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 Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com ... Xfce

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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...

• Based off of the XChat codebase. Updated and actively developed. It is a near "drop in" replacement. Guest • Mar 2016 Disagree   Agree

Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com Xfce ... MacPorts XQuartz

179 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 Windows Linux Self-Hosted

42 Like

irssi

Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux BSD Cygwin

73 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 Linux Android BSD Xfce

29 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 Windows Linux BSD PortableApps.com

37 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

20 Like

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

8 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 Windows Linux

29 Like

Polari

Polari is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client designed for GNOME 3.

Free Open Source Linux GNOME

9 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...

• 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

Free Open Source Mac Windows Linux SeaMonkey Firefox

19 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...

• 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

Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted

12 Like

Konversation

Konversation is an easy-to-use IRC client for novices, nut novices and experts can take advantage of its rich featureset.

Free Open Source Linux

21 Like

MetroIRC

An IRC client for the Windows desktop which follows the Metro design guidelines.

Free Open Source Windows

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 Windows iPhone iPad

14 Like