Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients
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The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of IRC client programs. Please see the individual products articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.
General
Basic general information about the clients: creator/company, license/price etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
- ^ Can be installed as part of a web browser
- Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelDistributed as a Universal Binary
- ^ Web browser component
- Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelSeparate client and daemon
- ^ Not complete, proof of concept
- ^ In development
Release history
A brief overview of the release history.
Operating system support
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 | Mac OS X (Intel/PPC) | OS 9 | OS 8 | System 7 (PPC/68k) | BeOS, Haiku | OS/2, eCS | AmigaOS (68k) | AmigaOS 4, MorphOS (PPC) | DOS | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0irc | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Aki | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? | Partial | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| AmIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | |
| Bersirc | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| BitchX | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | ? | Yes Template:Refun | No | Yes | No | |
| bnIRC | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | Palm OS |
| ccorp-irc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | |
| ChatZilla | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | |
| ClicksAndWhistles | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Colloquy | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes Template:Refun | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Conspire | Partial Template:Refun | Partial Template:Refun | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Coolsmile | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
| DMDirc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
| dxirc | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | No | |
| EPIC | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | |
| HydraIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| IceChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| ii | ? | ? | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | |
| ircII | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | |
| IRCjr | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
| Ircle | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes Template:Refun | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Irssi | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | No | |
| jini | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Klient | Yes | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Konversation | Partial | Partial | Partial | No | Partial | Partial | No | ? | Partial | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| KoolChat | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| KoroIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes Template:Refun Template:Refun | No | Yes Template:Refun | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| KSirc | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| KVIrc | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| LeetIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | |
| lightIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| LimeChat | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes Template:Refun Template:Refun | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Linkinus | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes Template:Refun | 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 | |
| mzirc | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Template:Rh2 | Neebly | Yes | Yes Template:Refun | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Nettalk | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Partial Template:Refun | No Template:Refun | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| nexIRC | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Opera | Yes | Yes | ? | No | Yes | Yes | Dropped | No[3] | Yes | Dropped | Dropped | No | Dropped | Dropped | No | No | No | |
| Orion (IRC client) | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| OrnateIRC | ? | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| PhibianIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Template:Rh2 | PIRCH | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| PJIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | |
| Quassel IRC | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| rxIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | VM/CMS |
| savIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | |
| ScrollZ | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | |
| ShadowIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Smuxi | Yes | Yes | ? | 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 | |
| sushi IRC suite | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| ThrashIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| TurboIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Visual IRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Vortec IRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| WeeChat | Partial Template:Refun Template:Refun | Partial Template:Refun Template:Refun | Partial Template:Refun Template:Refun | No | Partial Template:Refun Template:Refun | Partial Template:Refun Template:Refun | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | Partial | No | No | No | No | |
| WookieChat | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | |
| x3irc | Yes | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| XChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | No | No | No | |
| Template:Rh2 | XiRCON | ? | ? | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | |
| Client | Windows 7, Vista | XP, 2000 | NT 4.0 | NT 3.x | Me, 98 | 95 | 3.1x | ReactOS | Mac OS X (Intel/PPC) | OS 9 | OS 8 | System 7 (PPC/68k) | BeOS, Haiku | OS/2, eCS | AmigaOS (68k) | AmigaOS 4, MorphOS (PPC) | DOS | Other |
- Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelRequires Cygwin[4][5]
- ^ Requires EMX[4]
- Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelRequires Mac OS X v10.4 or later[6]
- Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelIn development[7][8]
- ^ Requires Internet Explorer 5.0 or later for Windows 95, 98, 98SE, ME, NT4, and 2000[9]
- Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelRequires comctl32.dll version 5.80 or later for Windows 98 and NT 4.0[10]
- ^ Requires Service Pack 6 and Internet Explorer 4.0 or later for Windows NT 4.0[10]
- ^ Requires RubyCocoa 1.0.0 or later[6]
- ^ Requires Mac OS X v10.4.3 or later
- ^ Requires Windows XP Service Pack 2 or later
- ^ Does not support Windows 95 or Windows 98[11]
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 UNIX, Solaris, UnixWare
- Unix-like: Linux, NeXTSTEP, OpenVMS, OSF/1, QNX, Tru64 UNIX
| Client | 386BSD | BSD/OS (BSD/386, BSDI) | FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD | SunOS | ULTRIX | AIX | A/UX | HP-UX | IRIX | SCO UNIX | Solaris | UnixWare | Linux | NeXTSTEP | OpenVMS | OSF/1 | QNX | Tru64 UNIX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0irc | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Aki | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| AmIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Bersirc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
| BitchX | ? | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | ? | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | ? | Yes Template:Refun | ? | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | ? |
| bnIRC | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| ccorp-irc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ChatZilla | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes |
| ClicksAndWhistles | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Colloquy | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Conspire | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Coolsmile | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
| DMDirc | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
| dxirc | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes |
| EPIC | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | 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 |
