JavaScript frontend Node js backendKVIrc Szymon Stefanek Free software GPL GUI C Konversation KDE Free software GPL 2 0 or later GUI C LeafChat 11 Samuel Marshall Free software GPL 3 0 or later GUI JavaLimeChat 12 13 14 Satoshi Nakagawa Free software GPL 2 0 only 15 GUI RubyCocoa 2007 2010 14 15 Objective C 2010 16 Linkinus Conceited Software Commercial 15 day trial Proprietary GUI Objective CMibbit Jimmy Moore Textual Adbar Proprietary Web JavaScript frontend Java backendmIRC Khaled Mardam Bey Shareware 30 day trial 17 Proprietary GUI C C 18 Monochrome 19 Peter Pawlowski Free software GPL 2 0 only GUI C Nettalk Nicolas Kruse Free software Apache 2 0 GUI Visual BasicPidgin Free software GPL 2 0 or later GUI CPIRCH Northwest Computer Services Shareware Proprietary GUI DelphiPJIRC Philippe Detournay Free software GPL GUI JavaQuassel Manuel Nickschas Marcus Eggenberger Alexander von Renteln Free software GPL 2 0 or 3 0 TUI Note 3 GUI Note 4 C rcirc Ryan Yeske Free software GPL 3 0 or later TUI Emacs LispSmuxi Mirco Bauer Free software GPL 2 0 or later GUI TUI server Note 4 C Snak Kent Sorensen Commercial Proprietary GUI Thunderbird Mozilla Foundation Free software MPL 2 0 GUI C C JavaScriptVisual IRC Jesse McGrew Free software GPL GUI DelphiWeeChat Sebastien Helleu Free software GPL 3 0 or later TUI GUI Note 5 CXiRCON Mark Hanson Freeware Proprietary GUI Borland C scripted with TclClient Primary developers Distribution model Software license User interface Programming language Can be used as a standalone application or as part of a XUL based web browser Can be installed as part of a web browser Incomplete proof of concept a b Separate client and daemon No official GUI several options available e g Glowing Bear a web frontend Release history editA brief overview of the release history First public release First stable release Latest stable releaseClient Date Version Date VersionAmIRC 1995Bersirc 1999 2 2 14 12 August 2005 18 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 20 Colloquy 2005 2 4 3 6011 March 22 2014 9 years ago 2014 03 22 degesch 2015 0 9 2015 0 9DMDirc 2007 0 7 January 5 2013 10 years ago 2013 01 05 21 ERC 1999 ERC improvements are now released as part of Emacs F IRC 2006 0 1 1 36 February 23 2014 HexChat 2009 10 04 r249 2009 10 09 2 86 0 2 16 1 22 23 nbsp 12 February 2022 22 months ago 12 February 2022 HydraIRC 2002 0 3 165 December 12 2008 15 years ago 2008 12 12 IceChat 2002 3 0 2002 04 08 3 0 9 54 24 nbsp 1 June 2023 6 months ago 1 June 2023 ircII 1989 2 0 0 1989 2 0 0 20210314 March 14 2021 2 years ago 2021 03 14 IRCjr 2008 2008 mTCP 2023 03 31 March 31 2023 8 months ago 2023 03 31 25 Ircle 1995 3 5a6 November 17 2007 16 years ago 2007 11 17 Irssi 1999 1 4 4 March 31 2023 8 months ago 2023 03 31 26 jIRCii kirc 2020 0 0 1KVIrc 1998 0 6 0 1999 12 21 1 0 0 5 0 0 January 1 2019 4 years ago 2019 01 01 27 Konversation 2002 1 9 23083 28 nbsp 9 November 2023 20 October 2023 Error first parameter cannot be parsed as a date or time 9 November 2023 20 October 2023 LeafChat 1 0 2 5 July 29 2012 11 years ago 2012 07 29 LimeChat 2007 Mavericks Mountain Lion2 43 January 26 2018 5 years ago 2018 01 26 29 Lion 2 38 September 12 2013 10 years ago 2013 09 12 Linkinus 2007 2 4 3 August 23 2011 12 years ago 2011 08 23 30 Mibbit 2008 web application no versionmIRC 1995 7 71 1 October 2022 14 months ago 2022 10 01 31 Nettalk 2004 6 7 16 October 30 2012 11 years ago 2012 10 30 32 PIRCH 1995 1 0 1 1190 January 1 2001 22 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 23 months ago 2022 01 01 qwebirc 2009 0 81 0 92 February 13 2012 11 years ago 2012 02 13 rIRC 2010 Preview Release 1 2012 1 44 1 4 4 January 16 2012 Scrollback 2013 2013rcirc 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 7 months ago 2023 04 23 Snak 1997 5 3 4 March 11 2012 11 years ago 2012 03 11 33 Visual IRC 1995 2 0pl2 December 30 2007 15 years ago 2007 12 30 34 WeeChat 2003 4 1 1 October 26 2023 47 days ago 2023 10 26 35 Client Date Version Date Version Latest stable releaseFirst public release First stable releaseOperating system support editThe 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 macOS Intel PPC OS 9 OS 8 System 7 PPC 68k BeOS Haiku OS 2 eCS ArcaOS AmigaOS 68k AmigaOS 4 MorphOS PPC DOSAmIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes NoBersirc Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No NoBitchX Yes Note 1 Yes Note 1 Yes Note 1 No Yes Note 1 Yes Note 1 No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes NoChatZilla Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NoColloquy No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No Nodegesch No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoERC