Konversation is an IRC client which gives you speedy access to Freenode network's channels, where you will find support for most distributions.

Ergo is described as '(formerly known as Oragono) is a modern IRC server written in Go. Its core design principles are:' and is an app in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Ergo for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Ergo alternative is Pidgin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Ergo are HexChat, Adium, mIRC and WeeChat.
Konversation is an IRC client which gives you speedy access to Freenode network's channels, where you will find support for most distributions.

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.







Smuxi is an irssi-inspired, flexible, user-friendly and cross-platform IRC client for sophisticated users, targeting the GNOME desktop.




An IRC-like internet chatroom hosted on ZeroNet, a distributed network. 0rc is a fully distributed website, and messages are shared through peers using the ZeroNet stack. In addition, making a new chatroom website is a simple as downloading the files and cloning the site.

Textual is the world's most popular application for interacting with Internet Relay Chat (IRC) chatrooms on macOS.


A freeware build of X-Chat for windows, as opposed to the official 30-day-trial shareware Windows build.




Convos is an IRC client that runs in your browser and brings the IRC experience into the 21st century. It features a persistent bouncer on the server side that will keep you online even after you close your browser window. Want to use Convos on your phone? No problem!


jsIRC is written using Socket.IO, node.js, jQuery Title Alert and Sencha ExtJS, relying on string.js, Lo-Dash and PhantomJS.




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.

Nettalk is a powerful but easy to use free (open source) IRC-client for Windows. The smart user interface is based on Windows standards, so it is easy to get used to it. The following languages for the interface are available: English, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Chinese, Hungarian...

