Alternatives to HexChat for Mac with any license

Pidgin

Pidgin is an easy to use, multi-protocol chat client client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, XMPP, and more chat networks all at once. It has built-in...
- It has a fully featured IRC client functionality. AntumDeluge • Dec 2017 • 4 agrees and 3 disagrees
- Pidgin is more for IM protocols in general like XMPP, ICQ etc., while HexChat is for IRC chat. artyhedgehog • Mar 2017 • 7 agrees and 8 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Xfce
Support for Multiple protocols Support for Multiple protocols Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Supports XMPP ... Chat Multiple languages Multiple Account support Multiple chat protocols Portable Video calling Voice Call Add a feature

1455 Like
Adium

Adium is a free and open source instant messaging application for Mac OS X, written using Mac OS Xs Cocoa API, released under the GNU GPL and developed by the Adium...

Free Open Source Mac
Chat Customizable Multiple languages Support for Multiple protocols ... OTR Supports XMPP Tabbed interface Support for Themes Add a feature

332 Like
irssi

Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Cygwin
Chat Add a feature

75 Like
WeeChat

WeeChat is a fast, light and extensible chat client. It runs on many platforms (including Linux, BSD and Mac OS). WeeChat is: - modular: a lightweight core with...

Free Open Source Mac Linux Android BSD Xfce
Chat Command line interface Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Modular System ... Support for Multiple protocols Add a feature

31 Like
Quassel IRC

Quassel IRC is a modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client based on the Qt4 framework. Distributed means that one (or multiple) client(s) can attach to and detach...
- It is a full IRC client, just like HexChat. AntumDeluge • Dec 2017
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Self-Hosted
Chat QT Based Standalone Add a feature

43 Like
KVIrc

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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com
Chat Portable Add a feature

38 Like
ZeroChat

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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Self-Hosted ... Python JavaScript ZeroNet
Decentralized Distributed Add a feature

10 Like
Smuxi

Smuxi is an irssi-inspired, flexible, user-friendly and cross-platform IRC client for sophisticated users, targeting the GNOME desktop. Smuxi is based on the...
- Discontinued The last activity in the Smuxi project was in 2015
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Chat Add a feature

30 Like
Textual

Textual is the world's most popular application for interacting with Internet Relay Chat (IRC) chatrooms on OS X. Textual includes two elegantly designed light...

Commercial Mac
User friendly Add a feature

17 Like
Chatzilla

ChatZilla is a clean, easy to use and highly extensible Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client, built on the Mozilla platform, which provides all the usual features: multiple...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux SeaMonkey Firefox
Chat Add a feature

19 Like
LimeChat

LimeChat is an IRC client for Windows, Mac OS X and iOS. Features Can connect to multiple servers in a window By key operation was rich, achieve a sense of...

Free Open Source Mac Windows iPhone iPad
No features added Add a feature

15 Like
Glowing Bear

Glowing Bear is a sleek, modern web frontend that securely connects to a running instance of WeeChat using its built-in relay protocol. It relies on WeeChat to do all...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... Android Tablet Self-Hosted Chrome WeeChat Firefox OS Google Play Store Firefox
Responsive design Web-Based Add a feature

3 Like
Colloquy

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...

Free Open Source Mac
Chat Add a feature

34 Like
bIRC

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....

Free Open Source Mac Linux
Chat Add a feature

6 Like
leafChat

leafChat is an IRC client for Windows, Mac OS X, and Linux. Chat with your friends using popular IRC networks. leafChat has a friendly, clean interface that...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
Chat Add a feature

4 Like