Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log into accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on XMPP and sitting in an IRC channel at the same time.
- Instant Messenger
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
+4Web-browser, advanced e-mail, newsgroup and feed client, IRC chat, and HTML editing in one application. Itis built on the open source Mozilla Gecko engine, the same code which underlies Thunderbird and is the base for the Firefox browser.
- Web Browser
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
+3HexChat is an IRC client based on XChat for Linux , but unlike XChat it’s completely free for both Windows and Unix-like systems.
Discontinued- IRC Client
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
- MacPorts
- XQuartz
Empathy is a messaging program which supports text, voice, video chat, and file transfers over many different protocols. You can tell it about your accounts on all those services and do all your chatting within one application.
Discontinued- Instant Messenger
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- BSD
mIRC is a popular Internet Relay Chat client used by individuals and organizations to communicate, share, play and work with each other on IRC networks around the world.
- IRC Client
- Paid • Proprietary
- Windows
WeeChat is a free chat client, fast and light, designed for many operating systems. It is highly customizable and extensible with scripts.
- IRC Client
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- Xfce
Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.
- IRC Client
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Cygwin
XChat is an IRC chat program for both Linux and Windows. It allows you to join multiple IRC channels (chat rooms) at the same time, talk publicly, private one-on-one conversations etc. Even file transfers are possible.
Discontinued- IRC Client
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- Linux
Quassel IRC is a modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client based on the Qt5 framework. Distributed means that one (or multiple) client(s) can attach to and detach from a central core that stays permanently online -- much like the popular combination of screen and a...
- IRC Client
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
KVIrc is a free portable IRC client based on the excellent Qt GUI toolkit. KVirc is being written by Szymon Stefanek and the KVIrc Development Team with the contribution of many IRC addicted developers around the world.
- IRC Client
- Free • Open Source
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
Miranda New Generation is a successor of a popular multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows - Miranda IM . Very light on system resources and extremely fast.
- Instant Messenger
- Free • Open Source
- Windows
- PortableApps.com
A hand-crafted IRC client that you can enjoy. Designed to be used easily and freely. More friendly than other webirc clients giving the general public an easy option to connect to any IRC network.
- IRC Client
- Free • Open Source
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Google Chrome
IRCCloud is an IRC client with a future. Stay connected, chat from anywhere, and never miss a message.
- IRC Client
- Freemium • Proprietary
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
+5Konversation is an IRC client which gives you speedy access to Freenode network's channels, where you will find support for most distributions.
- IRC Client
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- Haiku
- Flathub
- Snapcraft
Polari is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client designed for GNOME 3.
- IRC Client
- Free • Open Source
- Linux
- GNOME
- Flathub
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