Yes Yes 38 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes 39 Yes 40 Yes 41 HexChat Yes Dropped 2 9 5 No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoHydraIRC Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No NoIceChat Yes Dropped 9 50 No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No NoIRCCloud Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NoircII Yes Note 1 Yes Note 1 Yes Note 1 No Yes Note 1 Yes Note 1 No Yes No No No No No No NoIRCjr No Yes Note 2 Yes Note 2 No No No No No No No No No No No No No YesIrcle No No No No No No No No Yes Note 3 Yes Yes Yes No No No No NoIrssi Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes Yes NojIRCii Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NoKiwiIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NoKonversation Partial Partial Partial No Partial Partial No Partial No No No No No No No NoKVIrc Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes 43 Yes Yes No No No Yes 44 No No NoLeafChat Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No NoLimeChat No No No No No No No No Yes Note 4 No No No No No No No NoLinkinus No No No No No No No No Yes Note 3 No No No No No No No NoMibbit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NomIRC Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Partial No No No No No No No No NoNettalk Yes Yes No Partial Note 5 No No No No No No No No No No NoPIRCH Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No NoPJIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No NoQuassel Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No Noqwebirc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NorIRC Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Norcirc Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No NoScrollback Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NoSmuxi Yes Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No NoSnak No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No No NoVisual IRC Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No NoWeeChat Partial Note 1 Partial Note 1 Partial Note 1 No Partial Note 1 Partial Note 1 No Yes No No No Partial No No No NoClient 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 a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o Requires Cygwin 36 37 a b Requires SwsVpkt 42 a b Requires OS X v10 4 3 or later Requires RubyCocoa 1 0 0 or later Does not support Windows 95 or Windows 98 45 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 UNIXClient 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 UNIXBersirc 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 YesColloquy No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Nodegesch Yes Yes DMDIrc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesERC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesHexChat Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesHydraIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoIceChat No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoIRCCloud Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesircII Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesIRCjr No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoIrcle No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoIrssi Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes YesKiwiIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesKonversation Yes Yes Yes YesKVIrc Yes Yes Yes LeafChat No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No NoLimeChat No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoLinkinus No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoMibbit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesmIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoNettalk No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoPIRCH No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoPJIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesQuassel Yes Yes Yes qwebirc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yesrcirc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes YesSmuxi Yes Yes Yes Snak No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoVisual IRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoWeeChat Yes Note 2 Yes Partial Note 3 Yes Note 2 Yes Yes Note 2 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 46 In development 46 Protocol support editWhat IRC related protocols and standards are supported by each client Client IPv6 SSL TLS DANE OCSP CRL SASL OTRBersirc No No NoBitchX Yes Yes Yes NoChatZilla Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes script NoColloquy Yes Yes Yes No 47 degesch Yes No Yes NoDMDirc Yes Yes