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.
Basic general information about the notableclients: creator/company, license, etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
Client | Primary developers | Distribution model | Software license | User interface | Programming language |
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AdiIRC[1] | Per Amundsen | Freeware | Proprietary | GUI | .NET Framework/C# |
Adium | Thijs Alkemade | Free software | GPL-2.0-or-later | GUI | Objective-C and C |
Ambassador[2] | Isengrim | Free software | MPL | GUI[Note 1] | JavaScript, XUL |
AmIRC | Oliver Wagner, Nicolas Sallin, Costel Mincea | Free software | GNU General Public License | GUI | ? |
AndroIRC[3] | Madalynn | Freeware | Proprietary | GUI | ? |
Bersirc[4] | Jamie Frater, Nicholas Copeland | Free software | LGPL | GUI | C (Delphi originally) |
BitchX | Colten Edwards | Free software | BSD | TUI, GUI | C |
ChatZilla | James Ross, Robert Ginda, Samuel Sieb, Gijs Kruitbosch | Free software | MPL, GPL, LGPL tri-license |
GUI[Note 2] | JavaScript, XUL |
Colloquy | Timothy Hatcher, Kiji Roshi | Free software | Desktop: GPL Mobile: BSD |
GUI | Objective-C |
ERC | Alexander L. Belikoff, Sergey Berezin | Free software | GPL-3.0-or-later | TUI, GUI | Emacs Lisp |
GrumpyChat[5] | Petr Bena | Free software | LGPL | GUI | C++ |
HexChat[6] | Berke Viktor | Free software | GPL-2.0-or-later | TUI, GUI | C |
IceChat[7][8] | Paul Vanderzee | Free software | GPL | GUI | C# (Visual Basic until 2004)[9] |
Igloo[10] | Jordan Koch | Commercial | Proprietary | GUI | Swift |
Instantbird | Florian Quèze | Free software | GPL | GUI | C++, JavaScript, CSS, XUL |
Irccloud[11] | IRCCloud Ltd. | Freemium | Proprietary | Web | JavaScript frontend, Erlang backend |
ircII | Michael Sandrof | Free software | BSD | TUI | C |
Ircle | Onno Tijdgat | Commercial, 30-day trial | Proprietary | GUI | C |
Irssi | Timo Sirainen | Free software | GPL-2.0-or-later | TUI | C |
Kiwi | Darren Whitlen | Free software | Apache-2.0 | Web | JavaScript frontend, Node.js backend |
KVIrc | Szymon Stefanek | Free software | GPL | GUI | C++ |
Konversation | KDE | Free software | GPL-2.0-or-later | GUI | C++ |
LeafChat[12] | Samuel Marshall | Free software | GPL-3.0-or-later | GUI | Java |
LimeChat[13][14][15] | Satoshi Nakagawa | Free software | GPL-2.0-only[16] | GUI | RubyCocoa (2007–2010)[15][16] Objective-C (2010–)[17] |
Linkinus | Conceited Software | Commercial, 15-day trial | Proprietary | GUI | Objective-C |
Mibbit | Jimmy Moore | Textual Adbar | Proprietary | Web | JavaScript frontend, Java backend |
mIRC | Khaled Mardam-Bey | Shareware, 30-day trial[18] | Proprietary | GUI | C/C++[19] |
Monochrome[20] | Peter Pawlowski | Free software | GPL-2.0-only | GUI | C# |
Nettalk | Nicolas Kruse | Free software | Apache-2.0 | GUI | Visual Basic |
Pidgin | Free software | GPL-2.0-or-later | GUI | C | |
PIRCH | Northwest Computer Services | Shareware | Proprietary | GUI | Delphi |
PJIRC | Philippe Detournay | Free software | GPL | GUI | Java |
Quassel | Manuel Nickschas, Marcus Eggenberger, Alexander von Renteln | Free software | GPL-2.0-or-3.0 | TUI[Note 3], GUI[Note 4] | C++ |
rcirc | Ryan Yeske | Free software | GPL-3.0-or-later | TUI | Emacs Lisp |
Smuxi | Mirco Bauer | Free software | GPL-2.0-or-later | GUI, TUI, server[Note 4] | C# |
Snak | Kent Sorensen | Commercial | Proprietary | GUI | ? |
Thunderbird | Mozilla Foundation | Free software | MPL-2.0 | GUI | C, C++, JavaScript |
Tiny[21] | Ömer Sinan Ağacan[22] | Free software | MIT | TUI | Rust |
Visual IRC | Jesse McGrew | Free software | GPL | GUI | Delphi |
WeeChat | Sebastien Helleu | Free software | GPL-3.0-or-later | TUI, GUI[Note 5] | C |
XiRCON | Mark Hanson | Free software | Proprietary | GUI | Borland C++, scripted with Tcl |
Client | Primary developers | Distribution model | Software license | User interface | Programming language |
A brief overview of the release history.
