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For a comparison of instant messaging clients (including multi-protocol clients that support IRC), see Comparison of cross-platform instant messaging clients.

The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of notable IRC client programs which have been discussed in independent, reliable prior published sources.

General

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Basic general information about the notableclients: creator/company, license, etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.

ClientPrimary developersDistribution model Software licenseUser interfaceProgramming language
AdiumThijs Alkemade Free softwareGPL-2.0-or-laterGUI Objective-C and C
AmIRCOliver Wagner, Nicolas Sallin, Costel Mincea Free softwareGNU General Public LicenseGUI ?
Bersirc[1]Jamie Frater, Nicholas Copeland Free softwareLGPLGUI C (Delphi originally)
BitchXColten Edwards Free softwareBSDTUI, GUI C
ChatZillaJames Ross, Robert Ginda, Samuel Sieb, Gijs Kruitbosch Free softwareMPL, GPL, LGPL
tri-license		GUI[Note 1]JavaScript, XUL
ColloquyTimothy Hatcher, Kiji Roshi Free softwareDesktop: GPL
Mobile: BSD		GUI Objective-C
ERCAlexander L. Belikoff, Sergey Berezin Free softwareGPL-3.0-or-laterTUI, GUI Emacs Lisp
HexChat[2]Berke Viktor Free softwareGPL-2.0-or-laterTUI, GUI C
InstantbirdFlorian Quèze Free softwareGPLGUIC++, JavaScript, CSS, XUL
ircIIMichael Sandrof Free softwareBSDTUI C
IrcleOnno Tijdgat Commercial, 30-day trial ProprietaryGUI C
IrssiTimo SirainenFree softwareGPL-2.0-or-laterTUI C
KVIrcSzymon Stefanek Free softwareGPLGUI C++
KonversationKDEFree softwareGPL-2.0-or-laterGUI C++
LeafChat[3]Samuel Marshall Free softwareGPL-3.0-or-laterGUI Java
LinkinusConceited Software Commercial, 15-day trial ProprietaryGUI Objective-C
MibbitJimmy Moore Textual AdbarProprietaryWebJavaScript frontend,
Java backend
mIRCKhaled Mardam-Bey Shareware, 30-day trial[4]ProprietaryGUI C/C++[5]
NettalkNicolas Kruse Free softwareApache-2.0GUI Visual Basic
PidginFree softwareGPL-2.0-or-laterGUI C
PIRCHNorthwest Computer Services SharewareProprietaryGUI Delphi
PJIRCPhilippe Detournay Free softwareGPLGUI Java
QuasselManuel Nickschas, Marcus Eggenberger, Alexander von Renteln Free softwareGPL-2.0-or-3.0TUI[Note 2], GUI[Note 3]C++
rcircRyan Yeske Free softwareGPL-3.0-or-laterTUI Emacs Lisp
SmuxiMirco Bauer Free softwareGPL-2.0-or-laterGUI, TUI, server[Note 3]C#
SnakKent Sorensen Commercial ProprietaryGUI ?
ThunderbirdMozilla FoundationFree softwareMPL-2.0GUI C, C++, JavaScript
Visual IRCJesse McGrew Free softwareGPLGUI Delphi
WeeChatSebastien Helleu Free softwareGPL-3.0-or-laterTUI, GUI[Note 4]C
XiRCONMark Hanson FreewareProprietaryGUI Borland C++, scripted with Tcl
ClientPrimary developersDistribution model Software licenseUser interfaceProgramming language
  1. ^Can be installed as part of a web browser
  2. ^Incomplete, proof of concept
  3. ^ abSeparate client and daemon
  4. ^No official GUI, several options available (e.g. Glowing Bear, a web frontend)

Release

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A brief overview of the release history.

