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Revision as of 17:25, 30 July 2010

This article is about Internet Relay Chat clients. For a comparison of instant messaging clients, see Comparison of instant messaging clients. For a comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients, see Comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients.

The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of IRC client programs. Please see the individual products articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.

General

Basic general information about the clients: creator/company, license/price etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.

Client Primary developers Cost Software license User interface Programming language Computing platform
AmIRC Oliver Wagner, Jamie van den Berge Commercial Proprietary GUI C m68k, PowerPC
Bersirc Jamie Frater, Nicholas Copeland Free software LGPL GUI C x86
BitchX Colten Edwards Free software BSD License TUI, GUI C x86, x86-64, s390, SPARC, MIPS
ChatZilla Free software MPL/GPL/LGPL
tri-license
GUI  JavaScript, XUL
Colloquy Timothy Hatcher, Kiji Roshi Desktop: Free software,
Mobile: Commercial
Desktop: GPL,
Mobile: BSD License
GUI Objective-C PowerPC, x86 , ARM (Mobile)
Conspire Free software GPL TUI, GUI C x86
ERC Free software GPL TUI Emacs Lisp
EPIC EPIC Software Labs Free software BSD License TUI C x86
HydraIRC Dominic Clifton Freeware Proprietary GUI C++ x86
IceChat Paul Vanderzee Freeware Proprietary GUI Visual Basic x86
ii Nico Golde Free software MIT License filesystem based FIFO C x86
ircII Free software BSD License TUI C x86
IRCjr Michael Brutman Freeware Proprietary TUI C++
Ircle Onno Tijdgat Commercial 30-day trial Proprietary GUI ? PowerPC, x86 
Irssi Timo Sirainen Free software GPL TUI C x86
Konversation Free software GPL GUI C++ PowerPC, x86
KVIrc Szymon Stefanek Free software GPL GUI C++ x86
LimeChat Satoshi Nakagawa Free software GPL GUI RubyCocoa PowerPC, x86
Mibbit Jimmy Moore Textual Adbar Proprietary Web-based JavaScript frontend,
Java backend
N/A
mIRC Khaled Mardam-Bey Commercial, 30-day trial Proprietary GUI C/C++ (originally Borland C++) x86
Nettalk Nicolas Kruse Free software Apache License v2.0 TUI, GUI Visual Basic
Opera Freeware Proprietary GUI  C++
PIRCH Shareware Proprietary GUI ? x86
Quassel IRC Free software GPL GUI C++
ScrollZ Free software BSD License TUI C
Smuxi Mirco Bauer Free software GPL TUIGUI  C# x86, x86-64
Snak Kent Sørensen Commercial Proprietary GUI ? PowerPC, x86 
sushi IRC suite Michael Kuhn, Marian Tietz Free software BSD License TUI, GUI C, Python x86
Visual IRC Free software GPL GUI ? x86
PhibianIRC Peter Santing Free software Proprietary GUI, Telnet Access Delphi 2007 x86
WeeChat Sebastien Helleu Free software GPL TUI, GUI  C x86
XChat Unix/Linux: Free software, Windows: Commercial, 30-day trial GPL TUI, GUI C x86
Client Primary developers Cost Software license User interface Programming language Computing platform
  1. Can be installed as part of a web browser
  2. ^ Distributed as a Universal Binary
  3. Web browser component
  4. Not complete, proof of concept
  5. Separate client and daemon
  6. In development

Release history

A brief overview of the release history.

