IceChat Alternatives

IceChat is described as 'Fully featured, simple to use IRC Client allowing you to chat online with your friends and for meeting new people as well. It can be used in Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista and also Windows' and is a IRC Client in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to IceChat for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best IceChat alternative is Pidgin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like IceChat are HexChat, mIRC, WeeChat and irssi.

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  1. Visual IRC 2 icon

    Visual IRC 2

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    Visual IRC (ViRC) is an open source Internet Relay Chat client for the Windows operating system.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Windows
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  2. Snak icon

    Snak

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    Popular shareware IRC client for Macintosh.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  4. ClicksAndWhistles icon

    ClicksAndWhistles

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    ClicksAndWhistles is a free IRC client for Windows. Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet text messaging allowing you to communicate with others in IRC channels (chat rooms) and one-to-one communication via private messages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  5. BitchX icon

    BitchX

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    BitchX is a free software text-based IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client for UNIX-like systems.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  6. Ergo icon

    Ergo

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    Ergo (formerly known as Oragono) is a modern IRC server written in Go. Its core design principles are:

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • FreeBSD
    • Docker
    • OpenBSD
     
  7. CoreIRC icon

    CoreIRC

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    IRC chat client and DCC file transfers.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
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  9. SSH Chat

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    Chat over SSH.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
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