Web-IRC is described as 'The goal for this project is to become the best in-browser IRC client available, and bring the best ideas from modern web applications to IRC. It was inspired by a request for improvements to qwebirc by Paul Irish' and is a IRC Client in the social & communications category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Web-IRC for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Web-based and Self-Hosted apps. The best Web-IRC alternative is Pidgin, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Web-IRC are HexChat, mIRC, WeeChat and irssi.