Comparison of IRC clients#nexIRC
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The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of notable IRC client programs which have been discussed in independent, reliable prior published sources.
General
Basic general information about the notableclients: creator/company, license, etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
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Client
! Distribution model |
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{{rh}} | Adium
| Thijs Alkemade | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | GUI | Objective-C and C |
{{rh}} | AmIRC
| Oliver Wagner, Nicolas Sallin, Costel Mincea | {{open source|GNU General Public License}} | GUI | ? |
{{rh}} | Bersirc{{Anchor|Bersirc}}[http://bersirc.org/index.php/about/ Bersirc IRC Client - about Bersirc] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110812090202/http://bersirc.org/index.php/about/ |date=2011-08-12 }}
| Jamie Frater, Nicholas Copeland | {{open source|LGPL}} | GUI |
{{rh}} | BitchX{{Anchor|BitchX}}
| Colten Edwards | {{open source|BSD}} | TUI, GUI | C |
{{rh}} | ChatZilla{{Anchor|ChatZilla}}
| James Ross, Robert Ginda, Samuel Sieb, Gijs Kruitbosch | {{open source|MPL, GPL, LGPL | GUI{{r|group=Note|webbrowser}} | JavaScript, XUL |
{{rh}} | Colloquy{{Anchor|Colloquy}}
| Timothy Hatcher, Kiji Roshi | {{open source|Desktop: GPL | GUI |
{{rh}} | ERC{{Anchor|ERC}}
| Alexander L. Belikoff, Sergey Berezin | {{open source|GPL-3.0-or-later}} | TUI, GUI |
{{rh}} | HexChat{{cite web |url=http://hexchat.net/index.html |title=HexChat website}}
| Berke Viktor | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | TUI, GUI |C |
{{rh}} | Instantbird
| Florian Quèze | {{open source|GPL}} | GUI | C++, JavaScript, CSS, XUL |
{{rh}} | ircII{{Anchor|ircII}}
| Michael Sandrof | {{open source|BSD}} | TUI |C |
{{rh}} | Ircle{{Anchor|Ircle}}
| Onno Tijdgat | Commercial, 30-day trial | {{proprietary}} | GUI |C |
{{rh}} | Irssi{{Anchor|Irssi}}
| {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | TUI |C |
{{rh}} | KVIrc{{Anchor|KVIrc}}
| Szymon Stefanek | {{open source|GPL}} | GUI |C++ |
{{rh}} | Konversation{{Anchor|Konversation}}
| KDE | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | GUI |C++ |
{{rh}} | LeafChat{{Anchor|LeafChat}}{{cite web|url=http://mac.softpedia.com/get/Internet-Utilities/leafChat.shtml |title=Download leafChat Free |publisher=Mac.softpedia.com |date=2010-01-21 |access-date=2012-11-18}}
| Samuel Marshall | {{open source|GPL-3.0-or-later}} | GUI |Java |
{{rh}} | Linkinus{{Anchor|Linkinus}}
| Conceited Software | Commercial, 15-day trial | {{proprietary}} | GUI |
{{rh}} | Mibbit{{Anchor|Mibbit}}
| Jimmy Moore | {{proprietary}} | Web |JavaScript frontend, |
{{rh}} | mIRC{{Anchor|mIRC}}
| Khaled Mardam-Bey | Shareware, 30-day trial {{cite web | url = http://www.mirc.com/register.html | title = mIRC: Register mIRC |access-date=2009-07-14 }} | {{proprietary}} | GUI |C/C++{{cite web |url=http://www.mirc.com/pfaq.html |title = mIRC: Personal FAQ |access-date=2011-04-09}} |
{{rh}} | Nettalk
| Nicolas Kruse | {{open source|Apache-2.0}} | GUI |
{{rh}} | Pidgin
| | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | GUI |C |
{{rh}} | PIRCH{{Anchor|PIRCH}}
| Northwest Computer Services | {{proprietary}} | GUI |
{{rh}} | PJIRC{{Anchor|PJIRC}}
| Philippe Detournay | {{open source|GPL}} | GUI |Java |
{{rh}} | Quassel{{Anchor|Quassel}}
| Manuel Nickschas, Marcus Eggenberger, Alexander von Renteln | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-3.0}} | TUI{{r|group=Note|ncomp}}, GUI{{r|group=Note|cldaemon}} |C++ |
{{rh}} | rcirc{{Anchor|rcirc}}
