Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients
The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of IRC client programs. Please see the individual products pages for more information. This page is does not include everything and may not be current.
General[change | change source]
Basic general information about the clients: creator/company, license/price etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
- ^ Can be installed as part of a web browser
- a b c d e Distributed as a Universal Binary
- ^ Web browser component
- a b c Separate client and daemon
- ^ Not complete, proof of concept
- ^ In development
Release history[change | change source]
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 | 1.4.53 (April 3, 2007[±] | )||
Aki | 0.0.3 (November 4, 2009[3]) [±] | ||||
AmIRC | 1995 | 3.6.2 (December 24, 2015[4]) [±] | |||
Bersirc | 1999 | 2.2.14 (August 12, 2005[±] | )|||
BitchX | 1996 | 1.2-final (January 1, 2013[±] | )|||
bnIRC | 2004 | 1.1.2 (May 31, 2009[±] | )|||
ccorp-irc | 2004 | 1.0 (January 27, 2004[±] | )|||
ChatZilla | 2001 | 0.9.90.1 (July 7, 2013[±] | )|||
ClicksAndWhistles | February 14, 2008 | 1.0 | February 14, 2008 | 1.0 | 2.7.154 (January 24, 2012[±] | )
Colloquy | 2005 | 2.4.3 (6011) (March 22, 2014[±] | )|||
Conspire | 2007 | 1.0.0 (October 8, 2009[±] | )|||
Coolsmile | 2002 | 20120410 beta (April 15, 2012[±] | )|||
DMDirc | 2007 | 0.7 (January 5, 2013[5]) [±] | |||
dxirc | 2008 | 1.00.0 (December 24, 2011[±] | )|||
EPIC | 1994 | 5-1.1.4 (August 4, 2012[±] | )|||
HydraIRC | 2002 | 0.3.165 (December 12, 2008[±] | )|||
IceChat | 2002 | 9.21 (January 27, 2018[±] | )|||
ii | 2006 | 1.6 (January 31, 2011[6]) [±] | |||
ircII | 1990 | 20111115 (November 15, 2011[±] | )|||
IRCjr | 2008 | mTCP_2013-04-26 (April 26, 2013[7]) [±] | |||
Ircle | 1995 | 3.5a6 (November 17, 2007[±] | )|||
Irssi | 1999 | 0.8.15 (April 3, 2010[±] | )|||
jini | 2002 | 2.2.0 (May 6, 2013[±] | )|||
Klient | 1999 | 2.2.3 (January 3, 2009[±] | )|||
Konversation | 2002 | 1.6.2 (4 August 2016[8]) [±] | |||
KoolChat | 2.3 (February 24, 2009[9]) [±] | ||||
KoroIRC | 2004 | 0.3 (February 8, 2008[±] | )|||
KSirc | 1997 | 1.3.12 (August 26, 2008[±] | )|||
KVIrc | 1998 | 4.2.0 (July 3, 2012[10]) [±] | |||
LeetIRC | 2006 | 1.1 (March 18, 2008[11]) [±] | |||
lightIRC | 2008 | 0.9.9 (April 1, 2010[±] | )|||
LimeChat | 2007 | Mac OS X Mountain Lion / Lion 2.32 (July 30, 2012[±] )Mac OS X Snow Leopard | |||
Linkinus | 2007 | 2.4 (August 23, 2011[12]) [±] | |||
Mibbit | 2008 | web application, no version | |||
mIRC | 1995 | 7.32 (May 23, 2013[13]) [±] | |||
mzirc | 2006 | 09.02 (February 7, 2009[±] | )|||
Neebly | December 13, 2008 | 1.0.1 | 1.0.4 (February 28, 2009[14]) [±] | ||
Nettalk | 2004 | 6.7.16 (October 30, 2012[15]) [±] | |||
nexIRC | 2004 | 2.26 (February 27, 2007[16]) [±] | |||
Opera | 1996 | 60.0.3255.109 (May 23, 2019[±] | )|||
Orion (IRC client) | 1.0 | 1.8 (August 27, 2006[±] | )|||
OrnateIRC | 2001 | 1.60 (May 18, 2003[±] | )|||
PhibianIRC | 2005 | 1.7.7b2 (2009) [±] | |||
PIRCH | 1995 | 1.0.1.1190 (December 31, 2000[±] | )|||
PJIRC | 2002 | 2.2.1 (November 29, 2004[±] | )|||
Quassel IRC | 2008 | 0.12.4 (May 17, 2016[±] | )|||
rxIRC | February 14, 1991 | 2.1 (November 17, 1994[17]) [±] | |||
savIRC | 2001 | 2.1.0 (March 13, 2007[±] | )|||
ScrollZ | 1994 | 2.2.2 (April 30, 2012[±] | )|||
ShadowIRC | 1996 | 1.1 (November 20, 2001[±] | )|||
Smuxi | 2008 | 0.8.11 (May 22, 2013[±] | )|||
Snak | 1997 | 5.3.4 (March 11, 2012[18]) [±] | |||
sushi IRC suite | September 30, 2008 | 1.0-alpha1 | April 26, 2009 | 1.0.0 | 1.2.1 (August 7, 2010[±] | )
ThrashIRC | 2003 | 2.4 (October 16, 2010[±] | )|||
TurboIRC | 1998 | 7.85 (April 29, 2009[±] | )|||
Visual IRC | 1995 | 2.0pl2 (200/187) (July 15, 2007[±] | )|||
Vortec IRC | 2001 | 1.0.2 (September 27, 2009[±] | )|||
WeeChat | 2003 | 0.3.8 (June 3, 2012[19]) [±] | |||
WookieChat | 2004 | 2.11 (February 1, 2009[±] | )|||
XChat | 1998 | 2.8.8 (source) (May 30, 2010[±] 2.8.9 (windows) (August 28, 2010 ) [±] | ) |||
XiRCON | 1996 | 1.0B4 (August 10, 1997[±] | )|||
Client | Date | Version | Date | Version | Latest stable release |
First public release | First stable release |
Operating system support[change | change source]
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 | Yes | 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 | ? | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | |
ChatZilla | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | |
