Pidgin

Pidgin is an easy to use, multi-protocol chat client client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, XMPP, and more chat networks all at once. It has built-in...

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Xfce

1453 Like

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...

• Open source, light and customizable, i recommend it Guest • Dec 2018 • 1 agrees and 0 disagrees Disagree   Agree

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Xfce MacPorts XQuartz

184 Like

Miranda IM

Miranda IM is the smaller, faster, easier instant messenger with support for multiple protocols. Designed from the ground-up to be resource efficient while still...

Free Open Source Windows PortableApps.com

226 Like

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...

• It's free, has certain nice extra features and a better scripting language. Guest • Apr 2016 Disagree   Agree
• Good features, very stable and free, aside from mIRC there's nothing better out there. Guest • Feb 2019 Disagree   Agree

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com

37 Like

Empathy

Empathy is a messaging program which supports text, voice, video chat, and file transfers over many different protocols. You can tell it about your accounts on all those...

• Discontinued Empathy is currently unmaintained. Last version, 3.25, released in August 2017, can be still downloaded from the official website.

Free Open Source Linux BSD

153 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 Windows Linux BSD Cygwin

73 Like

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

42 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 Linux Android BSD Xfce

30 Like

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

103 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

10 Like

IRCCloud

IRCCloud is an IRC client with a future. Stay connected, chat from anywhere, and never miss a message.

Freemium Web Android iPhone

15 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...

• It's clearly an IRC application. Just because it can be self-hosted doesn't change that. jcrben • Jul 2015 Disagree   Agree

Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted Chrome

20 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 Windows Linux

30 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

17 Like

Polari

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

Free Open Source Linux GNOME

10 Like