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 OS X Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Xfce Multiple protocols Multiple protocols support Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Supports XMPP ... Multiple languages Multiple Account support Multiple chat protocols Portable Video calling Voice Call Add a feature 1433 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... Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Xfce ... MacPorts XQuartz Portable Add a feature 173 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... Free Open Source Linux BSD Built-in File transfer Multiple protocols Video calling Add a feature 154 Like Discontinued Empathy is currently unmaintained. Last version, 3.25, released in August 2017, can be still downloaded from the official website.
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 Multiple protocols Portable Add a feature 223 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 73 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... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Portable Add a feature 36 Like It's free, has certain nice extra features and a better scripting language. Guest • Apr 2016 Disagree Agree
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 39 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... 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.
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 27 Like
IRCCloud IRCCloud is an IRC client with a future. Stay connected, chat from anywhere, and never miss a message. Freemium Web Android iPhone Offline logs Add a feature 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... Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted Chrome Preconfigurable auto-connect Add a feature 20 Like It's clearly an IRC application. Just because it can be self-hosted doesn't change that. jcrben • Jul 2015 Disagree Agree
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
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
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 No features added Add a feature 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
