IRC
107 items from davisonio/awesome-irc ★1,337
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Modern IRC Documents modern.ircdocs.horse
An attempt to write an update to the original IRC protocol. documentation (source)
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mIRC mirc.co.uk
One of the most popular IRC clients for Windows, with a built-in scripting language. Windows
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LibertaCasa liberta.casa
Privacy endorsing community serving as a safe and open space for the discussion of various topics.
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KvIRC kvirc.net
Free, portable, based on Qt GUI toolkit. (source) Linux macOS Windows
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KiwiIRC Search kiwiirc.com
Searches 318 different networks.
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IRCv3 Working Group ircv3.net
A group of IRC software authors working to enhance, improve, maintain and standardize the IRC protocol. (source)
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#irchelp irchelp.org
A vast amount of reasonably up-to-date information.
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MansionNET inthemansion.com
Privacy-focused community network running UnrealIRCd with Anope services; open to all, no tracking, no ads. (irc.inthemansion.com:6697, webchat at webirc.inthemansion.com)
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HexChat hexchat.github.io
Based on XChat, easy to use, spell check & multiple languages. (source) Windows macOS Linux
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ObsidianIRC hello.obby.world
Modern WebSocket IRC client with Discord-like UI. (source) Linux Windows macOS Android iOS Web
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IRC-BF gitlab.com
Brainfuck
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MansionNET Bot Suite github.com
Collection of self-hostable IRC bots: AI chat assistant, real-time weather, privacy-focused search, YouTube metadata, and AI-powered trivia. Python
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CIRC flackr.github.io
Uses the chrome.sockets APIs to connect directly to IRC servers without needing a proxy. (source) Chrome
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ircII eterna23.net
One of the oldest IRC clients, initially released in 1989. Linux macOS
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Eggdrop eggheads.org
Oldest IRC bot still in active development. Feature rich, uses Tcl scripting. (source) C
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Please don't use Slack for FOSS projects drewdevault.com
Drew DeVault's Blog.
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IRC Definition Files defs.ircdocs.horse
Lists of numerics, modes, ISUPPORT tokens and other protocol details. (source)
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IRC for Android™ countercultured.net
Android/Chrome OS client for power users, with ZNC built-ins, notification logic, reliable DCC, keybinds for hardware keyboards, etc. Android ChromeOS
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Convos convos.chat
Always online web IRC client. (source) Perl JavaScript Web
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Textual codeux.com
Very customizable, ZNC integration, iCloud sync ($4.99). (source) macOS
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soju codeberg.org
A user-friendly IRC bouncer. Go
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BitlBee bitlbee.org
XMPP, Jabber, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM, ICQ, Twitter API, HipChat ↔ IRC. C
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BitchX bitchx.sourceforge.net
Terminal-based client popular on Unix-like systems. (screenshots) Linux macOS Windows
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Atheme atheme.github.io
Designed for large networks with high scalability requirements. (source)
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Iridium appcenter.elementary.io
Friendly IRC client built in Vala and GTK, designed for elementary OS. (source) Linux
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anope anope.org
Designed for flexibility and ease of use. (source)
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AdiIRC adiirc.com
Never has a client offered such granular settings for every aspect of the IRC experience. Windows WINE