| ii | ? | ? | 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 | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| jini | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
| Klient | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Konversation | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
| KoolChat | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| KoroIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| KSirc | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | ? | ? | ? |
| KVIrc | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| LeetIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| lightIRC | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
| 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 |
| mzirc | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Template:Rh2 | Neebly | 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 |
| nexIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Opera | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | Dropped | No |
| Orion (IRC client) | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| OrnateIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| PhibianIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Template:Rh2 | 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 |
| Quassel IRC | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| rxIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| savIRC | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes |
| ScrollZ | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| ShadowIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Smuxi | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Snak | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| sushi IRC suite | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| ThrashIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| TurboIRC | 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 |
| Vortec IRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| WeeChat | ? | ? | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Partial Template:Refun | ? | Yes Template:Refun | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes Template:Refun | ? |
| WookieChat | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| x3irc | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| XChat | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes Template:Refun | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
| Template:Rh2 | XiRCON | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Client | 386BSD | BSD/OS (BSD/386, BSDI) | FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD | SunOS | ULTRIX | AIX | A/UX | HP-UX | IRIX | SCO UNIX | Solaris | UnixWare | Linux | NeXTSTEP | OpenVMS | OSF/1 | QNX | Tru64 UNIX |
- ^ 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[4]
- ^ WeeChat tested on FreeBSD 4.11, 5.4, 6.0; NetBSD 2.0, 2.1; OpenBSD 3.6, 3.7, 3.8; Solaris 5.10; QNX 6.3[8]
- ^ In development[8]
- ^ XChat tested on HP-UX 10.20 and 11[12]
mIRC will run on *NIX systems under WINE - Confirmed
Protocol support
What IRC related protocols and standards are supported by each client.
| Client | CTCP | DCC | IPv6 | SSL | TLS | OCSP | CRL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0irc | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Aki | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| AmIRC | ? | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Bersirc | ? | Partial | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| BitchX | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| bnIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| ccorp-irc | Partial | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| ChatZilla | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| ClicksAndWhistles | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| Colloquy | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Conspire | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Coolsmile | ? | No | Yes | No Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? |
| DMDirc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| dxirc | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| EPIC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| HydraIRC | ? | Yes | Partial Template:Refun | No Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? |
| IceChat | Yes | Yes | Yes Template:Refun | Yes Template:Refun | No | No | No |
| ii | ? | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| ircII | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| IRCjr | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Ircle | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Irssi | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| jini | Partial | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Klient | Yes | Yes | No | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? |
| Konversation | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| KoolChat | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| KoroIRC | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| KSirc | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| KVIrc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| LeetIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| lightIRC | Yes | No | ? | No | No | No | No |
| LimeChat | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Linkinus | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Mibbit | ? | Partial Template:Refun Template:Refun | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| mIRC | Yes | Yes | Partial Template:Refun | Partial Template:Refun Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? |
| mzirc | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No |
| Template:Rh2 | Neebly | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Nettalk | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| nexIRC | ? | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Opera | Yes[13] | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Orion (IRC client) | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No |
| OrnateIRC | ? | Yes | No | Partial Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? |
| PhibianIRC | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Template:Rh2 | PIRCH | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| PJIRC | ? | Partial Template:Refun | ? | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? |
| Quassel IRC | ? | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| rxIRC | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| savIRC | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| ScrollZ | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| ShadowIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Smuxi | Yes | No | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Snak | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| sushi IRC suite | Yes | Partial | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| ThrashIRC | ? | Yes | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? |
| TurboIRC | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Visual IRC | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Vortec IRC | Yes | Yes | No | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? |
| WeeChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| WookieChat | Yes | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| x3irc | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No |
| XChat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? |
| Template:Rh2 | XiRCON | ? | Yes | No | No | ? | ? | ? |
| Client | CTCP | DCC | IPv6 | SSL | TLS | OCSP | CRL |
- Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelPlanned for a later version
- ^ Marked as completed, but not included yet
- Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelSupported via a plugin
- Template:Note labelSupported via a external tunnel program
- ^ Can not send files, can only receive files up to 2MB
- Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelDCC is not always successful at this stage
- Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelWrapper library available[14]
- ^ Requires the OpenSSL library[15][16]
- ^ Partial OpenSSL support
Direct Client-to-Client (DCC) support