Client First public release First stable release Latest stable release
Date Version Date Version
0irc January 25, 2000 1.0 build 1 Template:Latest stable software release/0irc
Aki Template:Latest stable software release/Aki
AmIRC 1995 Template:Latest stable software release/AmIRC
Bersirc 1999 2.2.14 (12 August 2005; 19 years ago (2005-08-12)) [±]
BitchX 1996 1.2.1 (November 14, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-11-14)) [±]
bnIRC 2004 Template:Latest stable software release/bnIRC
ccorp-irc 2004 Template:Latest stable software release/ccorp-irc
ChatZilla 2001 0.9.93 (November 8, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-11-08)) [±]
Colloquy 2005 2.4.3 (6011) (March 22, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-03-22)) [±]
Conspire 2007 Template:Latest stable software release/Conspire
Coolsmile 2002 Template:Latest stable software release/Coolsmile
DMDirc 2007 0.7 (January 5, 2013; 12 years ago (2013-01-05)) [±]
dxirc 2008 Template:Latest stable software release/dxirc
EPIC 1994 Template:Latest stable software release/EPIC
HydraIRC 2002 Template:Latest stable software release/HydraIRC
IceChat 2002 9.54 Edit this on Wikidata (1 June 2023; 19 months ago (1 June 2023)) [±]
ii 2006 Template:Latest stable software release/ii
ircII 1990 20240918 (September 18, 2024; 4 months ago (2024-09-18)) [±]
IRCjr 2008 mTCP_2023-03-31 (March 31, 2023; 21 months ago (2023-03-31)) [±]
Ircle 1995 3.5a6 (November 17, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-11-17)) [±]
Irssi 1999 1.4.4 (March 31, 2023; 21 months ago (2023-03-31)) [±]
jini 2002 3.0.0 (October 5, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-10-05)) [±]
Klient 1999 Template:Latest stable software release/Klient
Konversation 2002 Template:Latest stable software release/Konversation
KoolChat Template:Latest stable software release/KoolChat
KoroIRC 2004 Template:Latest stable software release/KoroIRC
KSirc 1997 Template:Latest stable software release/KSirc
KVIrc 1998 5.2.0 (January 14, 2024; 12 months ago (2024-01-14)) [±]
LeetIRC 2006 Template:Latest stable software release/LeetIRC
lightIRC 2008 Template:Latest stable software release/lightIRC
LimeChat 2007 Template:Latest stable software release/LimeChat
Linkinus 2007 2.4.3 (August 23, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-08-23)) [±]
Mibbit 2008 web application, no version
mIRC 1995 7.78 (6 November 2024; 2 months ago (2024-11-06)) [±]
mzirc 2006 Template:Latest stable software release/mzirc
Neebly December 13, 2008 1.0.1 Template:Latest stable software release/Neebly
Nettalk 2004 6.7.16 (October 30, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-10-30)) [±]
nexIRC 2004 Template:Latest stable software release/nexIRC
Opera 1996 100.0.4815.21 (June 20, 2023; 19 months ago (2023-06-20))


Orion (IRC client) 1.0 Template:Latest stable software release/Orion (IRC client)
OrnateIRC 2001 Template:Latest stable software release/OrnateIRC
PhibianIRC 2005 Template:Latest stable software release/PhibianIRC
PIRCH 1995 1.0.1.1190 (January 1, 2001; 24 years ago (2001-01-01)) [±]
PJIRC 2002 2.2.1 (November 29, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-11-29)) [±]
Quassel IRC 2008 0.14.0 (January 1, 2022; 3 years ago (2022-01-01)) [±]
rxIRC February 14, 1991 Template:Latest stable software release/rxIRC
savIRC 2001 Template:Latest stable software release/savIRC
ScrollZ 1994 Template:Latest stable software release/ScrollZ
ShadowIRC 1996 Template:Latest stable software release/ShadowIRC
Smuxi 2008 1.2.1 (April 23, 2023; 20 months ago (2023-04-23)) [±]
Snak 1997 5.3.4 (March 11, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-03-11)) [±]
sushi IRC suite September 30, 2008 1.0-alpha1 April 26, 2009 1.0.0 Template:Latest stable software release/sushi IRC suite
TurboIRC 1998 Template:Latest stable software release/TurboIRC
Visual IRC 1995 2.0pl2 (December 30, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-12-30)) [±]
Vortec IRC 2001 Template:Latest stable software release/Vortec IRC
WeeChat 2003 4.4.0 (August 17, 2024; 5 months ago (2024-08-17)) [±]
WookieChat 2004 Template:Latest stable software release/WookieChat
XChat 1998 Template:Latest stable software release/XChat
XiRCON 1996 1.0B4 (August 10, 1997; 27 years ago (1997-08-10)) [±]
Client Date Version Date Version Latest stable release
First public release First stable release

Operating system support

The operating systems on which the clients can run natively (without emulation).