| Ryan Yeske | {{open source|GPL-3.0-or-later}} | TUI |
{{rh}} | Smuxi{{Anchor|Smuxi}}
| Mirco Bauer | {{open source|GPL-2.0-or-later}} | GUI, TUI, server{{r|group=Note|cldaemon}} |C# |
{{rh}} | Snak{{Anchor|Snak}}
| Kent Sorensen | Commercial | {{proprietary}} | GUI | ? |
{{rh}} | Thunderbird{{Anchor|Thunderbird}}
| {{open source|MPL-2.0}} | GUI | C, C++, JavaScript |
{{rh}} | Visual IRC{{Anchor|Visual IRC}}
| Jesse McGrew | {{open source|GPL}} | GUI |
{{rh}} | WeeChat{{Anchor|WeeChat}}
| Sebastien Helleu | {{open source|GPL-3.0-or-later}} | TUI, GUI{{r|group=Note|dev}} |C |
{{rh}} | XiRCON{{Anchor|XiRCON}}
| Mark Hanson | Freeware | {{proprietary}} | GUI | Borland C++, scripted with Tcl |
Client
! Distribution model |
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Release
A brief overview of the release history.
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! ! colspan="2" | First public release ! colspan="2" | First stable release ! rowspan="2" | Latest stable release |
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! Client ! Date ! Version ! Date ! Version |
{{rh}} | AmIRC
| 1995 | | | | |
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{{rh}} | Bersirc
| 1999 | | | | {{Latest stable software release/Bersirc}} |
{{rh}} | BitchX
| 1996 | | | | {{Latest stable software release/BitchX}} |
{{rh}} | ChatZilla
| 2001 | | | | {{Latest stable software release/ChatZilla}} |
{{rh}} | Colloquy
| 2005 | | | | {{Latest stable software release/Colloquy}} |
{{rh}} | DMDirc
| 2007 | | | | {{Latest stable software release/DMDirc}} |
{{rh}} | ERC
| 1999? | | | | {{Latest stable software release/ERC}} |
{{rh}} | HexChat
| 2009-10-04 | r249 | 2009-10-09 | 2.86.0 | {{Latest stable software release/HexChat}} |
{{rh}} | ircII
| 1989 | 2.0.0 | 1989 | 2.0.0 | {{Latest stable software release/ircII}} |
{{rh}} | Ircle
| 1995 | | | | {{Latest stable software release/Ircle}} |
{{rh}} | Irssi
| 1999 | | | | {{Latest stable software release/Irssi}} |
{{rh}} | KVIrc
| 1998 | 0.6.0 | 1999-12-21 | 1.0.0 | {{Latest stable software release/KVIrc}} |
{{rh}} | Konversation
| 2002 | | | | {{wikidata|property|edit|reference|Q379066|P348|P548=Q2804309}} {{start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|Q379066|P348|P548=Q2804309|P577}}}} |
{{rh}} | LeafChat
| ? |1.0 | | | {{Latest stable software release/LeafChat}} |
{{rh}} | Linkinus
| 2007 | | | | {{Latest stable software release/Linkinus}} |
{{rh}} | Mibbit
| 2008 | | | | web application, no version |
{{rh}} | mIRC
| 1995 | | | | {{Latest stable software release/mIRC}} |
{{rh}} | Nettalk
| 2004 | | | | {{Latest stable software release/Nettalk}} |
{{rh}} | PIRCH
| 1995 | | | | {{Latest stable software release/PIRCH}} |
{{rh}} | PJIRC
| 2002 | | | | {{Latest stable software release/PJIRC}} |
{{rh}} | Quassel
| 2008-08-27 | 0.3.0 | | | {{Latest stable software release/Quassel IRC}} |
{{rh}} | rcirc
| ? | ? | | | {{Latest stable software release/rcirc}} |
{{rh}} | Smuxi
| 2008-07-29 | 0.6 | 2010-09-03 | 0.8 | {{Latest stable software release/Smuxi}} |
{{rh}} | Snak
| 1997 | | | | {{Latest stable software release/Snak}} |
{{rh}} | Visual IRC
| 1995 | | | | {{Latest stable software release/Visual IRC}} |
{{rh}} | WeeChat
| 2003 | | | | {{Latest stable software release/WeeChat}} |
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! rowspan="2" | Client ! Date ! Version ! Date ! Version ! rowspan="2" | Latest stable release |
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! colspan="2" | First public release ! colspan="2" | First stable release |
Operating system support
The operating systems on which the clients can run natively (without emulation).