First public release First stable release Latest stable release
ClientDate Version Date Version
AmIRC1995
Bersirc1999 2.2.14 (12 August 2005; 19 years ago (2005-08-12)) [±]
BitchX1996 1.2.1 (November 14, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-11-14)) [±]
ChatZilla2001 0.9.93 (November 8, 2016; 8 years ago (2016-11-08)[6]) [±]
Colloquy2005 2.4.3 (6011) (March 22, 2014; 11 years ago (2014-03-22)) [±]
DMDirc2007 0.7 (January 5, 2013; 12 years ago (2013-01-05)[7]) [±]
ERC1999? ERC improvements are now released as part of Emacs. [±]
HexChat2009-10-04 r249 2009-10-09 2.86.0 2.16.2[8][9] Edit this on Wikidata (7 February 2024; 14 months ago (7 February 2024)) [±]
ircII1989 2.0.0 1989 2.0.0 20240918 (September 18, 2024; 7 months ago (2024-09-18)) [±]
Ircle1995 3.5a6 (November 17, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-11-17)) [±]
Irssi1999 1.4.4 (March 31, 2023; 2 years ago (2023-03-31)) [±][10]
KVIrc1998 0.6.0 1999-12-21 1.0.0 5.2.0 (January 14, 2024; 15 months ago (2024-01-14)[11]) [±]
Konversation2002 1.10.24083[12] Edit this on Wikidata 7 November 2024; 5 months ago (7 November 2024)
LeafChat? 1.0 2.5 (July 29, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-07-29)) [±]
Linkinus2007 2.4.3 (August 23, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-08-23)[13]) [±]
Mibbit2008 web application, no version
mIRC1995 7.81 (9 April 2025; 11 days ago (2025-04-09)[14]) [±]
Nettalk2004 6.7.16 (October 30, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-10-30)[15]) [±]
PIRCH1995 1.0.1.1190 (January 1, 2001; 24 years ago (2001-01-01)) [±]
PJIRC2002 2.2.1 (November 29, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-11-29)) [±]
Quassel2008-08-27 0.3.0 0.14.0 (January 1, 2022; 3 years ago (2022-01-01)) [±]
rcirc? ? rcirc improvements are now released as part of Emacs. [±]
Smuxi2008-07-29 0.6 2010-09-03 0.8 1.2.1 (April 23, 2023; 23 months ago (2023-04-23)) [±]
Snak1997 5.3.4 (March 11, 2012; 13 years ago (2012-03-11)[16]) [±]
Visual IRC1995 2.0pl2 (December 30, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-12-30)) [±][17]
WeeChat2003 4.4.0 (August 17, 2024; 8 months ago (2024-08-17)[18]) [±]
ClientDate Version Date Version Latest stable release
First public release First stable release

Operating system support

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The operating systems on which the clients can run natively (without emulation).

Client Windows 7, VistaXP, 2000NT 4.0NT 3.xMe, 98953.1xReactOSmacOS (Intel/PPC) OS 9OS 8System 7 (PPC/68k) BeOS, HaikuOS/2, eCS, ArcaOSAmigaOS (68k) AmigaOS 4, MorphOS (PPC) DOS
AmIRCNo No No No No No No No No No No No No No Yes Yes No
BersircYes Yes ? No ? ? No ? ? No No No No No No No No
BitchXYes[Note 1]Yes[Note 1]Yes[Note 1]No Yes[Note 1]Yes[Note 1]No ? Yes No No No ? Yes Yes Yes No
ChatZillaYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes No
ColloquyNo No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
ERCYes Yes[21]Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes No No No Yes[22]Yes[23]? ? Yes[24]
HexChatYes Dropped (2.9.5) No No No No No No No No No No ? No No No No
ircIIYes[Note 1]Yes[Note 1]Yes[Note 1]No Yes[Note 1]Yes[Note 1]No ? Yes No No No No No No ? No
IrcleNo No No No No No No No Yes[Note 2]Yes Yes Yes No No No No No
IrssiYes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No ? Yes No No No Yes Yes ? Yes No
KonversationPartial Partial Partial No Partial Partial No ? Partial No No No No No No No No
KVIrcYes Yes Yes No Yes No No Yes[25]Yes Yes No No No Yes[26]No No No
LeafChatYes Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
LinkinusNo No No No No No No No Yes[Note 2]No No No No No No No No
MibbitYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No
mIRCYes Yes Yes Partial Yes Yes Partial ? No No No No No No No No No
NettalkYes Yes ? No Partial[Note 3]No No ? No No No No No No No No No
PIRCHYes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes ? No No No No No No No No No
PJIRCYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No No No No
QuasselYes Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No Yes No No No
rcircYes Yes ? ? No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
SmuxiYes Yes No No No No No No Yes No No No No No No No No
SnakNo No No No No No No No Yes Yes Yes ? No No No No No
Visual IRCYes Yes Yes No Yes Yes No ? No No No No No No No No No
WeeChatPartial[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
  1. ^ abcdefghijklmnoRequires Cygwin[19][20]
  2. ^ abRequires OS X v10.4.3 or later
  3. ^Does not support Windows 95 or Windows 98[27]