NoERC Yes Yes Yes Yes Note 1 NoHexChat Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes Note 2 HydraIRC No No No No NoIceChat Yes Yes Yes Yes NoIRCCloud Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes NoircII Yes Yes Yes NoIRCjr No No No No No No NoIrcle Yes NoIrssi Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes 48 jIRCii Yes Yes NoKiwiIRC Yes Yes Yes No No Yes NoKonversation Yes Yes Yes Yes NoKVIrc Yes Yes Yes No No Yes NoLimeChat Yes Yes Yes NoLinkinus No Yes No NoMibbit No Yes Yes NomIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes NoNettalk No No NoPIRCH No No NoPJIRC No No NoQuassel Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No 49 qwebirc No Yes No No No No Norcirc No Yes Yes NoScrollback Yes Yes No NoSmuxi Yes Yes No No 50 Snak Yes Yes NoVisual IRC No No NoWeeChat Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 51 52 Note 2 Client IPv6 SSL TLS DANE OCSP CRL SASL OTR Supported via patch a b Supported via plugin Direct Client to Client DCC support edit The Direct Client to Client Protocol DCC has been the primary method of establishing connections directly between IRC clients for a long time now Once established DCC connections bypass the IRC network and servers allowing for all sorts of data to be transferred between clients including files and direct chat sessions Client CHAT SEND RESUME TSEND SEND T XMIT Passive DCC Server RDCC REVERSE RSEND Reverse Firewall DCC File servers FSERVs XDCC VOICE WhiteboardBersirc No No BitchX Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes NoChatZilla Yes Yes No 53 No No Note 1 No No No No No No NoColloquy Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes degesch No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoDMDirc Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No Yes No No NoERC Yes Yes HexChat Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NoHydraIRC Yes Yes Yes No No No NoIceChat Yes Yes No No No NoIRCCloud No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoircII Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoIRCjr No No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoIrcle Irssi Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes NoKiwiIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoKonversation Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes YesKVIrc Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Note 2 Yes Note 2 Yes Note 3 NoLimeChat Yes Yes Linkinus Yes No Mibbit No No No mIRC Yes Yes Yes Note 4 Yes Yes Yes Note 5 Yes Yes Yes Note 5 Nettalk Yes Yes Yes No No No No Partial No No No No NoPIRCH Yes Yes Yes Note 4 No No No No No No No No No NoPJIRC Yes Yes Yes NoQuassel No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Noqwebirc No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Norcirc No No No No No No No No No No No No No No NoSmuxi No No Snak Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Visual IRC Yes Note 4 Yes No Yes Yes Note 3 YesWeeChat Yes Yes No No Yes Client CHAT SEND RESUME TSEND SEND T XMIT Passive DCC Server RDCC REVERSE RSEND Reverse Firewall DCC File servers FSERVs XDCC VOICE Whiteboard Planned for a later version a b Supported via scripting a b Incompatible with other IRC clients 54 a b c Supports the DCC Resume protocol 55 a b Supported via a script 56 IRCv3 Support edit This software is compliant natively other software may be compliant with extensions 1 2 Clients CAP CAP 302 Cap notify Account notify account tag Away notify batch Bot Mode chghost echo message extended join Invite notify labeled response message tags Monitor msgid multi prefix SASL v3 1 SASL v3 2 server time setname sts userhost in names UTF8ONLY WHOX typing draft chathistory WebIRC draft account registration draft extended monitor draft multiline draft react draft replyAdium Ambassador Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No AndroIRC Bersirc BitchX Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No ChatSharp Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No No ChatZilla Colloquy Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No No No NoCommuni Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No CoreIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No No NoERC F IRC Glirc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Goguma Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No NoGrumpyChatHexChat Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 16 Yes No No Yes No Yes 2 16 No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes 2 16 No Yes 2 16 Yes No No IRC for Android Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No NoIRCCloud Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes YesIRCjr