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Client
! NT 4.0 ! NT 3.x ! 95 ! 3.1x ! ReactOS ! macOS (Intel/PPC) ! OS 9 ! OS 8 ! System 7 (PPC/68k) ! AmigaOS (68k) ! DOS |
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{{rh}} | AmIRC
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Bersirc
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | BitchX
| {{yes}}{{#tag:ref|Requires Cygwin{{cite web |url=http://sourceforge.net/projects/bitchx/files/|title=SourceForge: BitchX files See "INSTALL" included with BitchX |access-date=2009-09-18}}{{cite web |url=http://wiki.flashtux.org/wiki/WeeChat_cygwin |title=WeeChat cygwin |access-date=2009-09-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090912170438/http://wiki.flashtux.org/wiki/WeeChat_cygwin |archive-date=2009-09-12 }}|name=bitchxinstall|group=Note}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | ChatZilla
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Colloquy
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | ERC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}}{{cite web |title=EmacsForDOS |url=https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsForDOS}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | HexChat
| {{yes}} | {{dropped}} (2.9.5) | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | ircII
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | Ircle
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}}Requires OS X v10.4.3 or later | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | Irssi
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | Konversation
| {{partial}} | {{partial}} | {{partial}} | {{no}} | {{partial}} | {{partial}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{partial}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | KVIrc
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | LeafChat
| {{Yes}} | {{Yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{Yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | Linkinus
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | Mibbit
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | mIRC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | Nettalk
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{partial}}{{#tag:ref|Does not support Windows 95 or Windows 98{{cite web |url=http://en.ntalk.de/Nettalk/en/index.php?page=Download |title=Nettalk: Download |access-date=2009-10-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090507061510/http://en.ntalk.de/Nettalk/en/index.php?page=Download |archive-date=2009-05-07 }}|name=nowin95|group=Note}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | PIRCH
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | PJIRC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | Quassel
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | rcirc
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | Smuxi
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | Snak
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | Visual IRC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} class="table-rh" | WeeChat
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{partial}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
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! Client ! Windows 7, Vista ! XP, 2000 ! NT 4.0 ! NT 3.x ! Me, 98 ! 95 ! 3.1x ! ReactOS ! OS X (Intel/PPC) ! OS 9 ! OS 8 ! System 7 (PPC/68k) ! BeOS, Haiku ! OS/2, eCS ! AmigaOS (68k) ! AmigaOS 4, MorphOS (PPC) ! DOS |
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Unix and Unix-like operating systems:
- Unix (BSD): 386BSD, BSD/OS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, SunOS, ULTRIX
- Unix (System V): AIX, A/UX, HP-UX, IRIX, SCO OpenServer, Solaris, UnixWare
- Unix-like: Linux, NeXTSTEP, OpenVMS{{citation needed|reason=when has OpenVMS been a unixlike?|date=April 2016}}, OSF/1, QNX, Tru64 UNIX
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Client
! 386BSD ! BSD/OS (BSD/386, BSDI) ! SunOS ! ULTRIX ! AIX ! A/UX ! HP-UX ! IRIX ! Solaris ! UnixWare ! Linux ! NeXTSTEP ! OpenVMS ! OSF/1 ! QNX |
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{{rh}} | Bersirc
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
{{rh}} | BitchX
| {{dunno}} | {{yes}}{{#tag:ref|BitchX is known to work on BSDI 2.0, 2.1, 3.1, 4.0; FreeBSD 2.x, 3.x, 4.0; NetBSD 3.x, 4.x; SunOS 4.1.4; Ultrix; AIX; HP-UX 9.x, 10.x; IRIX 5.x, 6.x; Solaris 5.x and later; Linux; OSF/1 (DEC Alpha); QNX |name=Unix_operating_system_support_BitchX_A|group=Note}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
{{rh}} | ChatZilla
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}} | Colloquy
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | ERC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}} | HexChat
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}} | ircII
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}} | Ircle
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Irssi
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}} | Konversation