First public release | First stable release | Latest stable release | |||
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Client | Date | Version | Date | Version | |
AdiIRC | 2005 | 1.0 | 4.2 (29 March 2022) | ||
AmIRC | 1995 | ||||
Bersirc | 1999 | 2.2.14 (August 12, 2005[±] | )|||
BitchX | 1996 | 1.2-final (January 1, 2013[±] | )|||
ChatZilla | 2001 | 0.9.90.1 (July 7, 2013[±] | )|||
Colloquy | 2005 | 2.4.3 (6011) (March 22, 2014[±] | )|||
degesch | 2015 | 0.9 | 2015 | 0.9 | |
DMDirc | 2007 | 0.7 (January 5, 2013[23]) [±] | |||
ERC | 1999? | ERC improvements are now released as part of Emacs. [±] | |||
F-IRC | 2006? | 0.1 | 1.36 (February 23, 2014) | ||
HexChat | 2009-10-04 | r249 | 2009-10-09 | 2.86.0 | 2.16.2[24][25] ![]() |
HydraIRC | 2002 | 0.3.165 (December 12, 2008[±] | )|||
IceChat | 2002 | 3.0 | 2002-04-08 | 3.0 | 9.21 (January 27, 2018[±] | )
ircII | 1989 | 2.0.0 | 1989 | 2.0.0 | 20111115 (November 15, 2011[±] | )
IRCjr | 2008 | 2008 | mTCP_2013-04-26 (April 26, 2013[26]) [±] | ||
Ircle | 1995 | 3.5a6 (November 17, 2007[±] | )|||
Irssi | 1999 | 0.8.15 (April 3, 2010[±] | )|||
jIRCii | ? | ? | ? | ||
kirc | 2020 | 0.0.1 | |||
KVIrc | 1998 | 0.6.0 | 1999-12-21 | 1.0.0 | 4.2.0 (July 3, 2012[27]) [±] |
Konversation | 2002 | 1.9.23083[28] ![]() | |||
LeafChat | ? | 1.0 | 2.5 (July 29, 2012[±] | )||
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[29]) [±] | |||
Mibbit | 2008 | web application, no version | |||
mIRC | 1995 | 7.32 (May 23, 2013[30]) [±] | |||
Nettalk | 2004 | 6.7.16 (October 30, 2012[31]) [±] | |||
PIRCH | 1995 | 1.0.1.1190 (December 31, 2000[±] | )|||
PJIRC | 2002 | 2.2.1 (November 29, 2004[±] | )|||
Quassel | 2008-08-27 | 0.3.0 | 0.12.4 (May 17, 2016[±] | )||
qwebirc | 2009 | 0.81 | 0.92 (February 13, 2012[±] | )||
rIRC | 2010 | Preview Release 1 | 2012 | 1.44 | 1.4.4 (January 16, 2012) |
Scrollback | 2013 | 2013 | |||
rcirc | ? | ? | rcirc improvements are now released as part of Emacs. [±] | ||
Smuxi | 2008-07-29 | 0.6 | 2010-09-03 | 0.8 | 0.8.11 (May 22, 2013[±] | )
Snak | 1997 | 5.3.4 (March 11, 2012[32]) [±] | |||
Visual IRC | 1995 | 2.0pl2 (200/187) (July 15, 2007[±] | )|||
WeeChat | 2003 | 0.3.8 (June 3, 2012[33]) [±] | |||
Client | Date | Version | Date | Version | Latest stable release |
First public release | First stable release |
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 | macOS (Intel/PPC) | OS 9 | OS 8 | System 7 (PPC/68k) | BeOS, Haiku | OS/2, eCS, ArcaOS | AmigaOS (68k) | AmigaOS 4, MorphOS (PPC) | DOS |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[Note 1] | Yes[Note 1] | Yes[Note 1] | No | Yes[Note 1] | Yes[Note 1] | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
ChatZilla | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | 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 |
degesch | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
ERC | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
HexChat | Yes | Dropped (2.9.5) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No |
HydraIRC | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
IceChat | Yes | Dropped (9.50) | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
IRCCloud | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
ircII | Yes[Note 1] | Yes[Note 1] | Yes[Note 1] | No | Yes[Note 1] | Yes[Note 1] | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No |
IRCjr | No | Yes[Note 2] | Yes[Note 2] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes |
Ircle | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[Note 3] | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Irssi | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No |
jIRCii | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No |
KiwiIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Konversation | Partial | Partial | Partial | No | Partial | Partial | No | ? | Partial | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
KVIrc | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes[37] | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes[38] | No | No | No |
LeafChat | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
LimeChat | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[Note 4] | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Linkinus | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes[Note 3] | 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 |
Nettalk | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Partial[Note 5] | No | 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 | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Quassel | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No |
qwebirc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
rIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
rcirc | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Scrollback | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Smuxi | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | 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 |