IceChat Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No No No No No No Igloo Instantbird Ircle Irssi Yes Git Git Git No Git No No Git No Git Git No Git No No Yes Yes No No Git No No No Yes No No KVIrc Yes No No Git No Git No No Git No Git No No No No No Git Yes No Git No No Git No No No No Kitteh IRC Client Library Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Kiwi IRC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No No No NoKonversation Yes v20 11 80 v21 03 80 Yes No Yes No No v21 03 80 No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes v21 04 0 Yes No No Yes No Yes No No LeafChat LimeChat Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No NoLinkinus Mibbit Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No NoMobile Monochrome Mozilla Thunderbird Yes 72 0 72 0 No No No No No No 73 0 No No No No Yes No Yes Yes 72 0 60 0 No No No No No No No Net Async IRC Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Nettalk PIRC pl web client Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No No No No NoPIRCH PJIRC Palaver Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes draft cap draft cap Yes draft tag Yes Yes Yes Yes draft cap Yes Yes No No No Yes NoPidgin Quassel Yes Yes Yes Yes 0 14 Yes No No Yes 0 14 opt in Yes 0 14 No 0 14 No No Yes Yes Yes 0 14 0 14 No Yes No Yes No No Quasseldroid Yes Yes Yes Yes 0 14 core Yes No No Yes 0 14 core opt in Yes 0 14 core No 0 14 core No No Yes Yes Yes 0 14 core 0 14 core No Yes Yes No No No NoRust irc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Smuxi Snak Srain Yes Yes Yes No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No Yes Yes Yes No No No Yes No No No Swirc Yes No No Yes No Yes No No No No No Yes No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No No Textual Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No v7 1 1 Yes No No No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No The Lounge Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No No No NoTiny Visual IRC Warren Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No WeeChat Yes 2 2 Yes Yes No Yes No No 2 2 No Yes 2 2 No 3 3 Yes No Yes Yes 3 3 Yes 3 3 No Yes No Yes 3 3 No XiRCON catgirl Yes No No No No No No No Yes No Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Yes TLS only Yes No No No No gamja Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes No No Nogirc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes irc framework Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No ircII ircrobots Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No kirc mIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes 7 62 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes 7 62 Yes Yes No Yes No No pydle Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Yes No No qwebirc rcirc senpai Yes Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No Yes No Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes tri license zIRC Yes 1 2 4 1 2 4 No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes 1 2 4 No No No No No No IRCv3 SASL Mechanisms edit IRC SASL authentication primarily uses the same mechanisms as SASL in other protocols Most commonly PLAIN as defined by RFC 4616 EXTERNAL as defined by RFC 4422 SCRAM SHA 256 as defined by RFC 7677Client EXTERNAL PLAIN SCRAM SHA 256Ambassador No No NoBitchX No Yes NoChatSharp lib No No NoColloquy No Yes NoColloquy No Yes NoCommuni lib No Yes NoCoreIRC Yes Yes YesGlirc Yes Yes YesGoguma No Yes NoHexChat Yes Yes NoIRC for Android No No NoIRCCloud No Yes YesIceChat No Yes NoIrssi Yes Yes NoKVIrc Yes Yes NoKitteh IRC Client Library lib Yes Yes NoKiwi IRC No Yes NoKonversation Yes Yes NoLimeChat No Yes NoLimeChat No Yes NoMibbit No Yes NoMozilla Thunderbird No Yes NoNet Async IRC lib No No NoPIRC pl web client No Yes NoPalaver No Yes NoQuassel Yes Yes NoQuasseldroid No Yes NoRust irc lib No Yes NoSrain Yes Yes NoSwirc No Yes YesTextual Yes Yes NoThe Lounge Yes Yes NoWarren lib No Yes NoWeeChat Yes Yes 3 2 catgirl Yes Yes Nogamja No Yes Nogirc lib Yes Yes Noirc framework lib No Yes Noircrobots lib No Yes YesmIRC Yes Yes 7 68 pydle lib No Yes Nosenpai No Yes NozIRC lib Yes Yes NoClient EXTERNAL PLAIN SCRAM SHA 256Features editInformation on what features each of the clients support Client Multi server UTF 8 Proxy server irc URI scheme Automatic updates Scripting languageBersirc Yes No BitchX Yes No Enhanced IrcII scriptChatZilla Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes JavaScriptColloquy Yes Yes Yes Yes Note 1 AppleScript Cocoa F Script JavaScript Pythondegesch Yes Yes Yes LuaDMDirc Yes Partial Yes Yes Custom Actions system Java pluginsERC Yes Yes Yes Note 2 Yes 57 Yes Note 3 Emacs