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}} | KVIrc
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
{{rh}} | LeafChat
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Linkinus
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Mibbit
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}} | mIRC
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Nettalk
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | PIRCH
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | PJIRC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}} | Quassel
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
{{rh}} | rcirc
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}} | Smuxi
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
{{rh}} | Snak
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Visual IRC
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | WeeChat
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}}{{#tag:ref|WeeChat tested on FreeBSD 4.11, 5.4, 6.0; NetBSD 2.0, 2.1; OpenBSD 3.6, 3.7, 3.8; Solaris 5.10; QNX 6.3{{cite web |url=http://www.weechat.org/download/ |title=WeeChat: Supported OS |access-date=2009-09-18}}|name=Unix_operating_system_support_WeeChat_A|group=Note}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{partial}}{{#tag:ref|In development|name=Unix_operating_system_support_WeeChat_B|group=Note}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
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! Client ! 386BSD ! BSD/OS (BSD/386, BSDI) ! FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD ! SunOS ! ULTRIX ! AIX ! A/UX ! HP-UX ! IRIX ! SCO OpenServer ! Solaris ! UnixWare ! Linux ! NeXTSTEP ! OpenVMS ! OSF/1 ! QNX ! Tru64 UNIX |
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Protocol support
What IRC related protocols and standards are supported by each client.
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Client
! IPv6 ! SSL ! TLS ! DANE ! OCSP ! CRL ! SASL ! OTR |
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{{rh}} | Bersirc
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | BitchX
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | ChatZilla
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{partial|script}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Colloquy
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}}{{cite web | url=http://colloquy.info/project/ticket/3915 | title=Ticket 3915 requesting OTR support | access-date=2017-03-17 | archive-date=2019-10-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191001025612/http://colloquy.info/project/ticket/3915 | url-status=dead }} |
{{rh}} | ERC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|patch}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | HexChat
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|plugin}} |
{{rh}} | ircII
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Ircle
| {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Irssi
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} {{cite web | url=https://irssi.org/posts/#irssi-1-2-0-otr-migration-path | title=Irssi 1.2.0 OTR Migration Path | access-date=2020-06-22 }} |
{{rh}} | Konversation
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | KVIrc
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Linkinus
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Mibbit
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | mIRC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Nettalk
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | PIRCH
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | PJIRC
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Quassel
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}}{{cite web | url=http://bugs.quassel-irc.org/issues/1418 | title=Issue 1418 requesting OTR support }} |
{{rh}} | rcirc
| {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Smuxi
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}}{{cite web | url=https://smuxi.im/issues/show/651 | title=Issue 651 requesting OTR support }} |
{{rh}} | Snak
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Visual IRC
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | WeeChat
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} {{cite web | url=https://otr.cypherpunks.ca/software.php | title=Cypherpunks - OTR-Enabled Software | access-date=2014-03-16 | url=https://github.com/mmb/weechat-otr | title=GitHub - weechat-otr - WeeChat script for Off-the-Record messaging | website=GitHub | access-date=2014-03-16 }}{{r|group=Note|plugin}} |
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! Client ! IPv6 ! SSL ! TLS ! DANE ! OCSP ! CRL ! SASL ! OTR |
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= Direct Client-to-Client (DCC) support =
The Direct Client-to-Client Protocol (DCC) has been the primary method of establishing connections directly between IRC clients for a long time now. Once established, DCC connections bypass the IRC network and servers, allowing for all sorts of data to be transferred between clients including files and direct chat sessions.