| Client | CHAT | Whiteboard | SEND | RESUME | TSEND | SEND T | XMIT | Passive DCC | Server | RDCC | REVERSE | RSEND | Reverse / Firewall DCC | File servers (FSERVs) | XDCC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0irc | No | No | Yes | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Aki | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| AmIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Bersirc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| BitchX | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
| bnIRC | Yes | No | Yes | No | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| ccorp-irc | No | No | No | No | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| ChatZilla | Yes | No | Yes | No[17] | ? | ? | No | No Template:Refun | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
| ClicksAndWhistles | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Colloquy | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
| Conspire | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
| Coolsmile | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| DMDirc | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes | No | No |
| dxirc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
| EPIC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
| HydraIRC | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| IceChat | Yes | No | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| ii | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| ircII | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| IRCjr | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Ircle | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Irssi | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| jini | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No |
| Klient | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
| Konversation | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| KoolChat | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| KoroIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| KSirc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| KVIrc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
| LeetIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| lightIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| LimeChat | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Linkinus | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Mibbit | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| mIRC | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes Template:Refun |
| mzirc | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| Template:Rh2 | Neebly | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Nettalk | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| nexIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Opera | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Orion (IRC client) | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| OrnateIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| PhibianIRC | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | Yes | Partial | Yes |
| Template:Rh2 | PIRCH | Yes | No | Yes | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| PJIRC | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Quassel IRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| rxIRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| savIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| ScrollZ | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| ShadowIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Smuxi | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Snak | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| sushi IRC suite | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| ThrashIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| TurboIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Visual IRC | ? | Yes | ? | Yes Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? |
| Vortec IRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Partial Template:Refun | Partial Template:Refun | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? |
| WeeChat | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes |
| WookieChat | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
| x3irc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| XChat | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | Yes | ? | Yes Template:Refun |
| Template:Rh2 | XiRCON | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
| Client | CHAT | Whiteboard | SEND | RESUME | TSEND | SEND T | XMIT | Passive DCC | Server | RDCC | REVERSE | RSEND | Reverse / Firewall DCC | File servers (FSERVs) | XDCC |
- Template:Note labelPlanned for a later version
- Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelSupports the DCC Resume protocol[18]
- Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelSupported via a script[19]
- Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelMarked as completed, but not included yet
- ^ Supported via scripts and plugins[20]
Features
Information on what features each of the clients support.
- ^ When compiled with ncursesw (ncurses with wide-character support)
- ^ Automatically updates via the Sparkle framework
- Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelPlanned for a later version
- ^ Supported as of version 20050921
- Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelUses the Windows Active Scripting technology and supports any scripting language with the appropriate interface
- ^ 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.
- ^ Not complete, proof of concept
- ^ Supported via a plugin
See also
- Comparison of mobile IRC clients
- Comparison of instant messaging clients
- Comparison of instant messaging protocols
- Comparison of LAN messengers
References
- ↑ [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "mIRC: Register mIRC"]. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ↑ [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "Khaled's Nutshell: Frequently Asked Questions"]. Archived from {{{Expansion depth limit exceeded}}} on 2008-02-13. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ↑ [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "ReactOS compatibility database: Opera"]. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2010-01-05.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 See "INSTALL" included with BitchX [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "SourceForge: BitchX files"]. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ↑ [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "WeeChat cygwin"]. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "LimeChat"]. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ↑ [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "Conspire IRC Client: CompileWin32"]. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "WeeChat: Supported OS"]. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ↑ [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "Klient: System Requirements"]. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "KoroIRC: Requirements"]. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ↑ [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "Nettalk: Download"]. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
- ↑ [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "X-Chat README"]. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
- ↑ [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "Changelog for Opera 9.0 for Windows"]. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ↑ [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "mircv6: IPv6 support for mIRC"]. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ↑ [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "Using SSL with mIRC"]. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ↑ [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "mIRC SSL How-to"]. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ↑ [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "Mozilla ChatZilla: Bugzilla Bug 285630: chatzilla does not support resume for dcc downloads"]. 2009-02-20. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ↑ [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "DCC Resume protocol"]. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ↑ [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "SysReset mIRC FileServer"]. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
- ↑ [{{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}} "XChat: Scripts + Plugins"]. {{Expansion depth limit exceeded||}}. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
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