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The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of IRC client programs. Please see the individual products articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.
General
Basic general information about the clients: creator/company, license/price etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
- Originally based on AuroreIRC by Omar Kilani which was based on OpenIRC by Damian Hodgkiss
- ncurses user interface
- Can be installed as part of a web browser
- Distributed as a Universal Binary
- Can be used as a Java applet or a standalone Java application
- Originally sIRC (July 2000) and later VClient (July 2001– August 2001)
- Supports the Ribbon interface under Windows Vista and Windows 7
- Mobile Internet Device compatible via WPF
- Web browser component
- Can be run as a Java applet, Java Web Start, or standalone application
- Separate client and daemon
- Not complete, proof of concept
- In development
Release history
A brief overview of the release history.
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 | Mac OS X (Intel/PPC) | OS 9 | OS 8 | System 7 (PPC/68k) | BeOS, Haiku | OS/2, eCS | AmigaOS (68k) | AmigaOS 4, MorphOS (PPC) | DOS | Other |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0irc | 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 | No | No | |
Bersirc | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
BitchX | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | ? | Yes Template:Refun | No | Yes | No | |
bnIRC | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | Palm OS |
ccorp-irc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | |
ChatZilla | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | |
ClicksAndWhistles | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Colloquy | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes Template:Refun | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Conspire | Partial Template:Refun | Partial Template:Refun | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Coolsmile | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
DMDirc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
dxirc | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No | |
EPIC | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | |
HydraIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
IceChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
ii | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | |
ircII | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | |
IRCjr | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
Ircle | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes Template:Refun | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
Irssi | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | |
jini | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
Klient | Yes | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Konversation | Partial | Partial | Partial | No | Partial | Partial | No | ? | Partial | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
KoolChat | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
KoroIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes Template:Refun Template:Refun | No | Yes Template:Refun | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
KSirc | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
KVIrc | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 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 | |
lightIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
LimeChat | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes Template:Refun Template:Refun | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Linkinus | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes Template:Refun | 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 | |
mzirc | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Neebly | Yes | Yes Template:Refun | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Nettalk | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Partial Template:Refun | No Template:Refun | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
nexIRC | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
Opera | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
Orion (IRC client) | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
OrnateIRC | ? | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
PhibianIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 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 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
Quassel IRC | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
rxIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | VM/CMS |
savIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | |
ScrollZ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | |
ShadowIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | |
Smuxi | Yes | Yes | ? | 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 | |
sushi IRC suite | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
ThrashIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
TurboIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | 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 | |
Vortec IRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
WeeChat | Partial Template:Refun Template:Refun | Partial Template:Refun Template:Refun | Partial Template:Refun Template:Refun | No | Partial Template:Refun Template:Refun | Partial Template:Refun Template:Refun | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Partial | No | No | No | No | |
WookieChat | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
x3irc | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
XChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | No | No | No | |
XiRCON | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | 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 | Mac OS X (Intel/PPC) | OS 9 | OS 8 | System 7 (PPC/68k) | BeOS, Haiku | OS/2, eCS | AmigaOS (68k) | AmigaOS 4, MorphOS (PPC) | DOS | Other |
- Requires Cygwin
- Requires EMX
- Requires Mac OS X v10.4 or later
- In development
- Requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or later for Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME, NT4, and 2000
- Requires comctl32.dll version 5.80 or later for Windows 98 and NT 4.0
- Requires Service Pack 6 and Internet Explorer 4.0 or later for Windows NT 4.0
- Requires RubyCocoa 1.0.0 or later
- Requires Mac OS X v10.4.3 or later
- Requires Windows XP Service Pack 2 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 UNIX, 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 UNIX | Solaris | UnixWare | Linux | NeXTSTEP | OpenVMS | OSF/1 | QNX | Tru64 UNIX |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0irc | 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 Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | ? | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | ? | Yes Template:Refun | ? | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | ? |
bnIRC | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ccorp-irc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ChatZilla | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
ClicksAndWhistles | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Colloquy | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Conspire | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Coolsmile | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
DMDirc | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
dxirc | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes |
EPIC | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | 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 | ? | ? | 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 | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
jini | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
Klient | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Konversation | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
KoolChat | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
KoroIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
KSirc | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
KVIrc | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
LeetIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
lightIRC | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
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 |
mzirc | 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 |
nexIRC | 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 | Yes | No |
Orion (IRC client) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
OrnateIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
PhibianIRC | 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 |
Quassel IRC | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
rxIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
savIRC | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
ScrollZ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ShadowIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Smuxi | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Snak | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
sushi IRC suite | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ThrashIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
TurboIRC | 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 |
Vortec IRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
WeeChat | ? | ? | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Partial Template:Refun | ? | Yes Template:Refun | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes Template:Refun | ? |
WookieChat | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
x3irc | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
XChat | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes Template:Refun | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
XiRCON | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Client | 386BSD | BSD/OS (BSD/386, BSDI) | FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD | SunOS | ULTRIX | AIX | A/UX | HP-UX | IRIX | SCO UNIX | 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
- XChat tested on HP-UX 10.20 and 11
Protocol support
What IRC related protocols and standards are supported by each client.