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Client
! CHAT ! SEND ! RESUME ! TSEND ! SEND T ! XMIT ! Server ! RDCC ! REVERSE ! RSEND ! XDCC ! VOICE |
---|
{{rh}} | Bersirc
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
{{rh}} | BitchX
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | ChatZilla
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} {{cite web | url = https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=285630 | title = Mozilla ChatZilla: Bugzilla Bug 285630: chatzilla does not support resume for dcc downloads | date = 2009-02-20 | access-date = 2009-07-14 }} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}}{{r|group=Note|planned}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Colloquy
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
{{rh}} | ERC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
{{rh}} | HexChat
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | ircII
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Ircle
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
{{rh}} | Irssi
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Konversation
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}} | KVIrc
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|Supported_Via_Scripting}} | {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|Supported_Via_Scripting}} | {{yes}}{{#tag:ref|Incompatible with other IRC clients{{cite web|url=http://www.kvirc.net/doc/doc_dcc_connection.html|title= DCC negotiation and connection|access-date=2014-12-16}}|name=voice|group=Note}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Linkinus
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
{{rh}} | Mibbit
| {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
{{rh}} | mIRC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{#tag:ref|Supports the DCC Resume protocol{{cite web|url=http://www.mirc.com/help/dccresum.txt|title= DCC Resume protocol|access-date=2009-07-14}}|name=dcc|group=Note}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{#tag:ref|Supported via a script{{cite web|url=http://www.sysreset.com/|title=SysReset mIRC FileServer|access-date=2009-07-14}}|name=script|group=Note}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|script}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
{{rh}} | Nettalk
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{partial}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | PIRCH
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|dcc}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | PJIRC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Quassel
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | rcirc
| {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Smuxi
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
{{rh}} | Snak
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
{{rh}} | Visual IRC
| {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|dcc}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|voice}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}} | WeeChat
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{No}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Client
! CHAT ! SEND ! RESUME ! TSEND ! SEND T ! XMIT ! Server ! RDCC ! REVERSE ! RSEND ! XDCC ! VOICE |
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}}
= IRCv3 support =
This software is compliant natively; other software may be compliant with extensions.{{cite web | url=https://ircv3.net/software/clients | title=Clients - IRCv3 }}{{cite web | url=https://ircv3.net/software/libraries | title=Libraries - IRCv3 }}
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! Clients | CAP | CAP 302 | Cap-notify | Account-notify | account-tag | Away-notify | batch | Bot Mode | chghost | echo-message | extended-join | Invite-notify | labeled-response | message-tags | Monitor | msgid | multi-prefix | SASL v3.1 | SASL v3.2 | server-time | setname | sts | userhost-in-names | UTF8ONLY | WHOX | +typing | draft/ chathistory | WebIRC | draft/ account-registration | draft/ extended-monitor | draft/ multiline | +draft/ react | +draft/ reply |
BitchX | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Colloquy | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
HexChat | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | 2.16 | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | 2.16 | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | 2.16 | {{no}} | {{yes}} | 2.16 | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Irssi | {{yes}} | Git | Git | Git | {{no}} | Git | {{no}} | {{no}} | Git | {{no}} | Git | Git | {{no}} | Git | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Git | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
KVIrc | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Git | {{no}} | Git | {{no}} | {{no}} | Git | {{no}} | Git | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Git | {{yes}} | {{no}} | Git | {{no}} | {{no}} | Git | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Konversation | {{yes}} | v20.11.80+ | v21.03.80+ | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | v21.03.80+ | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | v21.04.0+ | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Mibbit | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
Mozilla Thunderbird | {{yes}} | 72.0+ | 72.0+ | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | 73.0+ | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | 72.0+ | 60.0+ | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
