161 Like HexChat Good alternative? YES NO HexChat is an IRC client based on XChat for Linux , but unlike XChat it’s completely free for both Windows and Unix-like systems. HexChat was... Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Xfce No features added Add a feature
81 Like mIRC Good alternative? YES NO mIRC is a popular Internet Relay Chat client used by millions of people, and thousands of organizations, to communicate, share, play and work with each other on IRC... Commercial Windows Colored Text Add a feature
18 Like Kiwi IRC Good alternative? YES NO A hand-crafted IRC client that you can enjoy. Designed to be used easily and freely. More friendly than other webirc clients giving the general public an easy option to... Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted Chrome Preconfigurable auto-connect Add a feature
13 Like Shout Good alternative? YES NO What is it? Shout is a web IRC client that you host on your own server. What features does it have? * Multiple user support * Stays connected even when you close... Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted No features added Add a feature Discontinued Shout's development has stopped early 2016 and replaced by its official community fork: http://alternativeto.net/software/the-lounge/ . See https://github.com/erming/shout
6 Like Qwebirc Good alternative? YES NO qwebirc is a web based AJAX IRC client. Free Open Source Windows Linux Web Self-Hosted No features added Add a feature
5 Like Convos Good alternative? YES NO Convos is the simplest way to use IRC. It is always online, and accessible to your web browser, both on desktop and mobile. Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted No features added Add a feature
6 Like Maid-IRC Good alternative? YES NO A modern web IRC client. Built on Node.js. Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted Node.JS No features added Add a feature
4 Like ZeroChat Good alternative? YES NO 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
22 Like X-Chat 2 for Windows Alternative? YES NO A freeware build of X-Chat for windows, as opposed to the official 30-day-trial shareware Windows build. Free Windows No features added Add a feature Discontinued Author announed EOL on homepage.
5 Like jsIRC Good alternative? YES NO jsIRC is written using Socket.IO, node.js, jQuery Title Alert and Sencha ExtJS, relying on string.js, Lo-Dash and PhantomJS. Implemented Features: * Webcam Chat *... Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted Socket.io Node.JS jQuery No features added Add a feature Discontinued The official website is no longer accessible and the GitHub repo hasn't been updated since May 17th, 2015.
4 Like Subway Good alternative? YES NO Subway is a web-based IRC client with a multi-user backend and a JavaScript-heavy UI. Frontend/backend communication is done with websockets (or best available fallback... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Self-Hosted No features added Add a feature Discontinued Subway is in hiatus, i.e. it's not currently functional and not under active development, but the plan is to finish this project some point in the future. Meanwhile currently the maintainer strongly suggests taking a look at https://alternativeto.net/software/shout/ .
4 Like WebIRC Good alternative? YES NO WebIRC runs as a server and is always connected to your favorite IRC networks. Seamlessly open the same session from home, work, and your mobile devices to continue... Free Open Source Self-Hosted No features added Add a feature
4 Like CGI:IRC Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Linux Web BSD Self-Hosted Perl No features added Add a feature
4 Like Gnotty Good alternative? YES NO 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... Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted Python No features added Add a feature
4 Like jakeIRC Good alternative? YES NO jakeIRC is a web-based Meteor IRC client that allows users to connect to their favorite IRC channels. To run jakeIRC locally, you need to have meteor as well as npm... Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted Meteor npm No features added Add a feature
