KVIrc Alternatives

Apps similar to KVIrc include Pidgin, which is free and open source. Other options are SeaMonkey, HexChat, irssi and WeeChat. There's no shortage of IRC Clients like KVIrc, with more than 50 alternatives for Linux, Windows, Mac, self-hosting and the web.

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    jakeIRC is a web-based Meteor IRC client that allows users to connect to their favorite IRC channels.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Meteor
    • npm
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  2. HoloIRC icon
     1 like

    HoloIRC is an open source IRC client for Android 4.0 and up. It is designed to be as simple to use as possible while being extremely small in size and fairly light in resources. It works with IRC bouncers as well as regular servers.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
    Good alternative?
     
  3.  5 likes

    jsIRC is written using Socket.IO, node.js, jQuery Title Alert and Sencha ExtJS, relying on string.js, Lo-Dash and PhantomJS.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Socket.io
    • Node.JS
    • jQuery
    Good alternative?
     
  4. Subway icon
     5 likes

    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 where not available). The backend supports connection persistence and optional logging when the browser...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    Good alternative?
     
  5.  1 like

    A simple web browser IRC client written in Node.js.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Git
    • Node.JS
    • npm
    Good alternative?
     
  6.  4 likes

    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 licensed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    Good alternative?
     
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    Chat over SSH.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    Good alternative?
     
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