Quassel IRC Alternatives

Quassel IRC is described as 'Modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client based on the Qt5 framework. Distributed means that one (or multiple) client(s) can attach to and detach from a central core that stays permanently online -- much like the popular combination of screen and a' and is a popular IRC Client in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Quassel IRC for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Quassel IRC alternative is HexChat, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Quassel IRC are WeeChat, Trillian, mIRC and irssi.

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  1. Glowing Bear icon
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    Glowing Bear is a sleek, modern web frontend that securely connects to a running instance of WeeChat using its built-in relay protocol. It relies on WeeChat to do all the heavy lifting and then provides some nice features on top of that, like...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
    • WeeChat
     
  2. AdiIRC icon
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    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 your settings and servers with you everywhere!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
     
  3. Shout icon
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    The self-hosted web IRC client.

    64 Shout alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
     
  4. Smuxi icon
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    Smuxi is an irssi-inspired, flexible, user-friendly and cross-platform IRC client for sophisticated users, targeting the GNOME desktop.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
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    This is one of the few listed here that is a near perfect match to Quassel. A bouncer like server is a core component/feature of smuxi. Most of this long list are IRC clients only.

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    • Smuxi is Free and Open SourceQuassel IRC is also Free and Open Source
  5. LimeChat icon
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    LimeChat is an IRC client for Windows, Mac OS X and iOS.

    Features

    Can connect to multiple servers in a window By key operation was rich, achieve a sense of comfortable operation Customization capabilities over the details Stable operation at light Search and comfortable log in.

    57 LimeChat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • iPhone
    • iPad
     
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    The sushi IRC suite consists of a central daemon and several clients, which communicate via DBus.

    55 sushi IRC suite alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
     
  7. CoreIRC icon
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    IRC chat client and DCC file transfers.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium (Pay once)
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Android
     
  8. Colloquy icon
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    Traditionally, chat clients on the Mac have been anything but glamorous. Colloquy is an advanced IRC, SILC & ICB client which aims to fill this void. By adhering to Mac OS X interface conventions, Colloquy has the look and feel of a quality Mac application.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  9. Tiny Tiny IRC icon
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    Tiny Tiny IRC is an open source AJAX-powered IRC client. The idea behind this being that you don't need either client software or even a stable network connection to stay connected to IRC, just keep the site opened to see new messages.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Android
    • Android Tablet
     
    • Tiny Tiny IRC is the most popular Android Tablet alternative to Quassel IRC.

    • Tiny Tiny IRC is Free and Open SourceQuassel IRC is also Free and Open Source
  10. Subway icon
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    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. Textual icon
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    Textual is the world's most popular application for interacting with Internet Relay Chat (IRC) chatrooms on macOS.

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
     
  12. Konversation icon
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    Konversation is an IRC client which gives you speedy access to Freenode network's channels, where you will find support for most distributions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Haiku
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
     
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