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Mar 13, 2026

Clients

• Textual - Very customizable, ZNC integration, iCloud sync ($4.99). (source (⭐1.9k)) macOS

• LimeChat - One window for multiple servers, keyboard shortcuts, fast & stable. (source (⭐1.6k)) macOS iOS

• HexChat - Based on XChat, easy to use, spell check & multiple languages. (source (⭐3.3k)) Windows macOS Linux

• Kiwi IRC - Powerful modern IRC messenger for the web. (source (⭐955), demo) Web

• CIRC - Uses the chrome.sockets APIs to connect directly to IRC servers without needing a proxy. (source (⭐387)) Chrome

• Quassel - Distributed (clients can attach to and detach from a central core that stays permanently online. (source (⭐763)) Linux macOS Windows

• Circe - For use in Emacs, sane defaults. Emacs

• Smuxi - User-friendly, based on GNOME / GTK+. (source (⭐183)) Linux Windows macOS

• KvIRC - Free, portable, based on Qt GUI toolkit. (source (⭐286)) Linux macOS Windows

• Konversation - User-friendly client built on the KDE Platform. (source (⭐54)) Linux

• sic - Simple IRC client - a terminal client in less than 250 lines of C. Linux macOS

• irssi - Terminal client, multi-protocol friendly for module authors, GPLv2. Linux macOS Cygwin BSD

• Revolution IRC - Feature-full, actively maintained Android IRC client. Android

• AdiIRC - Never has a client offered such granular settings for every aspect of the IRC experience. (features, screenshots) Windows WINE

• IRC for Android™ - Android/Chrome OS client for power users, with ZNC built-ins, notification logic, reliable DCC, keybinds for hardware keyboards, etc. Android ChromeOS

• mIRC - One of the most popular IRC clients for Windows, with a built-in scripting language. Windows

• ObsidianIRC - Modern WebSocket IRC client with Discord-like UI. (source (⭐185)) Linux Windows macOS Android iOS Web

• XChat - Precursor to HexChat, multi-platform graphical IRC client. Windows Linux

• ircII - One of the oldest IRC clients, initially released in 1989. Linux macOS

• BitchX - Terminal-based client popular on Unix-like systems. (screenshots) Linux macOS Windows

Bouncers / Hosted

• IRCCloud - Group chat for teams, friends, and communities. stay connected, chat from anywhere, and never miss a message (+client) (£0-£3.50/month).
  • iOS App (⭐290) - Official. Objective-C
  • Android App (⭐306) - Official. Java
  • Nimbus (⭐152) - Standalone client. macOS Objective-C

Bouncers / Self-hosted

• Convos - Always online web IRC client. (source (⭐1.2k)) Perl JavaScript Web

• ZNC - Most popular. many different plugins. (source (⭐2.1k)) C++

• BIP IRC Proxy - Always online, lightweight and secure Open Source IRC proxying with backlogging. (source) C

• TheLounge - Responsive, self-hosted & support for multiple users. (source (⭐6.2k), demo) JavaScript Node.js Web

• WeeChat - A fast, light and extensible chat client. (source (⭐3.3k)) Linux macOS

• psyBNC - Multi-user, permanent IRC bouncer with encryption support. Linux

Daemons / Self-hosted

• Ergo - Modern server that's portable and designed around specifications (bleeding-edge IRCv3 support). (source (⭐3.1k))

• UnrealIRCd - Modular, advanced IRCd serving thousands of networks since 1999. (source (⭐501))

Encryption / Self-hosted

• irssi-otr (⭐185) - Off-the-Record (OTR) messaging plugin for irssi. C

• weechat-otr (⭐134) - Off-the-Record (OTR) messaging plugin for WeeChat. Python

• FiSH-irssi (⭐128) - Blowfish encryption in ECB/CBC modes with Diffie-Hellman key exchange for irssi. C

