Alternatives to IRCCloud for all platforms with any license

Slack

Slack brings all your communication together in one place. It's real-time messaging, archiving and search for modern teams.

Freemium Mac Windows Linux Web Android ... iPhone Chrome OS Windows S BSD Electron / Atom Shell Software as a Service (SaaS)
Group chat Group collaboration Multi Channel Team Collaboration ... Extensible by Plugins/Extensions App integration Channel manager Direct file uploading IFTTT integration Integrated File Sharing Live Push Notifications Support for @mentions Multiple channels Multiple teams Onboarding Out Of The Box Reactions Real time collaboration Team work Video calling Voice Call Add a feature

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HexChat

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...
- IRCCloud is an online client that stores logs, HexChat is just a desktop client that won't store anything when the computer is logged-out Guest • Jun 2017 • 4 agrees and 0 disagrees
Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Xfce MacPorts XQuartz
Portable Add a feature

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mIRC

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

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XChat for Linux

XChat is an IRC chat program for both Linux and Windows. It allows you to join multiple IRC channels (chat rooms) at the same time, talk publicly, private one-on-one...
- Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 2.8.8, released in May 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
Free Open Source Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

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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
Command line interface Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Modular System Support for Multiple protocols 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
Portable 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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Self-Hosted
QT Based Standalone 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 Add a feature

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Kiwi IRC

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

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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...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux
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Ripcord

Ripcord is a desktop chat client for group-centric services like Slack and Discord. It provides a traditional compact desktop interface designed for power users....

Free Mac Windows Linux Discord Slack
Slack client Slack integration Add a feature

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Polari

Polari is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client designed for GNOME 3.

Free Open Source Linux GNOME
No features added Add a feature

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Spectrum Chat

A newly open sourced self hosted Slack like alternative for building persistent chat communities.

Freemium $ $ $ Open Source Web Self-Hosted Software as a Service (SaaS)
Group chat Group collaboration Support for @mentions Real time collaboration ... Team Collaboration Team work Add a feature

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ZNC

znc is an IRC proxy. It runs as a daemon and connects to IRC server, then allows you to connect from a workstation and work as the user that is logged in to the IRC...

Free Open Source Mac Linux Cloudron
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Shout

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...
- 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
Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted
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