Client | CTCP | DCC | IPv6 | SSL | TLS | OCSP | CRL |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0irc | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
AmIRC | ? | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
Bersirc | ? | Partial | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
BitchX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
bnIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
ccorp-irc | Partial | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
ChatZilla | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
ClicksAndWhistles | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
Colloquy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Conspire | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Coolsmile | ? | No | Yes | No Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? |
DMDirc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
dxirc | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
EPIC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
HydraIRC | ? | Yes | Partial Template:Refun | No Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? |
IceChat | ? | Yes | Yes Template:Refun | No | ? | ? | ? |
ii | ? | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
ircII | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
IRCjr | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Ircle | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Irssi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
jini | Partial | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
Klient | Yes | Yes | No | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? |
Konversation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
KoolChat | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
KoroIRC | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
KSirc | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
KVIrc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
LeetIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
lightIRC | Yes | No | ? | No | No | No | No |
LimeChat | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
Linkinus | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Mibbit | ? | Partial Template:Refun Template:Refun | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
mIRC | Yes | Yes | Partial Template:Refun | Partial Template:Refun Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? |
mzirc | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Neebly | ? | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
Nettalk | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
nexIRC | ? | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
Opera | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Orion (IRC client) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
OrnateIRC | ? | Yes | No | Partial Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? |
PhibianIRC | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
PIRCH | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
PJIRC | ? | Partial Template:Refun | ? | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? |
Quassel IRC | ? | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
rxIRC | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
savIRC | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
ScrollZ | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
ShadowIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Smuxi | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
Snak | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
sushi IRC suite | Yes | Partial Template:Refun | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
ThrashIRC | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
TurboIRC | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Visual IRC | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
Vortec IRC | Yes | Yes | No | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? |
WeeChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
WookieChat | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
x3irc | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
XChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
XiRCON | ? | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
Client | CTCP | DCC | IPv6 | SSL | TLS | OCSP | CRL |
- Planned for a later version
- Marked as completed, but not included yet
- Supported via a plugin
- Can not send files, can only receive files up to 2MB
- DCC is not always successful at this stage
- Wrapper library available
- Requires the OpenSSL library
- Partial OpenSSL support
- Not complete, proof of concept
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 |
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0irc | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
AmIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Bersirc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
BitchX | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
bnIRC | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
ccorp-irc | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
ChatZilla | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | No Template:Refun | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
ClicksAndWhistles | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Colloquy | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
Conspire | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
Coolsmile | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
DMDirc | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
dxirc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
EPIC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
HydraIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
IceChat | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ii | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ircII | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
IRCjr | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Ircle | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Irssi | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
jini | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Klient | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
Konversation | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
KoolChat | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
KoroIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
KSirc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
KVIrc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
LeetIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
lightIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
LimeChat | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Linkinus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Mibbit | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
mIRC | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes Template:Refun |
mzirc | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Neebly | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Nettalk | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
nexIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Opera | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Orion (IRC client) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
OrnateIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
PhibianIRC | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Partial | Yes |
PIRCH | Yes | No | Yes | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
PJIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Quassel IRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
rxIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
savIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ScrollZ | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ShadowIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Smuxi | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Snak | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
sushi IRC suite | ? | ? | Partial Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
ThrashIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
TurboIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Visual IRC | ? | Yes | ? | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
Vortec IRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Partial Template:Refun | Partial Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
WeeChat | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
WookieChat | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
x3irc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
XChat | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes Template:Refun |
XiRCON | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Client | CHAT | Whiteboard | SEND | RESUME | TSEND | SEND T | XMIT | Passive DCC | Server | RDCC | REVERSE | RSEND | Reverse / Firewall DCC | File servers (FSERVs) | XDCC |
- Planned for a later version
- Supports the DCC Resume protocol
- Supported via a script
- Not complete, proof of concept
- Marked as completed, but not included yet
- Supported via scripts and plugins
Features
Information on what features each of the clients support.