ClicksAndWhistles | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | 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 | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Dropped | No[20] | 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 | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
rxIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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 | |
ThrashIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | 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 | 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 |
- a b c d e Requires Cygwin[21][22]
- ^ Requires EMX[21]
- a b c Requires Mac OS X v10.4 or later[23]
- a b In development[24][25]
- ^ Requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or later for Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME, NT4, and 2000[26]
- a b Requires comctl32.dll version 5.80 or later for Windows 98 and NT 4.0[27]
- ^ Requires Service Pack 6 and Internet Explorer 4.0 or later for Windows NT 4.0[27]
- ^ Requires RubyCocoa 1.0.0 or later[23]
- ^ Requires Mac OS X v10.4.3 or later
- ^ Requires Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later
- ^ Does not support Windows 95 or Windows 98[28]
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 UNIX, Solaris, UnixWare
- Unix-like: Linux, NeXTSTEP, OpenVMS, OSF/1, QNX, Tru64 UNIX
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 |
ClicksAndWhistles | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ThrashIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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 |
- ^ 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[21]
- ^ 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[25]
- ^ In development[25]
- ^ XChat tested on HP-UX 10.20 and 11[29]
mIRC will run on *NIX systems under WINE - Confirmed
Protocol support[change | change source]
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 | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No |
Bersirc | ? | Partial | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
BitchX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
bnIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
ccorp-irc | Partial | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
ChatZilla | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
ClicksAndWhistles | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
Colloquy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Conspire | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
Coolsmile | ? | No | Yes | No † | ? | ? | ? |
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 | ? | ? | ? |
KVIrc | 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[30] | 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 | No | ? | ? | ? |
ThrashIRC | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
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 | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
XiRCON | ? | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
Client | CTCP | DCC | IPv6 | SSL | TLS | OCSP | CRL |
- a b Planned for a later version
- ^ Marked as completed, but not included yet
- a b c d Supported via a plugin
- a Supported via an external tunnel program
- ^ Can not send files, can only receive files up to 2MB
- a b DCC is not always successful at this stage
- a b Wrapper library available[31]
- ^ Requires the OpenSSL library[32][33]
- ^ Partial OpenSSL support
Direct Client-to-Client (DCC) support[change | change source]
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 | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Bersirc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
BitchX | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | 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[34] | ? | ? | No | No † | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
ClicksAndWhistles | Yes | No | Yes | 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 | 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 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 |
ThrashIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Client | CHAT | Whiteboard | SEND | RESUME | TSEND | SEND T | XMIT | Passive DCC | Server | RDCC | REVERSE | RSEND | Reverse / Firewall DCC | File servers (FSERVs) | XDCC |
- a Planned for a later version
- a b c Supports the DCC Resume protocol[35]
- a b Supported via a script[36]
- a b Marked as completed, but not included yet
- ^ Supported via scripts and plugins[37]
Features[change | change source]
Information on what features each of the clients support.