Client Windows 7, Vista XP, 2000 NT 4.0 NT 3.x Me, 98 95 3.1x ReactOS Mac OS X (Intel/PPC) OS 9 OS 8 System 7 (PPC/68k) BeOS, Haiku OS/2, eCS AmigaOS (68k) AmigaOS 4, MorphOS (PPC) DOS Other
0irc Yes Yes ? No ? ? No ? No No No No No No No No No
Aki Yes Yes No No No No No ? Partial No No No No No No No No
AmIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No
Bersirc Yes Yes ? No ? ? No ? ? No No No No No No No No
BitchX Yes  Yes  Yes  No Yes  Yes  No ? Yes No No No ? Yes  No Yes No
bnIRC Yes  Yes  Yes  No Yes  Yes  No ? Yes No No No ? No No No No Palm OS
ccorp-irc No No No No No No No ? Yes ? ? No ? No No No No
ChatZilla Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes No
Colloquy No No No No No No No No Yes  No No No No No No No No
Conspire Partial  Partial  ? No ? ? No ? Yes No No No No No No No No
Coolsmile Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
DMDirc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
dxirc Yes Yes ? No ? ? No Yes Yes No No No ? Yes ? Yes No
EPIC Yes  Yes  Yes  No Yes  Yes  No ? Yes No No No ? ? ? ? No
HydraIRC Yes Yes Yes No Yes ? No ? No No No No No No No No No
IceChat Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No ? No No No No No No No No No
ii ? ? ? No ? ? No ? Yes No No No ? No No No No
ircII Yes  Yes  Yes  No Yes  Yes  No ? Yes No No No No No No ? No
IRCjr No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes
Ircle No No No No No No No No Yes  Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
Irssi Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No ? Yes No No No Yes Yes ? Yes No
jini Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Klient Yes Yes  Yes  No Yes  Yes  No ? No No No No No No No No No
Konversation Partial Partial Partial No Partial Partial No ? Partial No No No No No No No No
KoolChat Yes Yes ? No ? ? No ? No No No No No No No No No
KoroIRC Yes Yes Yes   No Yes  No No ? No No No No No No No No No
KSirc No No No No No No No No ? No No No No No No No No
KVIrc Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No ? Yes No No No No No No No No
LeetIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes
lightIRC Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No
LimeChat No No No No No No No No Yes   No No No No No No No No
Linkinus No No No No No No No No Yes  No No No No No No No No
Mibbit Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
mIRC Yes Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Partial ? No No No No No No No No No
mzirc Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes ? No No No No No No No No No
Neebly Yes Yes  No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Nettalk Yes Yes ? No Partial  No  No ? No No No No No No No No No
nexIRC Yes Yes No No No No No ? No No No No No No No No No
Opera Yes Yes Dropped (10.10) No Yes Yes Dropped No Yes Dropped Dropped No Dropped Dropped No No No
Orion (IRC client) Yes Yes No No No No No ? No No No No No No No No No
OrnateIRC ? Yes ? No ? ? No ? No No No No No No No No No
PhibianIRC Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No ? No No No No No No No No No
PIRCH Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? No No No No No No No No No
PJIRC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No No No
Quassel IRC Yes Yes ? No ? No No ? Yes No No No No No No No No
rxIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No VM/CMS
savIRC Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? No
ScrollZ Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No ? Yes No No No ? ? ? ? No
ShadowIRC No No No No No No No No ? Yes Yes ? No No No No No
Smuxi Yes Yes ? No ? ? No ? Yes No No No No No No No No
Snak No No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes ? No No No No No
sushi IRC suite No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
TurboIRC Yes Yes ? No ? ? No ? No No No No No No No No No
Visual IRC Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No ? No No No No No No No No No
Vortec IRC Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No ? No No No No No No No No No
WeeChat Partial   Partial   Partial   No Partial   Partial   No ? Yes No No No Partial No No No No
WookieChat No No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No
x3irc Yes Yes ? No ? ? No ? No No No No No No No No No
XChat Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes No ? Yes No No No ? ? No No No
XiRCON ? Yes Yes No Yes Yes No ? No No No No No No No No No
Client Windows 7, Vista XP, 2000 NT 4.0 NT 3.x Me, 98 95 3.1x ReactOS Mac OS X (Intel/PPC) OS 9 OS 8 System 7 (PPC/68k) BeOS, Haiku OS/2, eCS AmigaOS (68k) AmigaOS 4, MorphOS (PPC) DOS Other
  1. ^ Requires Cygwin
  2. Requires EMX
  3. ^ Requires Mac OS X v10.4 or later
  4. ^ In development
  5. ^ Requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or later for Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME, NT4, and 2000
  6. ^ Requires comctl32.dll version 5.80 or later for Windows 98 and NT 4.0
  7. Requires Service Pack 6 and Internet Explorer 4.0 or later for Windows NT 4.0
  8. Requires RubyCocoa 1.0.0 or later
  9. Does not support Windows 95 or Windows 98