LispHexChat Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Perl Python Tcl Lua Note 4 JavaScript C C and via D Bus HydraIRC Yes Yes Yes NoIceChat Yes Yes No Yes Yes VBScriptircII Yes Yes Note 5 IrcII scriptIRCjr No No No No No IRCCloud Yes Yes Yes Yes JavaScriptIrcle Yes No AppleScriptIrssi Yes Yes Yes No No PerljIRCii Yes Yes Yes No SleepKiwiIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes JavaScript Node jsKonversation 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 JavaLimeChat Yes Yes Linkinus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AppleScript CocoaMibbit Yes Yes Yes mIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Note 7 mIRC scriptNettalk Yes Yes SOCKS Yes Yes VBScript customPIRCH Yes No No YesPJIRC Yes Yes No Partial JavaScriptQuassel Yes Yes Yes No Noqwebirc No Yes No Yes Yes Norcirc Yes Yes No Emacs LispSmuxi Yes Yes Yes Yes language agnostic Snak Yes Yes AppleScript IrcII scriptVisual IRC Yes No VersusWeeChat Yes Yes Yes Yes C Perl Python Ruby Lua Tcl 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 Only looks for updates they need to be manually downloaded and installed See also editComparison of cross platform instant messaging clients Comparison of user features of messaging platforms Comparison of instant messaging protocols Comparison of mobile IRC clients Comparison of VoIP software List of SIP software Comparison of LAN messengersReferences edit Ambassador release statement AndroIRC The best IRC client for Android your device need www androirc com Retrieved 2019 12 03 Bersirc IRC Client about Bersirc Archived 2011 08 12 at the Wayback Machine GitHub project HexChat website IceChat Networks website IceChat IRC Client 7 review download com CNET October 16 2006 Archived from the original on 2007 05 26 IceChat History IceChat net Igloo website IRCCloud website Download leafChat Free Mac softpedia com 2010 01 21 Retrieved 2012 11 18 Cooper Peter 2009 Beginning Ruby From Novice to Professional Apress p 108 ISBN 978 1 4302 2363 4 Retrieved April 14 2011 LimeChat IRC Client for Mac Archived 2014 11 25 at the Wayback Machine Official site a b LimeChat for the Mac releases version 1 5 IRC Junkie org February 3 2010 Archived from the original on August 31 2011 a b Limechat GitHub do not load RubyCocoa Commit on GitHub mIRC Register mIRC Retrieved 2009 07 14 mIRC Personal FAQ Retrieved 2011 04 09 Monochrome website ChatZilla Versions Add ons for Firefox Retrieved 2016 11 11 Mc Cormack Shane January 25 2013 DMDirc 0 7 Retrieved 2013 05 08 HexChat ChangeLog 12 February 2022 Release 2 16 1 12 February 2022 Error Unable to display the reference properly See the documentation for details mbbrutman mTCP TCP IP applications for DOS PCs Retrieved 2023 03 31 Irssi 1 4 4 Released 31 March 2023 Retrieved 3 May 2023 2019 01 01 KVIrc 5 0 0 Aria Released Retrieved 2019 01 01 Error Unable to display the reference properly See the documentation for details limechat LimeChat xcodepro at master 2018 01 26 Archived from the original on 2020 04 26 Retrieved 2020 04 26 Release Notes Linkinus Conceited Software Retrieved 2011 03 02 mIRC Latest News mirc com Retrieved 2022 10 01 Nettalk www ntalk de IRC Client Retrieved 2013 03 23 Snak IRC for Mac Retrieved 2012 03 11 https sourceforge net projects visualirc files ViRC 2 0pl2 Version 4 1 1 weechat org Retrieved 2023 10 26 SourceForge BitchX files See INSTALL included with BitchX Retrieved 2009 09 18 WeeChat cygwin Archived from the original on 2009 09 12 Retrieved 2009 09 18 Which versions of Windows are supported Retrieved 19 March 2023 Emacs 29 has been ported to the Haiku operating system Retrieved 19 March 2023 Emacs eCSoft 2 The Complete OS 2 Software Encyclopedia EmacsForDOS SwsVpkt Retrieved 2012 04 14 Connect to the ReactOS IRC Channels 2012 07 03 4 2 0 Released Nettalk Download Archived from the original on 2009 05 07 Retrieved 2009 10 09 a b WeeChat Supported OS Retrieved 2009 09 18 Ticket 3915 requesting OTR support Archived from the original on 2019 10 01 Retrieved 2017 03 17 Irssi 1 2 0 OTR Migration Path Retrieved 2020 06 22 Issue 1418 requesting OTR support Issue 651 requesting OTR support Cypherpunks OTR Enabled Software Retrieved 2014 03 16 GitHub weechat otr WeeChat script for Off the Record messaging GitHub Retrieved 2014 03 16 Mozilla ChatZilla Bugzilla Bug 285630 chatzilla does not support resume for dcc downloads 2009 02 20 Retrieved 2009 07 14 DCC negotiation and connection Retrieved 2014 12 16 DCC Resume protocol Retrieved 2009 07 14 SysReset mIRC FileServer Retrieved 2009 07 14 irc Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients amp oldid 1189514913, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