Client | Multi-server | UTF-8 | Proxy server | irc:// URI scheme | Automatic updates | Scripting language |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0irc | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | N/A |
Aki | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | N/A |
AmIRC | No | No | No | No | No | ARexx |
Bersirc | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | N/A |
BitchX | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | Enhanced IrcII script |
bnIRC | No | Yes † | ? | No | No | Python |
ccorp-irc | No | No | ? | No | No | N/A |
ChatZilla | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | JavaScript |
ClicksAndWhistles | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | N/A |
Colloquy | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes † | AppleScript, Cocoa, F-Script, JavaScript, Python |
Conspire | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | C |
Coolsmile | No | No † | ? | ? | ? | N/A |
DMDirc | Yes | Partial | ? | Yes | Yes | Custom "Actions" system, Java plugins |
dxirc | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | N/A |
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 | ? | ? | ? | N/A | ? | ? |
Ircle | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | AppleScript |
Irssi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Perl |
jini | No | No | ? | No | No | N/A |
Klient | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | VBScript, JScript, Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP † |
Konversation | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Shell script, Ruby, Python, Perl, Java, C++, C#, JavaScript † |
KoolChat | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
KoroIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | N/A † |
KSirc | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Perl |
KVIrc | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | KVIrc script, Perl |
LeetIRC | ? | ? | ? | N/A | ? | ? |
lightIRC | No | No | Yes | No | No | N/A |
LimeChat | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | N/A |
Linkinus | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | AppleScript, Cocoa API |
Mibbit | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | N/A | N/A |
mIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | mIRC script |
mzirc | Yes | Yes | SOCKS | No | No | Pascal Script |
Neebly | No | No | ? | ? | ? | N/A |
Nettalk | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | VBScript, Custom |
nexIRC | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | VBScript, Custom |
Opera | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | N/A |
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 |
PIRCH | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | Yes |
PJIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | JavaScript |
Quassel IRC | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | N/A |
rxIRC | No | No | No | No | No | REXX |
savIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Tcl/Tk |
ScrollZ | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Enhanced IrcII script |
ShadowIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Smuxi | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | N/A |
Snak | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | AppleScript, IrcII script |
sushi IRC suite | Yes | Yes | No | Partial † | No | Python |
ThrashIRC | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | N/A |
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 | 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 | No | ? | ? | ? | Tcl |
Client | Multi-server | UTF-8 | Proxy server | irc:// URI scheme | Automatic updates | Scripting language |
- ^ When compiled with ncursesw (ncurses with wide-character support)
- ^ Automatically updates via the Sparkle framework
- a b c Planned for a later version
- ^ Supported as of version 20050921
- a b Uses the Windows Active Scripting technology and supports any scripting language with the appropriate interface
- ^ 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.
- ^ Not complete, proof of concept
- ^ Supported via a plugin
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