Unix and Unix-like operating systems:

Client 386BSD BSD/OS (BSD/386, BSDI) FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD SunOS ULTRIX AIX A/UX HP-UX IRIX SCO UNIX Solaris UnixWare Linux NeXTSTEP OpenVMS OSF/1 QNX Tru64 UNIX
0irc No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Aki ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
AmIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Bersirc ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? No ? ? ?
BitchX ? Yes  Yes  Yes  Yes  Yes  ? Yes  Yes  ? Yes  ? Yes  ? ? Yes  Yes  ?
bnIRC ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
ccorp-irc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
ChatZilla ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes
Colloquy No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Conspire ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Coolsmile ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes
DMDirc ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes
dxirc ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes
EPIC ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes Yes Yes
HydraIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
IceChat No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
ii ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes
ircII Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
IRCjr No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Ircle No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Irssi Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
jini ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes
Klient No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Konversation ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes
KoolChat No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
KoroIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
KSirc ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? No ? ? ?
KVIrc ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
LeetIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
lightIRC ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes
LimeChat No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Linkinus No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Mibbit ? ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? Yes
mIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
mzirc No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Neebly No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Nettalk No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
nexIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Opera No No Yes No No No No No No No Yes No Yes No No No Dropped No
Orion (IRC client) No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
OrnateIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
PhibianIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
PIRCH No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
PJIRC ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes
Quassel IRC ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
rxIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
savIRC ? ? Yes ? ? Yes ? Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes
ScrollZ Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
ShadowIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Smuxi ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Snak No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
sushi IRC suite ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
TurboIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Visual IRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Vortec IRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
WeeChat ? ? Yes  ? ? ? ? Yes Partial  ? Yes  ? Yes ? ? ? Yes  ?
WookieChat No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
x3irc No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
XChat ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? Yes  Yes ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes
XiRCON No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Client 386BSD BSD/OS (BSD/386, BSDI) FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD SunOS ULTRIX AIX A/UX HP-UX IRIX SCO UNIX Solaris UnixWare Linux NeXTSTEP OpenVMS OSF/1 QNX Tru64 UNIX
  1. ^ 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
  2. ^ 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
  3. In development
  4. XChat tested on HP-UX 10.20 and 11

mIRC will run on *NIX systems under WINE — Confirmed

Protocol support

What IRC related protocols and standards are supported by each client.