Quassel IRC | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | 0.14+ | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | 0.14+ (opt in) | {{yes}} | 0.14+ | {{no}} | 0.14+ | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | 0.14+ | 0.14+ | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
WeeChat | {{yes}} | 2.2+ | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | 2.2+ | {{no}} | {{yes}} | 2.2+ | {{no}} | 3.3+ | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | 3.3+ | {{yes}} | 3.3+ | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | 3.3+ | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
mIRC | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | 7.62+ | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | 7.62+ | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
== IRCv3 SASL mechanisms ==
IRC SASL authentication primarily uses the same mechanisms as SASL in other protocols. Most commonly:
- PLAIN as defined by [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc4616#section-2 RFC 4616]
- EXTERNAL as defined by [https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc4422#appendix-A RFC 4422]
- SCRAM-SHA-256 as defined by RFC 7677
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! Client | EXTERNAL | PLAIN | SCRAM-SHA-256 |
BitchX | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
Colloquy | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
HexChat | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
Irssi | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
KVIrc | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
Konversation | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
Mozilla Thunderbird | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
WeeChat | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | 3.2+ |
catgirl | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
mIRC | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | 7.68+ |
pydle(lib.) | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
senpai | {{no}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
zIRC(lib.) | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
Features
Information on what features each of the clients support.
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Client
! UTF-8 |
---|
{{rh}} | Bersirc
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{n/a}} |
{{rh}} | BitchX
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | Enhanced IrcII script |
{{rh}} | ChatZilla
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}} | Colloquy
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|Features_Colloquy_(IRC_client)_A}} | AppleScript, Cocoa, F-Script, JavaScript, Python |
{{rh}} | ERC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|ERC_Proxy_Support}} | {{yes}}{{cite web |title=irc |url=https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/manual/html_node/url/irc.html}} | {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|ERC_Auto_Updates}} |
{{rh}} | HexChat
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |Perl, Python, Tcl, Lua{{r|group=Note|Features_HexChat_A}}, JavaScript, C, C++, and via D-Bus. |
{{rh}} | ircII
| {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|Features_ircII_A}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | IrcII script |
{{rh}} | Ircle
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |
{{rh}} | Irssi
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{no}} | Perl |
{{rh}} | Konversation
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |Shell script, Ruby, Python, Perl, Java, C++, C#, JavaScript{{r|group=Note|Features_Konversation_A}} |
{{rh}} | KVIrc
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | LeafChat
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{n/a}} | {{yes}} | Java |
{{rh}} | Linkinus
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}} | Mibbit
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} | {{n/a}} | {{n/a}} |
{{rh}} | mIRC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}}{{r|group=Note|mIRC_Updates}} |
{{rh}} | Nettalk
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | SOCKS | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | VBScript, custom |
{{rh}} | PIRCH
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{yes}} |
{{rh}} | PJIRC
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | Partial, JavaScript |
{{rh}} | Quassel
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | rcirc
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{no}} |
{{rh}} | Smuxi
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{yes}} (language agnostic) |
{{rh}} | Snak
|{{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} |AppleScript, IrcII script |
{{rh}} | Visual IRC
| {{yes}} | {{no}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | {{dunno}} | Versus |
{{rh}} | WeeChat
| {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{yes}} | {{dunno}} |
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! Client ! Multi-server ! UTF-8 ! Proxy server ! irc:// URI scheme ! Automatic updates ! Scripting language |
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Supports automatic updates via the Emacs package manager
Can be added with [http://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/ErcProxy separate packages].
Automatically updates via the Sparkle framework
Any language which supports DCOP may be used for Konversation scripting. Virtually any language can be made to support Konversation scripting by executing the command line "dcop" program.
Supported as of version 20050921
Since 2.9.5 HexChat is shipped only with Perl and Python.
Only looks for updates, they need to be manually downloaded and installed.
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