User:Tothwolf/List of Internet Relay Chat clients

{{userspace draft|date=April 2012}}

This is a list of clients on various platforms for Internet Relay Chat (IRC), a form of real-time Internet chat:

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Graphical

=Multi-platform=

=[[Microsoft Windows|Windows]]=

=[[Unix]]/[[Linux]]=

=[[Mac OS]]=

=[[DOS]]=

=[[AmigaOS]]=

  • AmIRC
  • WookieChat [http://www.morphzone.org/modules/newbb_plus/viewtopic.php?topic_id=4593&forum=9]

=[[MenuetOS]]=

=[[OS/2]]=

  • CBIRC [http://www.cbirc.com/]
  • EZIRC [http://www.os2ss.com/select/internet/chat/ezirc.html]
  • GTIRC
  • IRC/2 [http://www.visualirc.net/] (visualirc?)
  • Openchat/2

=[[BeOS]]=

  • BarDark [http://207.16.16.37/Bardak/]
  • Baxter [http://www.abisoft.com/Baxter/screenshots.html]
  • BIRCH [http://www.bebits.com/app/1139]
  • Bowser [http://bowser.sourceforge.net]
  • Felix
  • Vision
  • LnIRC [http://www.braprogram.com/LnIRC/]

=[[RISC OS]]=

  • [http://www.armware.dk/files/lirc/ LIRC]
  • [http://jymbob.drobe.co.uk/cretin.html Cretin]
  • IRClient

Text only

=[[Unix]]/[[Linux]]=

==[[Emacs]]==

  • Circe [http://www.nongnu.org/circe/]
  • ERC [http://delysid.org/emacs/erc.html]
  • RIRC (minimalist IRC client)
  • Rocker's Client [http://www.lemis.com/~grog/programs/emacs/site-lisp/irc-alf-msa17.el] (the first irc.el)
  • ZenIRC [http://www.zenirc.org/]

=[[DOS]]=

  • leetIRC [http://www.rubbermallet.org/mysoftware.html] (Home page: http://www.rubbermallet.org/mysoftware.html ) is a new IRC client written by Mike Chambers for DOS-based PC's, and despite being written in QuickBASIC, is the most full-featured DOS client available. Supports features such as file logging, mIRC-compatible color and bold decoding, full support for DCC file receive, drop down menus, dialog boxes, server directory list, among other things.
  • ircabi
  • jpirc [http://browser.arachne.cz/dos/text_index.shtml]
  • localhost telnet [http://linuxmafia.com/pub/linux/suse-linux-internals/chapter12.html]
  • trumpet (actually called 'IRC', not trumpet)
  • toffee
  • merit
  • pcIRC

=[[OpenVMS]]=

Web based

Mobile devices

=[[Windows Mobile]]/[[Windows CE]]=

  • SmartSoft PocketChat [http://www.sspocketchat.com/] (discontinued since January 2003)
  • Pocket IRC [http://www.pocketirc.com/]
  • zsIRC [http://umlaut.intro.hu/~gargaj/zsirc/] (free)
  • SmartIrc.net [http://kny.iki.fi/smartirc/] (free)
  • ProChat [http://www.proporta.com/F02/PPF02P05.php?t_id=391&t_mode=des]
  • IrcCE [http://www.movsoftware.com/products/ircce/ircce.htm]
  • wmIRC [http://wmirc.com/]
  • QuackenChat [http://www.yetanotherhomepage.com/j7xx/j7xx.html?/j7xx/software/comms/quackenchat.html] (free)
  • Splatter IRC [http://fluffy.4ss.net/] (free)
  • MyPIRC [http://mypirc.sourceforge.net] (free)
  • Bsquare BMobile Chat [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=Bsquare+bmobile+chat] (SH3/MIPS builds only. no longer sold)
  • ChatJamCE [http://www.geocities.jp/okayanstudio/][http://koubou.com/IRC/?ChatJamCE] (Japanese only)
  • IrCE [http://www003.upp.so-net.ne.jp/lin/wce/irce/index.html] (Japanese only)
  • PalmIRC [http://www.pocketpccity.com/software/pocketpc/PalmIRC-1998-11-05-ce-ppc.html] Direct Download[http://www.windowsmobiletoday.com/software/files/palmirc1.zip] (MIPS only but includes source so it can easily be recompiled for other processors)
  • Glam IRC [http://pocketgear.com/software_detail.asp?id=24136]

=[[Palm OS]]=

  • upIRC [http://www.smittyware.com/palm/upirc/]

=Java [[MIDlet]]=

  • jmIrc [http://jmirc.sourceforge.net/]
  • mobilirc [http://mobilirc.sourceforge.net/]
  • Qirc [http://linuxprogs.iwarp.com/en/index_en.htm]
  • Virca [http://www.vidarholen.net/contents/virca/]
  • WLIrc [http://wirelessirc.sourceforge.net/]

=[[PlayStation Portable]]=

=[[Nintendo DS]]=

  • IRCDS [http://celebris.net/~freemaan/]
  • DSOrganize [http://www.dragonminded.com/?loc=ndsdev/DSOrganize]
  • SylphIRC [http://www.sylphds.net/ev2/contentview.php?id=400]
  • TinyIRC (through DSLinux) [http://www.tinyirc.net]

Scripts

See also