Textual AlternativesIRC Clients and other similar apps like Textual

Textual is described as 'The world's most popular application for interacting with Internet Relay Chat (IRC) chatrooms on macOS' and is a IRC Client in the social & communications category. There are more than 50 alternatives to Textual for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Mac, Self-Hosted and Web-based apps. The best Textual alternative is Pidgin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Textual are SeaMonkey, HexChat, mIRC and WeeChat.

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  1. Pidgin icon
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    Pidgin is a chat program which lets you log into accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. This means that you can be chatting with friends on XMPP and sitting in an IRC channel at the same time.

    118 Pidgin alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
     
    • Pidgin is the most popular Windows, Mac & Linux alternative to Textual.

    • Pidgin is the most popular Open Source & free alternative to Textual.

    • Pidgin is Free and Open SourceTextual is Paid and Proprietary
  2. SeaMonkey icon
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    Web-browser, advanced e-mail, newsgroup and feed client, IRC chat, and HTML editing in one application. Itis built on the open source Mozilla Gecko engine, the same code which underlies Thunderbird and is the base for the Firefox browser.

    185 SeaMonkey alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
     
  3. mIRC icon
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    mIRC is a popular Internet Relay Chat client used by individuals and organizations to communicate, share, play and work with each other on IRC networks around the world.

    60 mIRC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Pay once
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
     
    • mIRC is the most popular commercial alternative to Textual.

    • mIRC is Paid and ProprietaryTextual is also Paid and Proprietary
  4. WeeChat icon
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    WeeChat is a free chat client, fast and light, designed for many operating systems. It is highly customizable and extensible with scripts.

    54 WeeChat alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Haiku
    • Xfce
     
  5. irssi icon
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    Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • Cygwin
     
  6. Quassel IRC icon
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    Quassel IRC is a 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...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  7. XChat for Linux icon
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    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 conversations etc. Even file transfers are possible.

    59 XChat for Linux alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  8. KVIrc icon
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    Free open-source IRC client offering cross-platform support, Qt interface, rich scripting, customizable themes, Unicode, SSL encryption, logging, multi-server connectivity, DCC file transfers, plugin system, event automation, proxy and IPv6 compatibility, and localization.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
     
  9. Halloy icon
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    Halloy is an open-source IRC client written in Rust, with the Iced GUI library. It aims to provide a simple and fast client for Mac, Windows, and Linux platforms.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Mac
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
     
  10. Kiwi IRC icon
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    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 connect to any IRC network.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
     
    • Kiwi IRC is the most popular Web-based & Self-Hosted alternative to Textual.

    • Kiwi IRC is Free and Open SourceTextual is Paid and Proprietary
  11. 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
     
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