Textual

Textual is the world's most popular application for interacting with Internet Relay Chat (IRC) chatrooms on macOS.

Paid • Proprietary
IRC Client
Mac

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What is Textual?

Textual is the world's most popular application for interacting with Internet Relay Chat (IRC) chatrooms on macOS.

Beautiful Interface
Textual includes two elegantly designed dark and light variants of the user interface which have been refined all the way down to the very last pixel.

Powerful
Textual supports very powerful modern technologies such as native IPv6, the latest IRCv3 specifications, client-side certificate authentication, and much, much more in a easy to navigate, clutter free environment.

Privacy is valued
Textual protects your privacy by leveraging widely accepted, proven technologies such as Off-the-Record Messaging (OTR) to ensure that the only people reading your conversations are those that you intend to.

Customizable
Textual takes customization to the next level with styles created using well documented, open standards in addition to addons built using a multitude of programming languages such as AppleScript, Objective-C, PHP, Python, Perl, Ruby, Shell, and Swift.

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Supported Languages

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Said about Textual as an alternative

brucewilliams Great support team and continuous upgrades

Positive comment • over 5 years ago • as an alternative to

wsIRC

JackVegas If you have a Mac, Textual is the best IRC experience you can get, hands down. The UI is extremely polished and beautiful, and the program is perfectly stable and rock-solid.

Positive comment • about 2 years ago • as an alternative to

HexChat