Frameworks / Bridges

• Dis4IRC (⭐103) - Discord ↔ IRC. Kotlin

• toxirc (⭐23) - Tox ↔ IRC. C

Channels / Platforms

• #Ubuntu@Libera.Chat - Official Ubuntu support channel. (rules)

Jul 07, 2024

Clients

• Goguma - An IRC client for mobile devices, from the creator of soju. Android Linux

Bouncers / Self-hosted

• sms-webhook (⭐2) - A simple webhook to receive SMS messages on IRC. Go

Services / Self-hosted

• anope - Designed for flexibility and ease of use. (source (⭐349))

Bots / Self-hosted

• Eggdrop - Oldest IRC bot still in active development. Feature rich, uses Tcl scripting. (source (⭐565)) C

• milla (⭐17) - New generation LLM-powered bot with lua scripting support. Go

Frameworks / Self-hosted

• irccd - Flexible IRC bot customizable with JavaScript. C++.

Frameworks / Bridges

• matterircd (⭐302) - Matterbridge ↔ IRC, Slack ↔ IRC, Mastodon ↔ IRC. Go

Miscellaneous / Platforms

• img2src (⭐45) - Convert images to halfblock ANSI or IRC, with a bunch of post-processing filters. Rust

May 22, 2023

Bots / Self-hosted

• wayback (⭐2.2k) - An archiving tool with an IRC interface integrated with various archiving services.

Apr 16, 2023

Frameworks / Bridges

• dibridge (⭐20) - Discord ↔ IRC (with puppets) Python

• Biboumi - IRC gateway for XMPP clients C

• Heisenbridge (⭐299) - Bouncer-style Matrix IRC bridge Python

• Appservice-IRC (⭐494) - Gateway and bridge Matrix ↔ IRC Javascript

Mar 14, 2023

Bots / Self-hosted

• BitBot (⭐144) - Modular, event-driven bot featuring a REST API, individual user settings and much more. (bitbot.dev) Python

• pyHoneybot - Python Twisted IRC bot with a focus on ease of plugin development. (source (⭐79)) Python

Frameworks / Self-hosted

• IRC::Client (⭐16) - Perl6 based extendable IRC client framework.

Nov 03, 2021

Daemons / Self-hosted

• RobustIRC - IRC server without netsplits. (source (⭐193))

Jul 16, 2021

Clients

• gamja - A simple IRC web client. (source) Web

Jun 20, 2021

Networks / Platforms

• LibertaCasa - Privacy endorsing community serving as a safe and open space for the discussion of various topics.

May 27, 2021

Miscellaneous / Platforms

• superseriousstats (⭐102) - Fast and efficient program to create statistics out of various types of chat logs. PHP Web

May 26, 2021

Bots / Self-hosted

• Cardinal (⭐103) - Python Twisted IRC bot with a focus on ease of plugin development. Python

Networks / Platforms

• Libera.Chat - Network mostly focused on free and open source projects, run by former freenode staff.

Articles / Platforms

• IRC is dead, long live IRC - Pingdom.

Apr 10, 2021

Clients

• Iridium - Friendly IRC client built in Vala and GTK, designed for elementary OS. (source (⭐57)) Linux

Dec 07, 2020

Bots / Self-hosted

• IRC-BF - Brainfuck

• CloudBot (⭐174) - Simple, fast, expandable. Python

Frameworks / Bridges

• teleirc (⭐155) - Telegram ↔ IRC. JavaScript

May 25, 2020

Bots / Self-hosted

• EveIRC (⭐9) - Extendable chat/channel/server-managenent service-providing bot. Using the Cinch Framework (⭐1k). Ruby

May 05, 2020

Bouncers / Self-hosted

• soju - A user-friendly IRC bouncer. Go

Jul 29, 2019

Daemons / Self-hosted

• ircd.js (⭐530) - Server will allow clients to connect, join channels, change topics; basic stuff.

