Thursday, April 9, 2009

IRC Clients



IRC is based on a client-server model. In order to use IRC, you need a program (software) ussually called IRC client. IRC client is software which you use to connect to the IRC server.

There are a wide variety of IRC clients available. We've selected what we think represent the most popular IRC clients for various Operating System(s).
Just see what Operating System is your computer running on.

Windows 95/98/NT/2000/XP
ClientLicense Type (US$)VersionHome Page
mIRCShareware ($20)6.31http://www.mirc.com
PIRCH 98Shareware ($25)1.01.1190http://www.pirchat.com
KlientShareware2.0.16http://www.klient.com
TrillianBasic (free) & Pro($25)varieshttp://www.ceruleanstudios.com/
VIRCFreeware2.0http://www3.sympatico.ca/road1/v2scripts.htm
TurboIRCFreeware3http://www.turboirc.com/3/1.htm
MaxxchatFreeware1.0.1dhttp://www.maxxchat.com
dIRCShareware ($25)1.4http://www.dircchat.com/
PexitFree for Home UseNew '02http://www.pexit.com/
X-chatGPL1.5.3http://xchat.linuxpower.org/
.IRCShareware.NET IRC Clienthttp://www.dotirc.com/
SMuxiShareware0.6.1www.smuxi.org


Macintosh
ClientLicense Type (US$)VersionHome Page
smIRCleFreeware1.01a23http://www.smircle.de
ShadowIRCShareware ($20)1.1http://www.shadowirc.com
SnakShareware ($20)4.1http://www.snak.com
IRCLEShareware ($15)3.1b5http://www.ircle.com
PexitFree for Home UseNew '02http://www.pexit.com/


Amiga
ClientLicense Type (US$)VersionHome Page
AmIRCShareware ($30)3.5http://www.vapor.com/products/?prod=amirc
BlackIRCFreeware1.1http://www.innovative-web.de/download/


BeOS
ClientLicense Type (US$)VersionHome Page
BaxterFreewareWhttp://www.abisoft.com/Baxter/
FelixFreeware2.3http://www.bebits.com/app/1116


FreeBSD (i386/X11)
ClientLicense Type (US$)VersionHome Page
BezerkGPL0.3.2http://www.gtk.org/~trog/
irssiGPL0.7.28-3http://irssi.org/
KVIRCGPL1.0.0http://www.kvirc.net/
TkIRCGPL1.202http://netsplit.de/tkirc2/
X-chatGPL1.5.3http://xchat.linuxpower.org/


OS/2
ClientLicense Type (US$)VersionHome Page
Openchat/2$29 Shareware1.07http://www.os2ss.com/select/internet/chat/openchat.html
IRC/2Shareware0.80http://www.ftp.uni-erlangen.de/pub/os2/tucows/talkos.html
GammaTech IRC$40 SharewareGT IRC 3.01http://www.gt-online.com/html/gt_irc.html
EZirc---v 1.20http://www.os2ss.com/select/internet/chat/ezirc.html
ircII---3.0bhttp://www.irchelp.org/irchelp/ircii/


Linux (Gnome)
ClientLicense Type (US$)VersionHome Page
irssiGPL0.7.28-3http://irssi.org/
X-chatGPL1.5.1http://xchat.linuxpower.org/
PexitFree for Home UseNew '02http://www.pexit.com/
SMuxiShareware0.6.1www.smuxi.org


Linux (KDE)
ClientLicense Type (US$)VersionHome Page
KeircGPL0.3.5http://www.indonesia-undernet.org/keirc/
kSircGPL0.8.1bhttp://packages.debian.org/testing/net/ksirc.html
KVIRCGPL1.0.0http://www.kvirc.net
PexitFree for Home UseNew '02http://www.pexit.com/


Linux (X11)
ClientLicense Type (US$)VersionHome Page
BezerkGPL0.3.2http://www.gtk.org/~trog/
irssiGPL0.7.28-3http://irssi.org/
QuIRCGPL0.9.79http://quirc.org/
X-chatGPL1.5.1http://xchat.linuxpower.org/
PexitFree for Home UseNew '02http://www.pexit.com/


Tips & Info :
Popular IRC clients are mIRC for Windows, IRCle for Mac users and ircII for Unix/Shell.


If you use a client that you like and it is not listed, or you are an author of an IRC client and want it be listed, send an e-mail including the OS, name, type, version, and homepage in the message of your mail.

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