Unix and Unix-like operating systems:

Client 386BSDBSD/OS (BSD/386, BSDI) FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSDSunOSULTRIXAIXA/UXHP-UXIRIXSCO OpenServerSolarisUnixWareLinuxNeXTSTEPOpenVMSOSF/1QNXTru64 UNIX
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]?
ChatZillaNo No Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes
ColloquyNo No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
ERCYes 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
ircIIYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? Yes Yes Yes
IrcleNo No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
IrssiYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes
Konversation? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? Yes
KVIrc? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
LeafChatNo No No No No No No No No No No No Yes No No No No No
LinkinusNo 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
mIRCNo No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
NettalkNo No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
PIRCHNo No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
PJIRCYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Quassel? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
rcircYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Smuxi? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
SnakNo No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Visual IRCNo 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
  1. ^ abcdefghijkBitchX 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
  2. ^ abcWeeChat 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[28]
  3. ^In development[28]

Protocol support

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What IRC related protocols and standards are supported by each client.

ClientIPv6SSLTLSDANEOCSPCRLSASLOTR
BersircNo No ? ? ? ? ? No
BitchXYes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? No
ChatZillaYes Yes Yes ? Yes Yes script No
ColloquyYes Yes ? ? ? ? Yes No[29]
ERCYes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes[Note 1]No
HexChatYes Yes Yes No No No Yes Yes[Note 2]
ircIIYes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? No
Ircle? Yes ? ? ? ? ? No
IrssiYes Yes Yes Yes No ? Yes Yes[30]
KonversationYes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes No
KVIrcYes Yes Yes ? No No Yes No
LinkinusNo Yes ? ? ? ? No No
MibbitNo Yes ? ? ? ? Yes No
mIRCYes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes No
NettalkNo No ? ? ? ? ? No
PIRCHNo No ? ? ? ? ? No
PJIRCNo No ? ? ? ? ? No
QuasselYes Yes Yes ? No No Yes No[31]
rcircNo Yes Yes ? ? ? ? No
SmuxiYes Yes ? ? ? ? No No[32]
SnakYes Yes ? ? ? ? ? No
Visual IRCNo No ? ? ? ? ? No
WeeChatYes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes[33][34][Note 2]
Client IPv6 SSL TLS DANE OCSP CRL SASL OTR
  1. ^Supported via patch
  2. ^ abSupported via plugin

Direct Client-to-Client (DCC) support

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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.

ClientCHATSENDRESUMETSENDSEND TXMITPassive DCCServerRDCCREVERSERSENDReverse / Firewall DCCFile servers (FSERVs)XDCCVOICEWhiteboard
Bersirc? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
BitchXYes Yes Yes Yes Yes ? No No ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? No
ChatZillaYes Yes No[35]? ? No No[Note 1]No No No No No No ? ? No
ColloquyYes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
ERCYes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
HexChatYes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? No
ircIIYes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Ircle? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
IrssiYes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No
KonversationYes Yes Yes ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? Yes ? Yes ? Yes
KVIrcYes Yes Yes Yes No No Yes No No Yes Yes Yes Yes[Note 2]Yes[Note 2]Yes[Note 3]No
Linkinus? ? ? ? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
MibbitNo ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
mIRCYes Yes Yes[Note 4]? ? ? Yes Yes Yes[Note 5]? ? Yes Yes Yes[Note 5]? ?
NettalkYes Yes Yes No No No No Partial No No No No ? ? ? No
PIRCHYes Yes Yes[Note 4]? ? No No No No No No No No No ? No
PJIRCYes Yes Yes ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? No
QuasselNo No No No No No No No No No No No No No ? No
rcircNo No No No No No No No No No No No No No ? No
Smuxi? ? ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
SnakYes Yes Yes ? Yes ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Visual IRC? ? Yes[Note 4]? ? ? Yes No ? ? ? Yes ? ? Yes[Note 3]Yes
WeeChatYes Yes ? ? ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? Yes ? ?
ClientCHATSENDRESUMETSENDSEND TXMITPassive DCCServerRDCCREVERSERSENDReverse / Firewall DCCFile servers (FSERVs)XDCCVOICEWhiteboard
  1. ^Planned for a later version
  2. ^ abSupported via scripting
  3. ^ abIncompatible with other IRC clients[36]
  4. ^ abcSupports the DCC Resume protocol[37]
  5. ^ abSupported via a script[38]