Client CTCP DCC IPv6 SSL TLS OCSP CRL
0irc Yes Yes No No No No No
Aki Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ?
AmIRC ? Yes No No ? ? ?
Bersirc ? Partial No No ? ? ?
BitchX Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
bnIRC Yes Yes Yes No ? ? ?
ccorp-irc Partial No No No ? ? ?
ChatZilla Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Colloquy Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Conspire Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Coolsmile ? No Yes Yes ? ? ?
DMDirc Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
dxirc Yes No No Yes ? ? ?
EPIC Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
HydraIRC ? Yes Partial  No  ? ? ?
IceChat Yes Yes Yes  Yes  No No No
ii ? No No No ? ? ?
ircII Yes Yes Yes No ? ? ?
IRCjr ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Ircle Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ?
Irssi Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
jini Partial ? No No ? ? ?
Klient Yes Yes No Yes  ? ? ?
Konversation Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
KoolChat Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ?
KoroIRC ? Yes Yes No ? ? ?
KSirc Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
KVIrc Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ?
LeetIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
lightIRC Yes No ? No No No No
LimeChat ? Yes Yes No ? ? ?
Linkinus Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ?
Mibbit ? Partial   No Yes ? ? ?
mIRC Yes Yes Partial  Partial   ? ? ?
mzirc Yes Yes No No No No No
Neebly Yes Yes No No ? ? ?
Nettalk Yes Yes No No ? ? ?
nexIRC ? Yes No No ? ? ?
Opera Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Orion (IRC client) Yes Yes Yes No No No No
OrnateIRC ? Yes No Partial  ? ? ?
PhibianIRC Yes Yes No Yes ? ? ?
PIRCH Yes Yes No No ? ? ?
PJIRC ? Partial  ? Yes  ? ? ?
Quassel IRC ? No Yes Yes ? ? ?
rxIRC Yes No No No No No No
savIRC ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
ScrollZ ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
ShadowIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Smuxi Yes No No No ? ? ?
Snak ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
sushi IRC suite Yes Partial Yes Yes ? ? ?
TurboIRC ? Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
Visual IRC Yes Yes No No ? ? ?
Vortec IRC Yes Yes No Yes  ? ? ?
WeeChat Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ?
WookieChat Yes Yes No No ? ? ?
x3irc Yes Yes No Yes No No No
XChat Yes Yes Partial  Yes ? ? ?
XiRCON Yes Yes No No ? ? ?
Client CTCP DCC IPv6 SSL TLS OCSP CRL
  1. Marked as completed, but not included yet
  2. ^ Supported via a external tunnel program
  3. ^ Supported via a plugin
  4. Can not send files, can only receive files up to 2MB
  5. ^ DCC is not always successful at this stage
  6. ^ Wrapper library available Cite error: The named reference "wrapper" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  7. Partial OpenSSL support

