Comparison of IRC clients
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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.
General
[edit]Basic general information about the notableclients: creator/company, license, etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
Release
[edit]A brief overview of the release history.
First public release | First stable release | Latest stable release | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Client | Date | Version | Date | Version | |
AmIRC | 1995 | ||||
Bersirc | 1999 | 2.2.14 (12 August 2005[±] | )|||
BitchX | 1996 | 1.2.1 (November 14, 2014[±] | )|||
ChatZilla | 2001 | 0.9.93 (November 8, 2016[6]) [±] | |||
Colloquy | 2005 | 2.4.3 (6011) (March 22, 2014[±] | )|||
DMDirc | 2007 | 0.7 (January 5, 2013[7]) [±] | |||
ERC | 1999? | ERC improvements are now released as part of Emacs. [±] | |||
HexChat | 2009-10-04 | r249 | 2009-10-09 | 2.86.0 | 2.16.2[8][9] ![]() |
ircII | 1989 | 2.0.0 | 1989 | 2.0.0 | 20210314 (March 14, 2021[±] | )
Ircle | 1995 | 3.5a6 (November 17, 2007[±] | )|||
Irssi | 1999 | 1.4.4 (March 31, 2023[±][10] | )|||
KVIrc | 1998 | 0.6.0 | 1999-12-21 | 1.0.0 | 5.2.0 (January 14, 2024[11]) [±] |
Konversation | 2002 | 1.9.23083[12] ![]() | |||
LeafChat | ? | 1.0 | 2.5 (July 29, 2012[±] | )||
Linkinus | 2007 | 2.4.3 (August 23, 2011[13]) [±] | |||
Mibbit | 2008 | web application, no version | |||
mIRC | 1995 | 7.77 (11 June 2024[14]) [±] | |||
Nettalk | 2004 | 6.7.16 (October 30, 2012[15]) [±] | |||
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[±] | )||
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[16]) [±] | |||
Visual IRC | 1995 | 2.0pl2 (December 30, 2007[±][17] | )|||
WeeChat | 2003 | 4.4.0 (August 17, 2024[18]) [±] | |||
Client | Date | Version | Date | Version | Latest stable release |
First public release | First stable release |
Operating system support
[edit]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 | macOS (Intel/PPC) | OS 9 | OS 8 | System 7 (PPC/68k) | BeOS, Haiku | OS/2, eCS, ArcaOS | 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[21] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes[22] | Yes[23] | ? | ? | Yes[24] |
HexChat | Yes | Dropped (2.9.5) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No |
ircII | Yes[Note 1] | Yes[Note 1] | Yes[Note 1] | No | Yes[Note 1] | Yes[Note 1] | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No |
Ircle | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[Note 2] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Irssi | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | 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[25] | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes[26] | No | No | No |
LeafChat | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Linkinus | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[Note 2] | 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 |
Nettalk | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Partial[Note 3] | 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 | Yes | No | No | No |
rcirc | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | Yes | 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] | Partial[Note 1] | Partial[Note 1] | No | Partial[Note 1] | Partial[Note 1] | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Partial | 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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
ERC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
HexChat | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
ircII | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Ircle | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Irssi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 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 |
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 |
Nettalk | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
rcirc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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] | ? |
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[28]
- ^ In development[28]
Protocol support
[edit]What IRC related protocols and standards are supported by each client.