Visual IRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
WeeChat | Partial[Note 1] | Partial[Note 1] | Partial[Note 1] | No | Partial[Note 1] | Partial[Note 1] | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Partial | No | No | No | No |
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 |
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 OpenServer | Solaris | UnixWare | Linux | NeXTSTEP | OpenVMS | OSF/1 | QNX | Tru64 UNIX |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bersirc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
BitchX | ? | Yes[Note 1] | Yes[Note 1] | Yes[Note 1] | Yes[Note 1] | Yes[Note 1] | ? | Yes[Note 1] | Yes[Note 1] | ? | Yes[Note 1] | Yes | Yes[Note 1] | Yes | ? | Yes[Note 1] | Yes[Note 1] | ? |
ChatZilla | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes |
Colloquy | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
degesch | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
DMDIrc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
ERC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
HexChat | ? | ? | 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 |
IRCCloud | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 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 | No | Yes | Yes | Yes |
KiwiIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Konversation | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
KVIrc | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
LeafChat | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
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 |
Nettalk | 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 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Quassel | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
qwebirc | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes |
rcirc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Smuxi | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Snak | 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 |
WeeChat | ? | ? | Yes[Note 2] | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Partial[Note 3] | ? | Yes[Note 2] | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes[Note 2] | ? |
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 |
What IRC related protocols and standards are supported by each client.
Client | IPv6 | SSL | TLS | DANE | OCSP | CRL | SASL | OTR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bersirc | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
BitchX | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
ChatZilla | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | script | No |
Colloquy | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No[41] |
degesch | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
DMDirc | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
ERC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes[Note 1] | No |
HexChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes[Note 2] |
HydraIRC | ? | No | No | ? | No | No | ? | No |
IceChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No |
IRCCloud | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No |
ircII | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
IRCjr | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No |
Ircle | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Irssi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | Yes[42] |
jIRCii | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
KiwiIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | No |
Konversation | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No |
KVIrc | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | No |
LimeChat | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No |
Linkinus | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No |
Mibbit | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No |
mIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No |
Nettalk | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
PIRCH | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
PJIRC | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Quassel | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | No[43] |
qwebirc | No | Yes | No | ? | No | No | No | No |
rcirc | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Scrollback | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No |
Smuxi | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No[44] |
Snak | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Visual IRC | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
WeeChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes[45][46][Note 2] |
Client | IPv6 | SSL | TLS | DANE | OCSP | CRL | SASL | OTR |
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.
