bIRC Alternatives

bIRC has been discontinued. Similar apps include Thunderbird, which is free and open source. Other options are Pidgin, SeaMonkey, HexChat and irssi. You're spoiled for choice with IRC Clients like bIRC: we list more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Windows, Mac, self-hosting and the web.

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  1. Visual IRC 2 icon

    Visual IRC 2

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    Visual IRC (ViRC) is an open source Internet Relay Chat client for the Windows operating system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    Visual IRC 2 screenshot 1
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  2. Ergo icon

    Ergo

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    Ergo (formerly known as Oragono) is a modern IRC server written in Go. Its core design principles are:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • Docker
    • OpenBSD
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  4. BitchX icon

    BitchX

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    BitchX is a free software text-based IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client for UNIX-like systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    BitchX screenshot 1
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  5. CoreIRC icon

    CoreIRC

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    IRC chat client and DCC file transfers.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
    CoreIRC screenshot 1
    CoreIRC screenshot 2
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  6. S

    SSH Chat

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    Chat over SSH.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    SSH Chat screenshot 1
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