IRC

107 items from davisonio/awesome-irc ★1,337

OFTC oftc.net
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Community for free and open source software communities.
netsplit.de Search netsplit.de
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Searches 563 different networks.
Modern IRC Documents modern.ircdocs.horse
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An attempt to write an update to the original IRC protocol. documentation (source)
mIRC mirc.co.uk
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One of the most popular IRC clients for Windows, with a built-in scripting language. Windows
LibertaCasa liberta.casa
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Privacy endorsing community serving as a safe and open space for the discussion of various topics.
KvIRC kvirc.net
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Free, portable, based on Qt GUI toolkit. (source) Linux macOS Windows
KiwiIRC Search kiwiirc.com
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Searches 318 different networks.
IRCv3 Working Group ircv3.net
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A group of IRC software authors working to enhance, improve, maintain and standardize the IRC protocol. (source)
#irchelp irchelp.org
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A vast amount of reasonably up-to-date information.
MansionNET inthemansion.com
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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)
HexChat hexchat.github.io
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Based on XChat, easy to use, spell check & multiple languages. (source) Windows macOS Linux
ObsidianIRC hello.obby.world
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Modern WebSocket IRC client with Discord-like UI. (source) Linux Windows macOS Android iOS Web
IRC-BF gitlab.com
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Brainfuck
MansionNET Bot Suite github.com
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Collection of self-hostable IRC bots: AI chat assistant, real-time weather, privacy-focused search, YouTube metadata, and AI-powered trivia. Python
CIRC flackr.github.io
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Uses the chrome.sockets APIs to connect directly to IRC servers without needing a proxy. (source) Chrome
ircII eterna23.net
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One of the oldest IRC clients, initially released in 1989. Linux macOS
Eggdrop eggheads.org
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Oldest IRC bot still in active development. Feature rich, uses Tcl scripting. (source) C
Please don't use Slack for FOSS projects drewdevault.com
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Drew DeVault's Blog.
IRC Definition Files defs.ircdocs.horse
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Lists of numerics, modes, ISUPPORT tokens and other protocol details. (source)
IRC for Android™ countercultured.net
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Android/Chrome OS client for power users, with ZNC built-ins, notification logic, reliable DCC, keybinds for hardware keyboards, etc. Android ChromeOS
Convos convos.chat
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Always online web IRC client. (source) Perl JavaScript Web
Textual codeux.com
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Very customizable, ZNC integration, iCloud sync ($4.99). (source) macOS
soju codeberg.org
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A user-friendly IRC bouncer. Go
BitlBee bitlbee.org
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XMPP, Jabber, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM, ICQ, Twitter API, HipChat ↔ IRC. C
BitchX bitchx.sourceforge.net
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Terminal-based client popular on Unix-like systems. (screenshots) Linux macOS Windows
Atheme atheme.github.io
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Designed for large networks with high scalability requirements. (source)
Iridium appcenter.elementary.io
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Friendly IRC client built in Vala and GTK, designed for elementary OS. (source) Linux
anope anope.org
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Designed for flexibility and ease of use. (source)
AdiIRC adiirc.com
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Never has a client offered such granular settings for every aspect of the IRC experience. Windows WINE