Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients
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The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of IRC client[broken anchor] programs. Please see the individual products pages for more information. This page is does not include everything and may not be current.
General
Basic general information about the notableclients: creator/company, license, etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
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| Client | Primary developers | Distribution model | Software license | User interface | Programming language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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- Can be used as a standalone application or as part of a XUL-based web browser
- Can be installed as part of a web browser
- Incomplete, proof of concept
- No official GUI, several options available (e.g. Glowing Bear, a web frontend)
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Release history
A brief overview of the release history.
More information First public release, First stable release ...
| First public release | First stable release | Latest stable release | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Client | Date | Version | Date | Version | |
| AdiIRC | 2005 | 1.0 | 4.2 (29 March 2022) | ||
| AmIRC | 1995 | ||||
| Bersirc | 1999 | 2.2.14 (August 12, 2005; 19 years ago (2005-08-12)) [±] | |||
| BitchX | 1996 | 1.2-final (January 1, 2013; 12 years ago (2013-01-01)) [±] | |||
| ChatZilla | 2001 | 0.9.90.1 (July 7, 2013; 12 years ago (2013-07-07)) [±] | |||
| Colloquy | 2005 | 2.4.3 (6011) (March 22, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-03-22)) [±] | |||
| degesch | 2015 | 0.9 | 2015 | 0.9 | |
| DMDirc | 2007 | 0.7 (January 5, 2013; 12 years ago (2013-01-05)[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]  (7 February 2024; 18 months ago (7 February 2024)) [±] |
| HydraIRC | 2002 | 0.3.165 (December 12, 2008; 16 years ago (2008-12-12)) [±] | |||
| IceChat | 2002 | 3.0 | 2002-04-08 | 3.0 | 9.21 (January 27, 2018; 7 years ago (2018-01-27)) [±] |
| ircII | 1989 | 2.0.0 | 1989 | 2.0.0 | 20111115 (November 15, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-11-15)) [±] |
| IRCjr | 2008 | 2008 | mTCP_2013-04-26 (April 26, 2013; 12 years ago (2013-04-26)[26]) [±] | ||
| Ircle | 1995 | 3.5a6 (November 17, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-11-17)) [±] | |||
| Irssi | 1999 | 0.8.15 (April 3, 2010; 15 years ago (2010-04-03)) [±] | |||
| jIRCii | ? | ? | ? | ||
| kirc | 2020 | 0.0.1 | |||
| KVIrc | 1998 | 0.6.0 | 1999-12-21 | 1.0.0 | 4.2.0 (July 3, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-07-03)[27]) [±] |
| Konversation | 2002 | 1.10.24083[28] 7 November 2024; 9 months ago (7 November 2024) | |||
| LeafChat | ? | 1.0 | 2.5 (July 29, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-07-29)) [±] | ||
| LimeChat | 2007 | Mac OS X Mountain Lion / Lion 2.32 (July 30, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-07-30)) [±] Mac OS X Snow Leopard | |||
| Linkinus | 2007 | 2.4 (August 23, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-08-23)[29]) [±] | |||
| Mibbit | 2008 | web application, no version | |||
| mIRC | 1995 | 7.32 (May 23, 2013; 12 years ago (2013-05-23)[30]) [±] | |||
| Nettalk | 2004 | 6.7.16 (October 30, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-10-30)[31]) [±] | |||
| PIRCH | 1995 | 1.0.1.1190 (December 31, 2000; 24 years ago (2000-12-31)) [±] | |||
| PJIRC | 2002 | 2.2.1 (November 29, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-11-29)) [±] | |||
| Quassel | 2008-08-27 | 0.3.0 | 0.12.4 (May 17, 2016; 9 years ago (2016-05-17)) [±] | ||
| qwebirc | 2009 | 0.81 | 0.92 (February 13, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-02-13)) [±] | ||
| 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; 12 years ago (2013-05-22)) [±] |
| Snak | 1997 | 5.3.4 (March 11, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-03-11)[32]) [±] | |||
| Visual IRC | 1995 | 2.0pl2 (200/187) (July 15, 2007; 18 years ago (2007-07-15)) [±] | |||
| WeeChat | 2003 | 0.3.8 (June 3, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-06-03)[33]) [±] | |||
| Client | Date | Version | Date | Version | Latest stable release |
| First public release | First stable release | ||||
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Operating system support
The operating systems on which the clients can run natively (without emulation).
More information Client, Windows 7, Vista ...
| 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 |
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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 OpenServer, Solaris, UnixWare
- Unix-like: Linux, NeXTSTEP, OpenVMS[source?], OSF/1, QNX, Tru64 UNIX
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| 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 |
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| 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 |
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- 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
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Protocol support
What IRC related protocols and standards are supported by each client.
More information Client, IPv6 ...
| 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 |
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Direct Client-to-Client (DCC) support
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.
More information Client, CHAT ...
| Client | CHAT | SEND | RESUME | TSEND | SEND T | XMIT | Passive DCC | Server | RDCC | REVERSE | RSEND | Reverse / Firewall DCC | File servers (FSERVs) | XDCC | VOICE | Whiteboard |
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| 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 |
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IRCv3 Support
This software is compliant natively; other software may be compliant with extensions.
More information Clients, CAP ...
| 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 | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
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IRCv3 SASL Mechanisms
IRC SASL authentication primarily uses the same mechanisms as SASL in other protocols. Most commonly:
More information Client, EXTERNAL ...
| Client | EXTERNAL | PLAIN | SCRAM-SHA-256 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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Information on what features each of the clients support.
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| Client | Multi-server | UTF-8 | Proxy server | irc:// URI scheme | Automatic updates | Scripting language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
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- Automatically updates via the Sparkle framework
- Can be added with separate packages.
- Supports automatic updates via the Emacs package manager
- Since 2.9.5 HexChat is shipped only with Perl and Python.
- Supported as of version 20050921
- 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.
- Only looks for updates, they need to be manually downloaded and installed.
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