Alternatives to LostIRC for all platforms with any license

Thunderbird

Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform e-mail, news and instant messaging client. The project strategy is modeled after Mozilla Firefox.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Haiku
Built-in RSS reader Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Built-in Calendar ... Calendar integration Categories Customizable Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Free API Gmail integration Google Calendar integration Import from Google Reader Support for IMAP Integrated Chat Integrated Web Browser Multiple Account support Export to OPML Import feeds from OPML POP3 Support Portable SMTP integration Tabbed interface Support for Themes 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...

Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Xfce ... MacPorts XQuartz
Portable Add a feature

174 Like
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

84 Like
irssi

Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD Cygwin
No features added 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...

Free Open Source Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

102 Like
- Discontinued The program is no longer updated. Last version, 2.8.8, released in May 2010, can be still downloaded from the official website.
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 OS X Windows Linux Self-Hosted
No features added Add a feature

40 Like
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 OS X Linux Android BSD Xfce
Command line interface Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Modular System 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 OS X Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com
Portable Add a feature

36 Like
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

20 Like
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...

Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted
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13 Like
- 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
AdiIRC

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...

Free Windows Wine
Portable Add a feature

25 Like
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

7 Like
Textual

Textual is the world's most popular application for interacting with Internet Relay Chat (IRC) chatrooms on OS X. Textual includes two elegantly designed light...

Commercial Mac OS X
No features added Add a feature

17 Like
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 OS X Windows Linux
No features added Add a feature

28 Like
Chatzilla

ChatZilla is a clean, easy to use and highly extensible Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client, built on the Mozilla platform, which provides all the usual features: multiple...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux SeaMonkey Firefox
No features added Add a feature

19 Like

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Comment by tabakis

about LostIRC · Jun 2011 · Helpful Not helpful Report as spam

Pretty complete and really lightweight alternative to xchat (~260kb on top of your GTK+ libs). It is also the default client in the wonderful Slitaz (SliTaz) distro.

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Alternatives to LostIRC for all platforms with any license

Thunderbird

HexChat

mIRC

irssi

XChat for Linux

Quassel IRC

WeeChat

KVIrc

Kiwi IRC

Shout

AdiIRC

ZeroChat

Textual

Smuxi

Chatzilla

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