Jump to content

Comparison of IRC clients

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by 82.215.240.162 (talk) at 18:40, 5 September 2007 (→Added AmIRC to feature matrix). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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
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; 18 months ago (2023-06-20)[1][2][3])


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 2.0 2004 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
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
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

  1. ^ "Thanks for downloading Opera". Opera Norway. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Thanks for downloading Opera". Opera Norway. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Index of /ftp/pub/opera/desktop/100.0.4815.21/". Opera Norway. Retrieved 21 June 2023.
  4. ^ Unconfirmed.
  5. ^ a b c d e Planned for a later version.
  6. ^ Marked as completed, but not included yet.
  7. ^ Supported as of version 20050921.
  8. ^ a b Supported via a plugin.
  9. ^ a b Uses the Windows Active Scripting technology, and supports any scripting language with the appropriate interface.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ Requires the OpenSSL DLLs; see http://www.mirc.co.uk/ssl.html. Pre-compiled DLLs can found at http://m00.cx/ssl/.
  12. ^ Wrapper available at http://users.skynet.be/jaguar/mircv6.html.
  13. ^ A patch exists to enable UTF-8 support in Miranda, but it does not allow switching between UTF-8 and the system encoding.
  14. ^ Can be run as a Java applet or standalone application.
  15. ^ DCC is not always successful at this stage.
Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/enwiki/w/index.php?title=Comparison_of_IRC_clients&oldid=155887511"