Client | IPv6 | SSL | TLS | DANE | OCSP | CRL | SASL | OTR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bersirc | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
BitchX | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
ChatZilla | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | script | No |
Colloquy | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No[29] |
ERC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes[Note 1] | No |
HexChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes[Note 2] |
ircII | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Ircle | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Irssi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes[30] |
Konversation | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No |
KVIrc | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | No |
Linkinus | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No |
Mibbit | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No |
mIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No |
Nettalk | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
PIRCH | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
PJIRC | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Quassel | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | No[31] |
rcirc | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Smuxi | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No[32] |
Snak | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Visual IRC | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
WeeChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes[33][34][Note 2] |
Client | IPv6 | SSL | TLS | DANE | OCSP | CRL | SASL | OTR |
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 | Whiteboard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bersirc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
BitchX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | No |
ChatZilla | Yes | Yes | No[35] | ? | ? | No | No[Note 1] | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | No |
Colloquy | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
ERC | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
HexChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | No |
ircII | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Ircle | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Irssi | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Konversation | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes |
KVIrc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[Note 2] | Yes[Note 2] | Yes[Note 3] | No |
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 | ? | ? | ? | No |
PIRCH | Yes | Yes | Yes[Note 4] | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No |
PJIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Quassel | 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[Note 4] | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes[Note 3] | Yes |
WeeChat | 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 |
IRCv3 support
[edit]This software is compliant natively; other software may be compliant with extensions.[39][40]
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/reply |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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 | No |
HexChat | 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Konversation | 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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 | No |
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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Quassel IRC | 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
IRCv3 SASL mechanisms
[edit]IRC SASL authentication primarily uses the same mechanisms as SASL in other protocols. Most commonly:
Client | EXTERNAL | PLAIN | SCRAM-SHA-256 |
---|---|---|---|
BitchX | No | Yes | No |
Colloquy | No | Yes | No |
HexChat | Yes | Yes | No |
Irssi | Yes | Yes | No |
KVIrc | Yes | Yes | No |
Konversation | Yes | Yes | No |
Mozilla Thunderbird | No | Yes | No |
WeeChat | Yes | Yes | 3.2+ |
catgirl | Yes | Yes | No |
mIRC | Yes | Yes | 7.68+ |
pydle(lib.) | No | Yes | No |
senpai | No | Yes | No |
zIRC(lib.) | Yes | Yes | No |
Features
[edit]Information on what features each of the clients support.
Client | Multi-server | UTF-8 | Proxy server | irc:// URI scheme | Automatic updates | Scripting language | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |
ERC | Yes | Yes | Yes[Note 2] | Yes[41] | Yes[Note 3] | Emacs Lisp | |
HexChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Perl, Python, Tcl, Lua[Note 4], JavaScript, C, C++, and via D-Bus. | |
ircII | Yes | Yes[Note 5] | ? | ? | ? | IrcII script | |
Ircle | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | AppleScript | |
Irssi | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Perl | |
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 | |
Linkinus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | AppleScript, Cocoa | |
Mibbit | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | — | — | |
mIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[Note 7] | mIRC script | |
Nettalk | Yes | Yes | SOCKS | Yes | Yes | VBScript, custom | |
PIRCH | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | Yes | |
PJIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Partial, JavaScript | |
Quassel | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | |
rcirc | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Emacs Lisp | |
Smuxi | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes (language agnostic) | |
Snak | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | AppleScript, IrcII script | |
Visual IRC | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | Versus | |
WeeChat | 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
[edit]- Comparison of cross-platform instant messaging clients
- Comparison of VoIP software
- Comparison of LAN messengers
References
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- ^ "Download leafChat Free". Mac.softpedia.com. 2010-01-21. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
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- ^ "mIRC: Personal FAQ". Retrieved 2011-04-09.
- ^ "ChatZilla :: Versions :: Add-ons for Firefox". Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- ^ Mc Cormack, Shane (January 25, 2013). "DMDirc 0.7". Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- ^ "2.16.2, The Final Release". 9 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "HexChat ChangeLog". 7 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
- ^ "Irssi 1.4.4 Released". 31 March 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
- ^ "2024-01-14: KVIrc 5.2.0 "Quasar" Released". Retrieved 2024-02-29.
- ^ "Konversation - KDE Applications". Archived from the original on 23 March 2024.
- ^ "Release Notes – Linkinus". Conceited Software. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
- ^ "mIRC: Latest News". mirc.com. Retrieved 2024-07-12.
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