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 IRC ... Plugins Supports XMPP Chat Messaging Multiple languages Multiple Account support Multiple chat protocols Portable Video calling Voice Call Xmpp Add a feature

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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
Support for Multiple protocols Xmpp Chat Customizable ... Messaging Multiple languages OTR Supports XMPP Tabbed interface Support for Themes Add a feature

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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 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Self-Hosted
Chat IRC QT Based Standalone Add a feature

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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

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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 IRC Portable Add a feature

40 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 IRC ... Modular System Support for Multiple protocols Xmpp Add a feature

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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 Python Add a feature

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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 Cross-platform IRC Twitter ... Xmpp Add a feature

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Textual

Textual is the world's most popular application for interacting with Internet Relay Chat (IRC) chatrooms on macOS.
- If you have a Mac, Textual is the best IRC experience you can get, hands down. The UI is extremely polished and beautiful, and the program is perfectly stable and rock-solid. JackVegas • Apr 2020
Commercial $ $ $ Mac
IRC IRC Themes User friendly Add a feature

21 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
IRC Responsive design Web-Based Add a feature

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