Pidgin Pidgin is an easy to use, multi-protocol chat client client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, XMPP, and more chat networks all at once. It has built-in... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Xfce Multiple protocols Multiple protocols support Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Supports XMPP ... Multiple languages Multiple Account support Multiple chat protocols Portable Video calling Voice Call Add a feature 1434 Like
HexChat HexChat is an IRC client based on XChat for Linux , but unlike XChat it’s completely free for both Windows and Unix-like systems. HexChat was... Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Xfce ... MacPorts XQuartz Portable Add a feature 173 Like Based off of the XChat codebase. Updated and actively developed. It is a near "drop in" replacement. Guest • Mar 2016 Disagree Agree
irssi Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins. Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD Cygwin No features added Add a feature 73 Like
Quassel IRC Quassel IRC is a modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client based on the Qt4 framework. Distributed means that one (or multiple) client(s) can attach to and detach... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Self-Hosted No features added Add a feature 39 Like
KVIrc KVIrc is a free portable IRC client based on the excellent Qt GUI toolkit. KVirc is being written by Szymon Stefanek and the KVIrc Development Team with the contribution... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Portable Add a feature 36 Like
WeeChat WeeChat is a fast, light and extensible chat client. It runs on many platforms (including Linux, BSD and Mac OS). WeeChat is: - modular: a lightweight core with... Free Open Source Mac OS X Linux Android BSD Xfce Command line interface Extensible by Plugins/Extensions Modular System Multiple protocols Add a feature 27 Like
Kiwi IRC 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... Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted Chrome Preconfigurable auto-connect Add a feature 20 Like
Shout What is it? Shout is a web IRC client that you host on your own server. What features does it have? * Multiple user support * Stays connected even when you close... Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted No features added Add a feature 13 Like Discontinued Shout's development has stopped early 2016 and replaced by its official community fork: http://alternativeto.net/software/the-lounge/ . See https://github.com/erming/shout
ZeroChat 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... Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux Web Self-Hosted ... Python JavaScript ZeroNet Decentralized Distributed Add a feature 7 Like
Smuxi Smuxi is an irssi-inspired, flexible, user-friendly and cross-platform IRC client for sophisticated users, targeting the GNOME desktop. Smuxi is based on the... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux No features added Add a feature 28 Like
Polari Polari is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client designed for GNOME 3. Free Open Source Linux GNOME No features added Add a feature 8 Like
Chatzilla ChatZilla is a clean, easy to use and highly extensible Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client, built on the Mozilla platform, which provides all the usual features: multiple... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux SeaMonkey Firefox No features added Add a feature 18 Like While not a drop in replacement, ChatZilla is lighter and installs as a browser add-on. It is HTML5 based and will run on any platform that has a Mozzila-Based Browser that uses XPI extensions, such as Firefox. (This includes several Mobile platforms.) Guest • Mar 2016 Disagree Agree
MetroIRC An IRC client for the Windows desktop which follows the Metro design guidelines. Free Open Source Windows No features added Add a feature 7 Like
LimeChat 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... Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows iPhone iPad No features added Add a feature 14 Like
Maid-IRC A modern web IRC client. Built on Node.js. Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted Node.JS No features added Add a feature 6 Like
