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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
Basic general information about the notableclients: creator/company, license, etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
- Can be installed as part of a web browser
- Incomplete, proof of concept
- ^ Separate client and daemon
- No official GUI, several options available (e.g. Glowing Bear, a web frontend)
Release
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; 19 years ago (2005-08-12)) [±] | |||
BitchX | 1996 | 1.2.1 (November 14, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-11-14)) [±] | |||
ChatZilla | 2001 | 0.9.93 (November 8, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-11-08)) [±] | |||
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)) [±] | |||
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 (7 February 2024; 10 months ago (7 February 2024)) [±] |
ircII | 1989 | 2.0.0 | 1989 | 2.0.0 | 20240918 (September 18, 2024; 3 months ago (2024-09-18)) [±] |
Ircle | 1995 | 3.5a6 (November 17, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-11-17)) [±] | |||
Irssi | 1999 | 1.4.4 (March 31, 2023; 20 months ago (2023-03-31)) [±] | |||
KVIrc | 1998 | 0.6.0 | 1999-12-21 | 1.0.0 | 5.2.0 (January 14, 2024; 11 months ago (2024-01-14)) [±] |
Konversation | 2002 | 1.10.24083 7 November 2024; 51 days ago (7 November 2024) | |||
LeafChat | ? | 1.0 | 2.5 (July 29, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-07-29)) [±] | ||
Linkinus | 2007 | 2.4.3 (August 23, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-08-23)) [±] | |||
Mibbit | 2008 | web application, no version | |||
mIRC | 1995 | 7.78 (6 November 2024; 52 days ago (2024-11-06)) [±] | |||
Nettalk | 2004 | 6.7.16 (October 30, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-10-30)) [±] | |||
PIRCH | 1995 | 1.0.1.1190 (January 1, 2001; 23 years ago (2001-01-01)) [±] | |||
PJIRC | 2002 | 2.2.1 (November 29, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-11-29)) [±] | |||
Quassel | 2008-08-27 | 0.3.0 | 0.14.0 (January 1, 2022; 2 years ago (2022-01-01)) [±] | ||
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; 20 months ago (2023-04-23)) [±] |
Snak | 1997 | 5.3.4 (March 11, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-11)) [±] | |||
Visual IRC | 1995 | 2.0pl2 (December 30, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-12-30)) [±] | |||
WeeChat | 2003 | 4.4.0 (August 17, 2024; 4 months ago (2024-08-17)) [±] | |||
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 | 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 | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 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 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
HexChat | Yes | Dropped (2.9.5) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No |
ircII | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No |
Ircle | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | 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 | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | 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 | 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 | 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 | Partial | Partial | No | Partial | Partial | 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 |
- ^ Requires Cygwin
- ^ Requires OS X v10.4.3 or later
- Does not support Windows 95 or Windows 98
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, 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 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? |
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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Partial | ? | 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 |
- ^ 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
- ^ 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
- In development
Protocol support
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 |
ERC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No |
HexChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes |
ircII | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Ircle | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Irssi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes |
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 |
rcirc | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Smuxi | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No |
Snak | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Visual IRC | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
WeeChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
Client | IPv6 | SSL | TLS | DANE | OCSP | CRL | SASL | OTR |
Direct Client-to-Client (DCC) support
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 | ? | ? | No | No | 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 | Yes | Yes | No |
Linkinus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Mibbit | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
mIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
Nettalk | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Partial | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | No |
PIRCH | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | 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 | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | 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 |
- Planned for a later version
- ^ Supported via scripting
- ^ Incompatible with other IRC clients
- ^ Supports the DCC Resume protocol
- ^ Supported via a script
IRCv3 support
This software is compliant natively; other software may be compliant with extensions.
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
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
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 | AppleScript, Cocoa, F-Script, JavaScript, Python | |
ERC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Emacs Lisp | |
HexChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Perl, Python, Tcl, Lua, JavaScript, C, C++, and via D-Bus. | |
ircII | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | 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 | |
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 | 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
- Comparison of cross-platform instant messaging clients
- Comparison of VoIP software
- Comparison of LAN messengers
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- "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.
- "Release 1.10.24083 of Konversation".
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