Client | CHAT | SEND | RESUME | TSEND | SEND T | XMIT | Passive DCC | Server | RDCC | REVERSE | RSEND | Reverse / Firewall DCC | File servers (FSERVs) | XDCC | VOICE | Whiteboard |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Bersirc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
BitchX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | No |
ChatZilla | Yes | Yes | No[47] | ? | ? | No | No[Note 1] | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | No |
Colloquy | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
degesch | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
DMDirc | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | ? | No |
ERC | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
HexChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | No |
HydraIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | No |
IceChat | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | No |
IRCCloud | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
ircII | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
IRCjr | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No |
Ircle | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Irssi | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
KiwiIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No |
Konversation | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes |
KVIrc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[Note 2] | Yes[Note 2] | Yes[Note 3] | No |
LimeChat | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Linkinus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Mibbit | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
mIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes[Note 4] | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes[Note 5] | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes[Note 5] | ? | ? |
Nettalk | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Partial | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | No |
PIRCH | Yes | Yes | Yes[Note 4] | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No |
PJIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
Quassel | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No |
qwebirc | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No |
rcirc | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No |
Smuxi | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Snak | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Visual IRC | ? | ? | Yes[Note 4] | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes[Note 3] | Yes |
WeeChat | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
Client | CHAT | SEND | RESUME | TSEND | SEND T | XMIT | Passive DCC | Server | RDCC | REVERSE | RSEND | Reverse / Firewall DCC | File servers (FSERVs) | XDCC | VOICE | Whiteboard |
This software is compliant natively; other software may be compliant with extensions.[1][2]
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 |
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AdiIRC | Yes | 3.0+ | 3.0+ | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3.0+ | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 3.9+ | 3.4+ | Yes | 3.4+ | Yes | Yes | 3.0+ | Yes | 3.9+ | 3.4+ | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Adium | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Ambassador | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
AndroIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Bersirc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ChatSharp | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ChatZilla | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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 | ? | ? | No | No | No | No |
Communi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
CoreIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | No | No |
ERC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
F-IRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Glirc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Goguma | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | No | No |
GrumpyChat | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
IRC for Android | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | No | No |
IRCCloud | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
IRCjr | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
IceChat | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Igloo | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Instantbird | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Ircle | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Kitteh IRC Client Library | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Kiwi IRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | Yes | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No |
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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
LeafChat | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
LimeChat | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | No | No | No | No |
Linkinus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Mibbit | 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 | No | No | No | No |
Mobile | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Monochrome | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Net::Async::IRC | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Nettalk | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
PIRC.pl web client | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No |
PIRCH | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
PJIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Palaver | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | draft cap | draft cap | Yes | draft tag | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | draft cap | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | No |
Pidgin | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Quassel | 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Quasseldroid | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0.14+ core | Yes | No | No | Yes | 0.14+ core (opt in) | Yes | 0.14+ core | No | 0.14+ core | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | 0.14+ core | 0.14+ core | No | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | No | No |
