- 1518 likes122 Pidgin alternatives
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.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Flathub
- PortableApps.com
+4Top Pidgin Features
- 62 likes19 Beeper alternatives
Experience seamless messaging integration across 14 networks with this universal app, available on multiple platforms and offering real-time sync.
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- Free • Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Android
- iPhone
- Android Tablet
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
+8 - 214 likes67 HexChat alternatives
HexChat is an IRC client based on XChat for Linux , but unlike XChat it’s completely free for both Windows and Unix-like systems.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
- MacPorts
- XQuartz
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DiscontinuedThe version 2.16.2 is the final version of the software. The author announced that "The project has largely been unmaintained for years now and nobody else stepped up to do that work."
- 279 likes153 Trillian alternatives
Trillian is an instant messaging app that works on phones, tablets, and desktops while keeping your chats neatly synchronized between all of them! We think conversation should be easily shared between all of your devices, not trapped as text messages on your phone.
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- Freemium • Proprietary
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Blackberry
- iPad
- Software as a Service (SaaS)
+2Trillian Features
- 93 likes63 mIRC alternatives
mIRC is a popular Internet Relay Chat client used by millions of people, and thousands of organizations, to communicate, share, play and work with each other on IRC networks around the world. Serving the Internet community for over a decade, mIRC has evolved into a powerful...
mIRC Features
- 35 likes55 WeeChat alternatives
WeeChat is a free chat client, fast and light, designed for many operating systems. It is highly customizable and extensible with scripts.
License model
- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Linux
- BSD
- Haiku
- Xfce
- 103 likes62 XChat for Linux alternatives
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.
XChat for Linux Features
DiscontinuedThe program is no longer updated. Last version, 2.8.8, released in May 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
- 49 likes58 Quassel IRC alternatives
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...
Quassel IRC Features
- 45 likes55 KVIrc alternatives
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.
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- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- PortableApps.com
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- 4 likes20 matterbridge alternatives
Bridges between a growing number of protocols: mattermost, IRC, gitter, xmpp, slack, discord, telegram, rocketchat, steam, twitch, ssh-chat, zulip, whatsapp, keybase, matrix, microsoft teams, and more with REST API (mattermost not required!).
License model
- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Self-Hosted
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- iPad
- Android Tablet
- BSD
- Flathub
+1matterbridge Features
- 22 likes36 Phuks alternatives
An alternative to Reddit and Voat. It has the original Voat culture of open expression. Most users on the site are interested in web development but mostly only chat about that in IRC.
- 26 likes66 Kiwi IRC alternatives
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.
Kiwi IRC Features
- 42 likes44 Instantbird alternatives
Instantbird is an instant messaging client based on Mozilla XULRunner and the open source library libpurple created by the software developers of Pidgin . Over 250 add-ons allow user customization of, and addition of, features.
License model
- Free • Open Source
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- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- PortableApps.com
+6Instantbird Features
DiscontinuedSite last updated 2013. Site security certificate expired April 2017.
- 29 likes46 AdiIRC alternatives
c#/csharp IRC CLient. AdiIRC stores all its settings in text files, this way you can grab the adiirc folder and put in on a usb device or external harddrive. Take all your settings and servers with you everywhere!
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
- Wine
+3AdiIRC Features