• InspIRCd - Modular, stable, written from scratch. (source (⭐1.3k))

• miniircd (⭐444) - Very simple and limited.

• ngIRCd - Portable and lightweight for small or private networks. (source (⭐542))

Services / Self-hosted

• Atheme - Designed for large networks with high scalability requirements. (source (⭐424))

Bots / Self-hosted

• Sopel - Tonnes of ready made features, tutorial, fully documented. (source (⭐971)) Python

• Limnoria (⭐656) - Robust, user friendly, developer friendly. Python

• Twitch Plays (⭐275) - Takes input from the chat and presses the corresponding key. Python

• Skybot (⭐248) - Main goals are simplicity and power. Python

• lazybot (⭐153) - User-friendly and powerful. Clojure

• geordi (⭐184) - Compiles and runs C++ code snippets. C++

• yossarian-bot (⭐32) - Large default plugin set, Cinch-based. Ruby

• helga (⭐48) - Pluggable chat bot supporting multiple protocols. Python

Frameworks / Self-hosted

• goirc (⭐514) - Event-based, stateful, lacking documentation. Go

• Hubot IRC Adapter (⭐299) - The IRC adapter for hubot. JavaScript

• go-ircevent (⭐501) - Event-based. Go

• slate-irc (⭐209) - Plugin system, simple api, arbitrary input stream, debug support. JavaScript

• PircBotX (⭐227) - Event based IRC Library with a straightforward API (updated fork of PircBot). Java

Frameworks / Bridges

• discord-irc (⭐1.2k) - Discord ↔ IRC. JavaScript

• slack-irc (⭐589) - Slack ↔ IRC. JavaScript

• irc-slack (⭐206) - Slack ↔ IRC. Go

• BitlBee - XMPP, Jabber, Google Talk, MSN Messenger, Yahoo! Messenger, AIM, ICQ, Twitter API, HipChat ↔ IRC. C

• skyweb2irc (⭐7) - Skype (webclient API) ↔ IRC. Javascript

Channels / Discovery

• netsplit.de Search - Searches 563 different networks.

• KiwiIRC Search - Searches 318 different networks.

Networks / Platforms

• Snoonet - Community of redditors and subreddits. (rules)

• OFTC - Community for free and open source software communities.

Articles / Platforms

• Please don't use Slack for FOSS projects - Drew DeVault's Blog.

• IRC Networks Under Systematic Attack From Governments - QuakeNet.

• IRC Has Lost 60% Of Its Users Since 2003, But Life As A Robot Is Just Beginning - Alex Williams (TechCrunch).

Guides / Platforms

• #irchelp - A vast amount of reasonably up-to-date information.

Protocol / Platforms

• IRCv3 Working Group - A group of IRC software authors working to enhance, improve, maintain and standardize the IRC protocol. (source (⭐98))

• Modern IRC Documents - An attempt to write an update to the original IRC protocol. documentation (source (⭐227))

• IRC Definition Files - Lists of numerics, modes, ISUPPORT tokens and other protocol details. (source (⭐65))

• grawity's IRC docs (⭐62) - Collection of misc IRC protocol documentation.

• Protocol Statistics - Statistics around the server software in use on networks today. (source (⭐7))

• IRC Parser Tests (⭐47) - A CC0 set of test suites, to ensure IRC message parsers are consistent.

Mar 26, 2019

Frameworks / Bridges

• matterbridge (⭐7.4k) - IRC ↔ Mattermost ↔ Discord ↔ XMPP ↔ Gitter ↔ Slack ↔ Discord ↔ Telegram ↔ etc. Go

Mar 21, 2018

Frameworks / Self-hosted

• node-irc (⭐43) JavaScript

Mar 23, 2017

Use / Platforms

• Platform - Web, macOS, Windows, Linux, Chrome etc.

Apr 04, 2016

Use / Platforms

• Language - Python, Java, C++, Go, JavaScript, Ruby, C etc.