Alternatives to XChat for Linux for all platforms with any license

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...

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- 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
Mibbit

No Java, no flash. With Mibbit, chatting online is easy, just choose your nickname and press go! No sign-up is required and you can use it from wherever you are with...

Free Web
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MetroIRC

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

Free Open Source Windows
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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...

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Maid-IRC

A modern web IRC client. Built on Node.js.

Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted Node.JS
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Glowing Bear

Glowing Bear is a sleek, modern web frontend that securely connects to a running instance of WeeChat using its built-in relay protocol. It relies on WeeChat to do all...

Free Open Source Mac OS X Windows Linux Web Android ... Android Tablet Self-Hosted Chrome WeeChat Firefox OS Google Play Store Firefox
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Colloquy

Traditionally, chat clients on the Mac have been anything but glamorous. Colloquy is an advanced IRC, SILC & ICB client which aims to fill this void. By adhering to...

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Qwebirc

qwebirc is a web based AJAX IRC client.

Free Open Source Windows Linux BSD Self-Hosted
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- QwebIRC is a web app, requiring a web server and running server side. While it is great for web site owner and IRC server hosts, it is not a desktop IRC client. Guest • Mar 2016
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
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Convos

Convos is the simplest way to use IRC. It is always online, and accessible to your web browser, both on desktop and mobile.

Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted
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Yaaic

Yaaic (Yet Another Android IRC Client) is a free and open source Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client for Android devices.

Free Open Source Android
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X-Chat 2 for Windows

A freeware build of X-Chat for windows, as opposed to the official 30-day-trial shareware Windows build.

Free Windows
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- Discontinued Author announed EOL on homepage.
jsIRC

jsIRC is written using Socket.IO, node.js, jQuery Title Alert and Sencha ExtJS, relying on string.js, Lo-Dash and PhantomJS. Implemented Features: * Webcam Chat *...

Free Open Source Web Self-Hosted Socket.io Node.JS jQuery
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- Discontinued The official website is no longer accessible and the GitHub repo hasn't been updated since May 17th, 2015.
bIRC

bIRC is a simple, lightweight and flexible IRC-Client written in Bash. bIRC doesn't require an installation and can be launched by executing a single script file....

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WebIRC

WebIRC runs as a server and is always connected to your favorite IRC networks. Seamlessly open the same session from home, work, and your mobile devices to continue...

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