Direct Client-to-Client (DCC) support

Client CHAT Whiteboard SEND RESUME TSEND SEND T XMIT Passive DCC Server RDCC REVERSE RSEND Reverse / Firewall DCC File servers (FSERVs) XDCC
0irc No No Yes No Yes No No No No No No No No No No
Aki ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
AmIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Bersirc ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
BitchX Yes No Yes Green tickY Green tickY Green tickY ? No No ? ? ? ? ? Yes
bnIRC Yes No Yes No ? ? No No No No No No No No No
ccorp-irc No No No No ? ? No No No No No No No No No
ChatZilla Yes No Yes No ? ? No No  No No No No No No ?
Colloquy Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? Yes
Conspire Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ? Yes ? ? ? Yes
Coolsmile ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
DMDirc Yes No Yes Yes ? ? No Yes No No No No Yes No No
dxirc ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? No
EPIC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes
HydraIRC Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
IceChat Yes No Yes ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
ii ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
ircII ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
IRCjr ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Ircle ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Irssi Yes ? Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
jini ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No
Klient Yes No Yes Yes ? ? No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No
Konversation Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? Yes ? ?
KoolChat Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KoroIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ?
KSirc ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
KVIrc ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes No ? ? Yes Yes ? ?
LeetIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
lightIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
LimeChat ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Linkinus ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Mibbit ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
mIRC Yes ? Yes Yes  ? ? ? Yes Yes Yes  ? ? Yes Yes Yes 
mzirc Yes No Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes No No No No No No
Neebly ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Nettalk Yes No Yes Yes No No No No Partial No No No No ? ?
nexIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Opera No ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Orion (IRC client) Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
OrnateIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
PhibianIRC Yes No Yes Yes ? ? No Yes Yes No No No Yes Partial Yes
PIRCH Yes No Yes Yes  ? ? No No No No No No No No No
PJIRC Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Quassel IRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
rxIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
savIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ?
ScrollZ ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
ShadowIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Smuxi ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Snak ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
sushi IRC suite No No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No
TurboIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ?
Visual IRC ? Yes ? Yes  ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? Yes ? ?
Vortec IRC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Partial  Partial  ? ? ? ? Yes ?
WeeChat Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? Yes
WookieChat Yes No Yes Yes ? ? No No No No No No No No No
x3irc ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
XChat Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes ? Yes 
XiRCON Yes No Yes Yes Yes ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ?
Client CHAT Whiteboard SEND RESUME TSEND SEND T XMIT Passive DCC Server RDCC REVERSE RSEND Reverse / Firewall DCC File servers (FSERVs) XDCC
  1. Planned for a later version
  2. ^ Supports the DCC Resume protocol
  3. ^ Supported via a script
  4. ^ Marked as completed, but not included yet
  5. Supported via scripts and plugins

Features

Information on what features each of the clients support.

Client Multi-server UTF-8 Proxy server irc:// URI scheme Automatic updates Scripting language Smooth scrolling
0irc Yes Yes No No No
Aki Yes Yes ? ? ?
AmIRC No No ? ? ? ARexx
Bersirc Yes No ? ? ?
BitchX Yes No ? ? ? Enhanced IrcII script
bnIRC No Yes  ? No No Python
ccorp-irc No No ? No No
ChatZilla Yes Yes ? Yes Yes JavaScript
Colloquy Yes Yes ? Yes Yes  AppleScript, Cocoa, F-Script, JavaScript, Python
Conspire Yes Yes ? ? ? C
Coolsmile No Yes ? ? ?
DMDirc Yes Partial ? Yes Yes Custom "Actions" system, Java plugins
dxirc Yes Yes ? ? No
EPIC Yes No ? ? ? Enhanced IrcII script, Perl, Ruby, Tcl
HydraIRC Yes No  ? ? ? C++
IceChat Yes No ? Yes No VBScript (version 5), mIRC script clone (version 7)
ii Yes Yes ? ? ? language agnostic (anything that can handle IO operations)
ircII Yes Yes  ? ? ? IrcII script
IRCjr ? ? ? ? ?
Ircle Yes No ? ? ? AppleScript
Irssi Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Perl
jini No No ? No No
Klient Yes No ? ? ? VBScript, JScript, Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP {r|group=Note|active}}
Konversation Yes Yes ? Yes ? Shell script, Ruby, Python, Perl, Java, C++, C#, JavaScript 
KoolChat ? ? ? ? ? ?
KoroIRC Yes Yes ? ? ? — 
KSirc Yes Yes ? ? ? Perl
KVIrc Yes Yes ? Yes ? KVIrc script, Perl
LeetIRC ? ? ? ? ?
lightIRC No No Yes No No
LimeChat Yes Yes ? ? ?
Linkinus Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AppleScript, Cocoa API
Mibbit Yes Yes ? Yes
mIRC Yes Yes ? Yes Yes mIRC script
mzirc Yes Yes SOCKS No No Pascal Script
Neebly No No ? ? ?
Nettalk Yes Yes SOCKS Yes Yes VBScript, Custom
nexIRC Yes No ? ? ? VBScript, Custom
Opera Yes Yes ? Yes Yes
Orion (IRC client) Yes No No No No Partial
OrnateIRC Yes No ? ? ? Pascal Script, Own Language (OSL)
PhibianIRC Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Pascal Script, PSI Yes /option usesmoothscrolling on
Pidgin Yes Yes Yes Yes ? ? Yes
PIRCH Yes No ? ? No Yes
PJIRC Yes Yes ? ? ? JavaScript
Quassel IRC Yes Yes ? Yes ?
rxIRC No No No No No REXX
savIRC Yes Yes ? ? ? Tcl/Tk
ScrollZ Yes Yes ? ? ? Enhanced IrcII script
ShadowIRC ? ? ? ? ? ?
Smuxi Yes Yes ? ? ?
Snak Yes Yes ? ? ? AppleScript, IrcII script
sushi IRC suite Yes Yes No Partial  No Python
TurboIRC Yes Yes ? ? ? Own language, VBScript, JScript 
Visual IRC Yes No ? ? ? Versus
Vortec IRC Yes No No Yes Yes Pascal Script, Custom
WeeChat Yes Yes ? ? ? C, Perl, Python, Ruby, Lua, Tcl
WookieChat No Yes ? No No Yes
x3irc Yes Yes Yes No Yes Own language
XChat Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Perl, Python, Tcl, Ruby, C++, ECMAScript, Scheme (Guile
XiRCON Yes Partial  SOCKS No No Tcl
Client Multi-server UTF-8 Proxy server irc:// URI scheme Automatic updates Scripting language
  1. When compiled with ncursesw (ncurses with wide-character support)
  2. Automatically updates via the Sparkle framework
  3. ^ Planned for a later version
  4. Supported as of version 20050921
  5. 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.
  6. Not complete, proof of concept
  7. Uses the Windows Active Scripting technology and supports any scripting language with the appropriate interface
  8. Supported via a plugin
  9. Tcl supports wide characters, but the client area of XiRCON can not display non Windows-1252 characters