IRCv3 support

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This software is compliant natively; other software may be compliant with extensions.[39][40]

ClientsCAPCAP 302Cap-notifyAccount-notifyaccount-tagAway-notifybatchBot Modechghostecho-messageextended-joinInvite-notifylabeled-responsemessage-tagsMonitormsgidmulti-prefixSASL v3.1SASL v3.2server-timesetnamestsuserhost-in-namesUTF8ONLYWHOX+typingdraft/
chathistory		WebIRCdraft/
account-registration		draft/
extended-monitor		draft/
multiline		+draft/
react		+draft/
reply
BitchXYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo??????
ColloquyYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesYesYesYesNoNoYesNoYesYesNoYesNoNoYesNoYesNoNo??NoNoNoNo
HexChatYesYesYesYes2.16YesNoNoYesNoYes2.16NoNoYesNoYesYesYesYes2.16NoYes2.16YesNoNo??????
IrssiYesGitGitGitNoGitNoNoGitNoGitGitNoGitNoNoYesYesNoNoGitNoNoNoYesNoNo??????
KVIrcYesNoNoGitNoGitNoNoGitNoGitNoNoNoNoNoGitYesNoGitNoNoGitNoNoNoNo??????
KonversationYesv20.11.80+v21.03.80+YesNoYesNoNov21.03.80+NoYesNoNoNoNoNoYesYesv21.04.0+YesNoNoYesNoYesNoNo??????
MibbitYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoYesNoNoNoNoNo?NoNo?NoNoNoNoNoNo
Mozilla ThunderbirdYes72.0+72.0+NoNoNoNoNoNo73.0+NoNoNoNoYesNoYesYes72.0+60.0+NoNoNoNoNoNoNo??????
Quassel IRCYesYesYesYes0.14+YesNoNoYes0.14+ (opt in)Yes0.14+No0.14+NoNoYesYesYes0.14+0.14+NoYesNoYesNoNo??????
WeeChatYes2.2+YesYesNoYesNoNo2.2+NoYes2.2+No3.3+YesNoYesYes3.3+Yes3.3+NoYesNoYes3.3+No??????
mIRCYesYesYesYesYesYesYesNoYesNoYesYes7.62+YesYesYesYesYesYesYes7.62+YesYesNoYesNoNo??????

IRCv3 SASL mechanisms

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IRC SASL authentication primarily uses the same mechanisms as SASL in other protocols. Most commonly:

  • PLAIN as defined by RFC 4616
  • EXTERNAL as defined by RFC 4422
  • SCRAM-SHA-256 as defined by RFC 7677
ClientEXTERNALPLAINSCRAM-SHA-256
BitchXNoYesNo
ColloquyNoYesNo
HexChatYesYesNo
IrssiYesYesNo
KVIrcYesYesNo
KonversationYesYesNo
Mozilla ThunderbirdNoYesNo
WeeChatYesYes3.2+
catgirlYesYesNo
mIRCYesYes7.68+
pydle(lib.)NoYesNo
senpaiNoYesNo
zIRC(lib.)YesYesNo

Features

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Information on what features each of the clients support.

