Colloquy Alternatives
Colloquy is described as 'Traditionally, chat clients on the Mac have been anything but glamorous. Colloquy is an advanced IRC, SILC & ICB client which aims to fill this void. By adhering to Mac OS X interface conventions, Colloquy has the look and feel of a quality Mac application' and is a IRC Client in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Colloquy for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best Colloquy alternative is HexChat, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Colloquy are SeaMonkey, mIRC, WeeChat and XChat for Linux.
- IRC Client
- Free • Open Source
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Self-Hosted
Qwebirc Features
The sushi IRC suite consists of a central daemon and several clients, which communicate via DBus.
DiscontinuedThere has been no development progress since 2016.
sushi IRC suite Features
jsIRC is written using Socket.IO, node.js, jQuery Title Alert and Sencha ExtJS, relying on string.js, Lo-Dash and PhantomJS.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Socket.io
- Node.JS
- jQuery
DiscontinuedThe official website is no longer accessible and the GitHub repo hasn't been updated since May 17th, 2015.
jsIRC Features
CGI:IRC is a Perl/CGI program that lets you access IRC from a web browser, it is designed to be flexible and has many uses such as an IRC gateway for an IRC network, a chat-room for a website or to access IRC when stuck behind a restrictive firewall.
CGI:IRC Features
Hextor is an privacy focused IRC client that is based on HexChat and uses the Tor network for anonymity.
Hextor Features
Gnotty ties the knot between the web and IRC. It is designed to assist open source projects that host an IRC channel for collaboration on their project. Gnotty is BSD licensed.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
Australia
Platforms
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- Python
Gnotty Features
Tiny Tiny IRC is an open source AJAX-powered IRC client. The idea behind this being that you don't need either client software or even a stable network connection to stay connected to IRC, just keep the site opened to see new messages.
DiscontinuedThe project seems to be no longer updated. Last version, 1.30, released in December 2015, can be still downloaded from Google Play Store.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Linux
- Online
- Self-Hosted
- JavaScript
- Node.JS
- npm
DiscontinuedThere has been no development progress since 2017.
relay.js Features
Ergo (formerly known as Oragono) is a modern IRC server written in Go. Its core design principles are:
License model
- Free • Open Source
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- BSD
- Self-Hosted
- FreeBSD
- Docker
- OpenBSD
HoloIRC is an open source IRC client for Android 4.0 and up. It is designed to be as simple to use as possible while being extremely small in size and fairly light in resources. It works with IRC bouncers as well as regular servers.
DiscontinuedGithub repository has been archived by the owner on Nov 19, 2023.
HoloIRC Features
mIRGGI is the first IRC client for S60 3rd Edition devices. It is also available for 2nd edition devices. It is currently in early stages because I just began writing it on 10th of March. Ive been meaning to do this for a long time but havent gotten to it.
License model
- Free • Proprietary
Platforms
- Symbian S60
MIRGGI Features
bIRC is a simple, lightweight and flexible IRC-Client written in Bash. bIRC doesn't require an installation and can be launched by executing a single script file. bIRC has plugin support and can be easily modified.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
- International
Platforms
- Mac
- Linux
DiscontinuedThere has been no development progress since 2012.
bIRC Features