mIRC Alternatives

mIRC is described as 'Windows IRC client for real-time worldwide chat with group and private messaging, multi-server access, scripting, encryption, logging, and customization' and is a popular IRC Client in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to mIRC for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best mIRC alternative is Discord, which is free. Other great apps like mIRC are Pidgin, HexChat, WeeChat and KVIrc.

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  1. Qwebirc icon
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    qwebirc is a web based AJAX IRC client.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
     
  2. Polari icon
     14 likes

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

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • GNOME
    • Flathub
     
  3. AndroIRC icon
     2 likes

    AndroIRC is your new IRC client! Features: • mIRC colors • auto join channels on startup • nickserv auth • Android notifications • copy & paste • logging • sasl auth (plain and blowfish) • Multiple servers connections (SSL support) • Easy access menu to kick, ban, change priv.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
     
  4. Atomic IRC icon
     2 likes

    Atomic is an open source IRC client built for a new age. New features from its heritage of Yaaic, improvements and stuff.

    Cost / License

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
  5. senpai icon
     2 likes

    A modern terminal IRC client.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (ISC)

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  6.  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
     
  7. ClicksAndWhistles is a free IRC client for Windows. Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is a form of real-time Internet text messaging allowing you to communicate with others in IRC channels (chat rooms) and one-to-one communication via private messages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  8. MegaIRC icon
     2 likes

    MegaIRC is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Client. It allows you to connect to the IRC network a virtual meeting place where people from all over the world can meet and talk.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
  9. 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
     
  10. 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

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  11. Snak icon
     Like

    Popular shareware IRC client for Macintosh.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. ZeroChat icon
     13 likes

    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 stack. In addition, making a new chatroom website is a simple as downloading the files and cloning the site.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • JavaScript
    • ZeroNet
     
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