Rust irc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Smuxi | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Snak | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Srain | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Swirc | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Textual | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | v7.1.1+ | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
The Lounge | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
Tiny | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Visual IRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Warren | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
XiRCON | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
catgirl | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | TLS-only | Yes | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
gamja | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | Yes | No | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No |
girc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
irc-framework | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ircII | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
ircrobots | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
kirc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
pydle | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
qwebirc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
rcirc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
senpai | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
tri-license | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
zIRC | Yes | 1.2.4+ | 1.2.4+ | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | 1.2.4+ | No | No | No | No | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
IRC SASL authentication primarily uses the same mechanisms as SASL in other protocols. Most commonly:
Client | EXTERNAL | PLAIN | SCRAM-SHA-256 |
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AdiIRC | Yes | Yes | 3.4+ |
Ambassador | No | No | No |
BitchX | No | Yes | No |
ChatSharp (lib.) | No | No | No |
Colloquy | No | Yes | No |
Colloquy | No | Yes | No |
Communi(lib.) | No | Yes | No |
CoreIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Glirc | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Goguma | No | Yes | No |
HexChat | Yes | Yes | No |
IRC for Android | No | No | No |
IRCCloud | No | Yes | Yes |
IceChat | No | Yes | No |
Irssi | Yes | Yes | No |
KVIrc | Yes | Yes | No |
Kitteh IRC Client Library(lib.) | Yes | Yes | No |
Kiwi IRC | No | Yes | No |
Konversation | Yes | Yes | No |
LimeChat | No | Yes | No |
LimeChat | No | Yes | No |
Mibbit | No | Yes | No |
Mozilla Thunderbird | No | Yes | No |
Net::Async::IRC(lib.) | No | No | No |
PIRC.pl web client | No | Yes | No |
Palaver | No | Yes | No |
Quassel | Yes | Yes | No |
Quasseldroid | No | Yes | No |
Rust irc(lib.) | No | Yes | No |
Srain | Yes | Yes | No |
Swirc | No | Yes | Yes |
Textual | Yes | Yes | No |
The Lounge | Yes | Yes | No |
Warren(lib.) | No | Yes | No |
WeeChat | Yes | Yes | 3.2+ |
catgirl | Yes | Yes | No |
gamja | No | Yes | No |
girc(lib.) | Yes | Yes | No |
irc-framework(lib.) | No | Yes | No |
ircrobots(lib.) | No | Yes | Yes |
mIRC | Yes | Yes | 7.68+ |
pydle(lib.) | No | Yes | No |
senpai | No | Yes | No |
zIRC(lib.) | Yes | Yes | No |
Client | EXTERNAL | PLAIN | SCRAM-SHA-256 |
Information on what features each of the clients support.
Client | Multi-server | UTF-8 | Proxy server | irc:// URI scheme | Automatic updates | Scripting language |
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Bersirc | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | — |
BitchX | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | Enhanced IrcII script |
ChatZilla | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | JavaScript |
Colloquy | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes[Note 1] | AppleScript, Cocoa, F-Script, JavaScript, Python |
degesch | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | — | Lua |
DMDirc | Yes | Partial | ? | Yes | Yes | Custom Actions system, Java plugins |
ERC | Yes | Yes | Yes[Note 2] | ? | Yes[Note 3] | Emacs Lisp |
HexChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Perl, Python, Tcl, Lua[Note 4], JavaScript, C, C++, and via D-Bus. |
HydraIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | No |
IceChat | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | VBScript |
ircII | Yes | Yes[Note 5] | ? | ? | ? | IrcII script |
IRCjr | No | No | No | No | No | — |
IRCCloud | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | JavaScript |
Ircle | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | AppleScript |
Irssi | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | Perl |
jIRCii | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Sleep |
KiwiIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | — | JavaScript, Node.js |
Konversation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Shell script, Ruby, Python, Perl, Java, C++, C#, JavaScript[Note 6] |
KVIrc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | KVS (custom), Perl, Python, C++ |
LeafChat | Yes | Yes | ? | — | Yes | Java |
LimeChat | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | — |
Linkinus | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | AppleScript, Cocoa |
Mibbit | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | — | — |
mIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes[Note 7] | mIRC script |
Nettalk | Yes | Yes | SOCKS | Yes | Yes | VBScript, custom |
PIRCH | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | Yes |
PJIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Partial, JavaScript |
Quassel | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No |
qwebirc | No | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No |
rcirc | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Emacs Lisp |
Smuxi | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes (language agnostic) |
Snak | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | AppleScript, IrcII script |
Visual IRC | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | Versus |
WeeChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | C, Perl, Python, Ruby, Lua, Tcl, Scheme (Guile) |
Client | Multi-server | UTF-8 | Proxy server | irc:// URI scheme | Automatic updates | Scripting language |