ClientMulti-serverUTF-8Proxy serverirc:// URI schemeAutomatic updatesScripting language
BersircYes No ? ? ? —
BitchXYes No ? ? ? Enhanced IrcII script
ChatZillaYes Yes Yes Yes Yes JavaScript
ColloquyYes Yes ? Yes Yes[Note 1]AppleScript, Cocoa, F-Script, JavaScript, Python
ERCYes Yes Yes[Note 2]Yes[41]Yes[Note 3]Emacs Lisp
HexChatYes Yes Yes Yes Yes Perl, Python, Tcl, Lua[Note 4], JavaScript, C, C++, and via D-Bus.
ircIIYes Yes[Note 5]? ? ? IrcII script
IrcleYes No ? ? ? AppleScript
IrssiYes Yes Yes No No Perl
KonversationYes Yes Yes Yes ? Shell script, Ruby, Python, Perl, Java, C++, C#, JavaScript[Note 6]
KVIrcYes Yes Yes Yes No KVS (custom), Perl, Python, C++
LeafChatYes Yes ? — Yes Java
LinkinusYes Yes Yes Yes Yes AppleScript, Cocoa
MibbitYes Yes ? Yes — —
mIRCYes Yes Yes Yes Yes[Note 7]mIRC script
NettalkYes Yes SOCKSYes Yes VBScript, custom
PIRCHYes No ? ? No Yes
PJIRCYes Yes ? ? No Partial, JavaScript
QuasselYes Yes Yes ? No No
rcircYes Yes ? ? No Emacs Lisp
SmuxiYes Yes Yes ? ? Yes (language agnostic)
SnakYes Yes ? ? ? AppleScript, IrcII script
Visual IRCYes No ? ? ? Versus
WeeChatYes 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
  1. ^Automatically updates via the Sparkle framework
  2. ^Can be added with separate packages.
  3. ^Supports automatic updates via the Emacs package manager
  4. ^Since 2.9.5 HexChat is shipped only with Perl and Python.
  5. ^Supported as of version 20050921
  6. ^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.
  7. ^Only looks for updates, they need to be manually downloaded and installed.

See also

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References

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  1. ^Bersirc IRC Client - about BersircArchived 2011-08-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^"HexChat website".
  3. ^"Download leafChat Free". Mac.softpedia.com. 2010-01-21. Retrieved 2012-11-18.
  4. ^"mIRC: Register mIRC". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  5. ^"mIRC: Personal FAQ". Retrieved 2011-04-09.
  6. ^"ChatZilla :: Versions :: Add-ons for Firefox". Retrieved 2016-11-11.
  7. ^Mc Cormack, Shane (January 25, 2013). "DMDirc 0.7". Retrieved 2013-05-08.
  8. ^"2.16.2, The Final Release". 9 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  9. ^"HexChat ChangeLog". 7 February 2024. Retrieved 11 February 2024.
  10. ^"Irssi 1.4.4 Released". 31 March 2023. Retrieved 3 May 2023.
  11. ^"2024-01-14: KVIrc 5.2.0 "Quasar" Released". Retrieved 2024-02-29.
  12. ^"Release 1.10.24083 of Konversation".
  13. ^"Release Notes – Linkinus". Conceited Software. Retrieved 2011-03-02.
  14. ^"mIRC: Latest News". mirc.com. Retrieved 2025-04-20.
  15. ^"Nettalk - www.ntalk.de - IRC-Client". Retrieved 2013-03-23.
  16. ^"Snak - IRC for Mac". Retrieved 2012-03-11.
  17. ^https://sourceforge.net/projects/visualirc/files/ViRC/2.0pl2/
  18. ^"Version 4.4.0". weechat.org. Retrieved 2024-08-17.
  19. ^"SourceForge: BitchX files See "INSTALL" included with BitchX". Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  20. ^"WeeChat cygwin". Archived from the original on 2009-09-12. Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  21. ^"Which versions of Windows are supported?". Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  22. ^"Emacs 29 has been ported to the Haiku operating system". Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  23. ^"Emacs | eCSoft/2". The Complete OS/2 Software Encyclopedia.
  24. ^"EmacsForDOS".
  25. ^Connect to the ReactOS IRC Channels
  26. ^2012-07-03: 4.2.0 Released!
  27. ^"Nettalk: Download". Archived from the original on 2009-05-07. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
  28. ^ ab"WeeChat: Supported OS". Retrieved 2009-09-18.
  29. ^"Ticket 3915 requesting OTR support". Archived from the original on 2019-10-01. Retrieved 2017-03-17.
  30. ^"Irssi 1.2.0 OTR Migration Path". Retrieved 2020-06-22.
  31. ^"Issue 1418 requesting OTR support".
  32. ^"Issue 651 requesting OTR support".
  33. ^"Cypherpunks - OTR-Enabled Software". Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  34. ^"GitHub - weechat-otr - WeeChat script for Off-the-Record messaging". GitHub. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  35. ^"Mozilla ChatZilla: Bugzilla Bug 285630: chatzilla does not support resume for dcc downloads". 2009-02-20. Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  36. ^"DCC negotiation and connection". Retrieved 2014-12-16.
  37. ^"DCC Resume protocol". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  38. ^"SysReset mIRC FileServer". Retrieved 2009-07-14.
  39. ^"Clients - IRCv3".
  40. ^"Libraries - IRCv3".
  41. ^"irc".
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