See also

References

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  2. Sallin, Nicolas. "AmIRC". www.biclodon.com. Retrieved March 24, 2010.
  3. "mIRC: Register mIRC". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  4. "Khaled's Nutshell: Frequently Asked Questions". Archived from the original on 2008-02-13. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  5. "ChatZilla :: Versions :: Add-ons for Firefox". Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  6. Mc Cormack, Shane (January 25, 2013). "DMDirc 0.7". Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  7. https://github.com/icechat/IceChat/releases/tag/9.54F. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
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  9. "Irssi 1.4.4 Released". 31 March 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  10. "Releases". Retrieved 12 June 2017.
  11. "2024-01-14: KVIrc 5.2.0 "Quasar" Released". Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  12. "Release Notes – Linkinus". Conceited Software. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  13. "mIRC: Latest News". mirc.com. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
  14. "Nettalk - www.ntalk.de - IRC-Client". Retrieved 2013-03-23.
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  18. "Snak - IRC for Mac". Retrieved 2012-03-11.
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  23. ^ "LimeChat". Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  24. "Conspire IRC Client: CompileWin32". Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  25. ^ "WeeChat: Supported OS". Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  26. "Klient: System Requirements". Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  27. ^ "KoroIRC: Requirements". Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  28. Requires Mac OS X v10.4.3 or later
  29. Requires Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later
  30. "Nettalk: Download". Retrieved 2009-10-09.
  31. "ReactOS compatibility database: Opera". Retrieved 2010-01-05.
  32. "X-Chat README". Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  33. "mircv6: IPv6 support for mIRC". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  34. "Using SSL with mIRC". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  35. "mIRC SSL How-to". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  36. Requires the OpenSSL library
  37. "mircv6: IPv6 support for mIRC". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  38. "Changelog for Opera 9.0 for Windows". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  39. "Mozilla ChatZilla: Bugzilla Bug 285630: chatzilla does not support resume for dcc downloads". 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  40. "DCC Resume protocol". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  41. "SysReset mIRC FileServer". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  42. "XChat: Scripts + Plugins". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
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