IRC Clients

At least once a week, we get asked about IRC clients that people can use. Although GeekShed offers the TFlash flash-based chat client that can be used and embedded on one’s site, unless you’re a casual chatter on a few channels, it is often beneficial to use a dedicated IRC client. By using a client, you are able to have more features such as scripts, logging, and more advanced channel moderation tools.

Below is a list of some IRC clients. It is not an exhaustive list, so if you do not like any of the clients, search around the web for one that you do like.

Client	Supported Platforms
mIRC	Windows
IceChat	Windows
X-Chat 2	Windows
Colloquy	Macintosh
X-Chat Aqua	Macintosh
Linkinus	Macintosh
Konversation	*nix
ChatZilla (Firefox addon)	Windows, Macintosh, *nix
Opera	Windows, Macintosh, *nix
BitchX	Windows, Macintosh, *nix
Irssi	Windows, Macintosh, *nix

Do you recommend any of these clients, or one that isn’t listed? Feel free to add a comment, and let us know.

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#1 written by SoiledBargains
December 21, 2009 - 10:12 pm

I haven’t used it in a while (actually, I’ve only used it once on Ubuntu), but there’s also Pidgin.
#2 written by SL0RD
December 25, 2009 - 7:14 pm

You guys forgot the client of the future IRSSI for *nix
#3 written by Kingdutch
December 25, 2009 - 7:27 pm

Missed irssi?
#4 written by Stæld
January 7, 2010 - 1:17 pm

Irssi obviously is missing from this list.
#5 written by Phil
January 7, 2010 - 1:31 pm

After 3 people making exactly the same comment I have added Irssi to the list to prevent anyone else doing the same.

Phil
#6 written by asim0v
April 29, 2010 - 7:10 pm

I’m using Konversation for all of my IRC needs on Linux. It’s Qt based and allows for plenty of customization. http://konversation.kde.org/
#7 written by Michael Hazell
October 18, 2012 - 11:30 pm

HexChat is a pretty good client. I use it all the time, and is based off of XChat, which is no longer in any real active development.
#8 written by Mr.Frisco
June 9, 2013 - 5:45 pm

You forgot LightIRC

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