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Revision as of 18:53, 6 September 2007
The following comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients gives an overview of features and differences between various Internet Relay Chat clients.
General information
First public release date | Latest stable | Date of latest | Cost (USD) | Software license | |
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0irc | 2000 | 1.3.45 | Free | Freeware | |
AmIRC | 1995 | 3.5.25 | 2002 | $30, or 30-minute per session trial | Proprietary |
BitchX | 1996 | 1.1 | 2004 | Free | BSD License |
Bersirc | 1999 | 2.2.14 | 2005 | Free | LGPL |
ChatZilla | 2001 | 0.9.78.1 | 2007 | Free | MPL/GPL/LGPL tri-license |
Colloquy | 2005 | 2.1 | 2007 | Free | GPL |
EPIC | 1994 | epic4-2.6 | 2006 | Free | BSD License |
HydraIRC | 2002 | 0.3.160 | 2007 | Free | Proprietary |
IceChat | 2002 | 7.60 | 2007 | Free | Proprietary |
ii | 2006 | 1.1 | 2007 | Free | MIT/X Consortium License |
ircII | 1990 | 20060725 | 2006 | Free | BSD License |
IRCle | ? | 3.1.2 | 2005 | $23, 30-day trial | Proprietary |
Irssi | 1999 | 0.8.11 | 2007 | Free | GPL |
Jini | 2002 | 0.0.6 | Free | GPL | |
Klient | 1999 | 2.2.1 | 2006 | $24.95, 30-day trial | Proprietary |
Konversation | 2002 | 1.0.1 | 2006 | Free | GPL |
Kopete | 2003 | 0.12.4 | 2007 | Free | GPL |
KoroIRC | 2004 | 0.2.061104 | 2006 | Free | Proprietary |
KSirc | 1997 | 3.3.2-5 | Free | GPL | |
KVIrc | 1998 | Template:Latest stable release/KVIrc | 2007 | Free | GPL |
Linkinus | 2007 | 1.1 | 2007 | $20, 15-day trial (optional) | Proprietary |
Miranda IM | 2000 | 0.6.8 | 2007 | Free | GPL |
mIRC | 1995 | 6.30 | 2007 | $20, 30-day trial (optional) | Proprietary |
Opera | ? | 100.0.4815.21 (June 20, 2023[1][2][3])
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2007 | Free | Proprietary |
OrnateIRC | 2001 | 1.6 | Free | Proprietary | |
Pidgin | 2000 | Template:Latest stable release/Pidgin | 2007 | Free | GPL |
pIRCh | 1995 | 1.0.1.1190 | 1998 | Shareware $20 (optional) | Proprietary |
savIRC | 2001 | 2.1.0 | 2007 | Free | GPL |
ScrollZ | 1994 | 1.9.99 | 2007 | Free | BSD License |
Snak | 1997 | 5.3.1 | 2007 | $29 | Proprietary |
ShadowIRC | 1996 | 1.1.0b2 | 2001 | Free | GPL |
Trillian | 2000 | 3.1.0.121 | 2005 | Free | Proprietary |
Trillian Pro | 2002 | 3.1.0.121 | 2005 | $25 | Proprietary |
TurboIRC | 1998 | 6.030 | 2005 | $20, or free unregistered | Proprietary |
Visual IRC | 1995 | 2.0pl2 | 2007 | Free | GPL |
WeeChat | 2003 | 0.2.5 | 2007 | Free | GPL |
Wookie Chat | ? | 2.6 | 2007 | Free | Freeware |
XChat | 1998 | 2.8.5 | 2007 | UNIX/Linux versions Free, Windows version $20 | GPL |
PJIRC | 2002 | 2.2.1 | 2004 | Free | GPL |
PhibianIRC | 2005 | 1.2.0107 | 2007 | Free | Proprietary |
First public release date | Latest stable | Date of latest | Cost (USD) | Software license |
*Note that there are free builds of X-Chat for Windows.
Operating system support
The operating systems on which the clients can run without emulation.
Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD / Unix | AmigaOS | |
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0irc | Yes | No | No | No | No |
AmIRC | No | No | No | No | Yes |
BitchX | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Bersirc | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes |
ChatZilla | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Colloquy | No | Yes | No | No | No |
EPIC | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
HydraIRC | Yes | No | No | No | No |
IceChat | Yes | No | No | No | No |
ii | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
ircII | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
IRCle | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Irssi | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Klient | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Konversation | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Kopete | No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
KoroIRC | Yes | No | No | No | No |
KSirc | No | No | Yes | Yes | No |
KVIrc | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Linkinus | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Miranda IM | Yes | No | No | No | No |
mIRC | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Opera | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
OrnateIRC | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Pidgin | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Cygnix X11 engine) |
savIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
ScrollZ | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
Snak | No | Yes | No | No | No |
Trillian | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Trillian Pro | Yes | No | No | No | No |
TurboIRC | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Visual IRC | Yes | No | No | No | No |
WeeChat | Partial | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
WookieChat | No | No | No | No | Yes |
X-Chat | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
PJIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
PhibianIRC | Yes | No | No | No | No |
Windows | Mac OS X | Linux | BSD / Unix | AmigaOS |
Features
Multiserver | DCC | Passive DCC / dccserver | SSL | IPv6 | UTF-8 | Text UI | GUI | Scripting | |
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0irc | Yes | Yes | No / No | No | No | No | Yes | No | None |
AmIRC | No | Yes | No / No | No | No | No | No | Yes | ARexx |
BitchX | Yes | Yes | No / No [4] | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Enhanced IrcII script |
Bersirc | Yes | Partial | No / No | No | No | No | No | Yes | None |
ChatZilla | Yes | Yes | No [5] / No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | JavaScript |
Colloquy | Yes | Yes | Yes / No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | AppleScript, Cocoa, F-Script, JavaScript, Python |
EPIC | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Enhanced IrcII script, Perl, Ruby, Tcl |
HydraIRC | Yes | Yes | ? | No [5] | No [6] | No [5] | No | Yes | C++ |
IceChat | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | Yes | VBScript |
ii | Yes | No | No / No | No | No | Yes | No | No | Shell script |
ircII | Yes | Yes | No / No | No | Yes | Yes [7] | Yes | No | Own language |
IRCle | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No | No | Yes | AppleScript |
Irssi | Yes | Yes | Yes / Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Perl |
Klient | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes [8] | No | No | No | Yes | VBScript, JScript, Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP [9] |
Konversation | Yes | Yes | No / No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Shell script, Ruby, Python, Perl, Java, C++, C#, Javascript [10] |
Kopete | Yes | ? | No / No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Shell script, Python, Perl |
KoroIRC | Yes | Yes | No [5] / No | No | No [5] | Yes | No | Yes | None |
KSirc | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Perl |
KVIrc | Yes | Yes | Yes / No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | KVIrc script,Perl |
Linkinus | Yes | Yes | Yes / No | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | AppleScript, Cocoa |
mIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes / Yes | Yes [11] | Wrapper [12] | Yes | No | Yes | mIRC script |
Miranda IM | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | No [13] | No | Yes | PHP |
Opera | Yes | Yes | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | None |
OrnateIRC | Yes | Yes | No | OpenSSL (Partially) | No | No | No | Yes | Pascal Script/Own Language (OSL) |
Pidgin | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | Yes | Perl, Tcl/Tk |
savIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes / No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Tcl/Tk |
ScrollZ | Yes | Yes | No / No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Enhanced IrcII script |
Snak | Yes | Yes | No / No | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | AppleScript, IrcII script |
Trillian | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | Limited (Only through triggers.) |
Trillian Pro | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? | No | No | Yes | Triggers as in the free version. Full scripting through plugins. |
TurboIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes / Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | VBScript, JScript[9] |
Visual IRC | Yes | Yes | Yes / No | No | No | No | No | Yes | Versus |
WeeChat | Yes | Yes | Yes / No | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | No | C, Perl, Python, Ruby, Lua |
X-Chat | Yes | Yes | Yes / Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Perl, Python, Tcl, Ruby, C++ |
PJIRC [14] | Yes | Partial [15] | No / No | Yes [8] | ? | Yes | No | Yes | JavaScript |
PhibianIRC | Yes | Yes | Yes / Partial | Yes | No | Yes | No | Yes | Pascal Script, PSI |
Multiserver | DCC | Passive DCC / dccserver | SSL | IPv6 | UTF-8 | Text UI | GUI | Scripting |
See also
References
- ^ "Thanks for downloading Opera". Opera Norway. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "Thanks for downloading Opera". Opera Norway. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ "Index of /ftp/pub/opera/desktop/100.0.4815.21/". Opera Norway. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
- ^ Unconfirmed.
- ^ a b c d e Planned for a later version.
- ^ Marked as completed, but not included yet.
- ^ Supported as of version 20050921.
- ^ a b Supported via a plugin.
- ^ a b Uses 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.
- ^ Requires the OpenSSL DLLs; see http://www.mirc.co.uk/ssl.html. Pre-compiled DLLs can found at http://m00.cx/ssl/.
- ^ Wrapper available at http://users.skynet.be/jaguar/mircv6.html.
- ^ A patch exists to enable UTF-8 support in Miranda, but it does not allow switching between UTF-8 and the system encoding.
- ^ Can be run as a Java applet or standalone application.
- ^ DCC is not always successful at this stage.