Client | Multi-server | UTF-8 | Proxy server | irc:// URI scheme | Automatic updates | Scripting language |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0irc | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | — |
AmIRC | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ARexx |
Bersirc | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | — |
BitchX | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | Enhanced IrcII script |
bnIRC | No | Yes Template:Refun | ? | No | No | Python |
ccorp-irc | No | No | ? | No | No | — |
ChatZilla | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | JavaScript |
ClicksAndWhistles | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | — |
Colloquy | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes Template:Refun | AppleScript, Cocoa, F-Script, JavaScript, Python |
Conspire | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | C |
Coolsmile | No | No Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? | — |
DMDirc | Yes | Partial | ? | Yes | Yes | Custom "Actions" system, Java plugins |
dxirc | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | — |
EPIC | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | Enhanced IrcII script, Perl, Ruby, Tcl |
HydraIRC | Yes | No Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? | C++ |
IceChat | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | VBScript |
ii | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Shell script |
ircII | Yes | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? | IrcII script |
IRCjr | ? | ? | ? | — | ? | ? |
Ircle | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | AppleScript |
Irssi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Perl |
jini | No | No | ? | No | No | — |
Klient | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | VBScript, JScript, Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP Template:Refun |
Konversation | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Shell script, Ruby, Python, Perl, Java, C++, C#, JavaScript Template:Refun |
KoolChat | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
KoroIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | — Template:Refun |
KSirc | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Perl |
KVIrc | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | KVIrc script, Perl |
LeetIRC | ? | ? | ? | — | ? | ? |
lightIRC | No | No | Yes | No | No | — |
LimeChat | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | — |
Linkinus | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | AppleScript, Cocoa API |
Mibbit | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | — | — |
mIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | mIRC script |
mzirc | Yes | Yes | SOCKS | No | No | Pascal Script |
Neebly | No | No | ? | ? | ? | — |
Nettalk | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | VBScript, Custom |
nexIRC | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | VBScript, Custom |
Opera | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Partial Template:Refun | — |
Orion (IRC client) | Yes | No | No | No | No | Partial |
OrnateIRC | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | Pascal Script, Own Language (OSL) |
PhibianIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Pascal Script, PSI |
PIRCH | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | Yes |
PJIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | JavaScript |
Quassel IRC | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | — |
rxIRC | No | No | No | No | No | REXX |
savIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Tcl/Tk |
ScrollZ | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Enhanced IrcII script |
ShadowIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Smuxi | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | — |
Snak | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | AppleScript, IrcII script |
sushi IRC suite | Yes | Yes | ? | Partial Template:Refun | ? | Python |
ThrashIRC | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | — |
TurboIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Own language, VBScript, JScript Template:Refun |
Visual IRC | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | Versus |
Vortec IRC | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Pascal Script, Custom |
WeeChat | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | C, Perl, Python, Ruby, Lua |
WookieChat | No | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes |
x3irc | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Own language |
XChat | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Perl, Python, Tcl, Ruby, C++, ECMAScript, Scheme (Guile) Template:Refun |
XiRCON | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | Tcl |
Client | Multi-server | UTF-8 | Proxy server | irc:// URI scheme | Automatic updates | Scripting language |
- When compiled with ncursesw (ncurses with wide-character support)
- Automatically updates via the Sparkle framework
- Planned for a later version
- Supported as of version 20050921
- Uses the Windows Active Scripting technology and supports any scripting language with the appropriate interface
- 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.
- Notification only, automatic updates will be integrated in the next Version Opera 10
- Not complete, proof of concept
- Supported via a plugin
See also
- Comparison of mobile IRC clients
- Comparison of instant messaging clients
- Comparison of instant messaging protocols
- Comparison of LAN messengers
References
- "mIRC: Register mIRC". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- "Khaled's Nutshell: Frequently Asked Questions". Archived from the original on 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- "SourceForge: bnirc". Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- "CCorpSoft: ccorp-irc". 2009-08-25. Retrieved 2009-09-15.
- "IceChat: History". Retrieved 2009-07-08.
- "ChatZilla :: Versions :: Add-ons for Firefox". Retrieved 2016-11-11.
- Mc Cormack, Shane (January 25, 2013). "DMDirc 0.7". Retrieved 2013-05-08.
- https://github.com/icechat/IceChat/releases/tag/9.54F.
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- "XChat: Scripts + Plugins". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
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