irssi AlternativesIRC Clients and other similar apps like irssi

irssi is described as 'Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins' and is a popular IRC Client in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to irssi for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best irssi alternative is HexChat, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like irssi are SeaMonkey, Adium, WeeChat and mIRC.

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  1. HexChat icon
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    HexChat is an IRC client based on XChat for Linux , but unlike XChat it’s completely free for both Windows and Unix-like systems.

    65 HexChat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
    • MacPorts
    • XQuartz
     
    • HexChat is the most popular Windows & Linux alternative to irssi.

    • HexChat is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to irssi.

    • HexChat is Free and Open Sourceirssi is also Free and Open Source
  2. SeaMonkey icon
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    Web-browser, advanced e-mail, newsgroup and feed client, IRC chat, and HTML editing in one application. Itis built on the open source Mozilla Gecko engine, the same code which underlies Thunderbird and is the base for the Firefox browser.

    185 SeaMonkey alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
     
    • SeaMonkey is the most popular Mac alternative to irssi.

    • SeaMonkey is Free and Open Sourceirssi is also Free and Open Source
    • SeaMonkey is Customizable, Lightweight and Privacy focusedirssi is not according to our users
  3. Adium icon
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    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 team. Based on the libpurple protocol library, Adium can connect you to any number of messaging accounts on any...

    68 Adium alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  4. WeeChat icon
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    WeeChat is a free chat client, fast and light, designed for many operating systems. It is highly customizable and extensible with scripts.

    54 WeeChat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
     
  5. mIRC icon
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    mIRC is a popular Internet Relay Chat client used by individuals and organizations to communicate, share, play and work with each other on IRC networks around the world.

    60 mIRC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • mIRC is the most popular commercial alternative to irssi.

    • mIRC is Paid and Proprietaryirssi is Free and Open Source
  6. KVIrc icon
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    Free open-source IRC client offering cross-platform support, Qt interface, rich scripting, customizable themes, Unicode, SSL encryption, logging, multi-server connectivity, DCC file transfers, plugin system, event automation, proxy and IPv6 compatibility, and localization.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
     
  7. Quassel IRC icon
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    Quassel IRC is a modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client based on the Qt5 framework. Distributed means that one (or multiple) client(s) can attach to and detach from a central core that stays permanently online -- much like the popular combination of screen and a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. XChat for Linux icon
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    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 conversations etc. Even file transfers are possible.

    59 XChat for Linux alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  9. AdiIRC icon
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    c#/csharp IRC CLient. AdiIRC stores all its settings in text files, this way you can grab the adiirc folder and put in on a usb device or external harddrive. Take all your settings and servers with you everywhere!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
     
  10. Kiwi IRC icon
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    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 connect to any IRC network.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
     
    • Kiwi IRC is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to irssi.

    • Kiwi IRC is Free and Open Sourceirssi is also Free and Open Source
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    ScrollZ is an advanced IRC client based on ircII. It incorporates many useful features found in all sorts of scripts. The main difference between these scripts and ScrollZ is the code - whereas ircII scripts take a lot of disk and memory space and run slow, ScrollZ only takes a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
     
  12. BitchX icon
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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

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
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