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This is a comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients.
[edit] General information
*Note that there are free builds of X-Chat for Windows.
[edit] Operating system support
The operating systems on which the clients can run without emulation.
[edit] 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 |
| BitchX |
Yes |
Yes |
No / No [1] |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Enhanced IrcII script |
| Bersirc |
Yes |
Partial |
No / No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
None |
| ChatZilla |
Yes |
Yes |
No [2] / 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 |
| Gaim |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Perl, Tcl/Tk |
| HydraIRC |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
No [2] |
No [3] |
No [2] |
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 [4] |
Yes |
No |
Own language |
| IRCle |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Irssi |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes / Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Perl |
| Klient |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes [5] |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
VBScript, JScript, Perl, Python, Ruby, PHP [6] |
| Konversation |
Yes |
Yes |
No / No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Shell script, Ruby, Python, Perl, Java, C++, C#, Javascript [7] |
| Kopete |
Yes |
? |
No / No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
Shell script, Python, Perl |
| KoroIRC |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
No |
No [2] |
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 |
| mIRC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes / Yes |
Yes [8] |
Wrapper [9] |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
mIRC script |
| Miranda IM |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
Yes |
? |
No |
No |
Yes |
PHP |
| Opera |
Yes |
Yes |
? |
? |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
None |
| OrnateIRC |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
OpenSSL (Partialy) |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Pascal Script/Own Language (OSL) |
| 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 |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| Trillian Pro |
Yes |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
? |
| TurboIRC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes / Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
VBScript, JScript[6] |
| Visual IRC |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes / No |
No |
No |
No |
No |
Yes |
Versus |
| WeeChat |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes / No |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
No |
Perl, Python, Ruby, Lua |
| X-Chat |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes / Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Yes |
Perl, Python, Tcl, Ruby |
| PJIRC [10] |
Yes |
Partial [11] |
No / No |
Yes [5] |
? |
Yes |
No |
Yes |
JavaScript |
|
Multiserver |
DCC |
Passive DCC / dccserver |
SSL |
IPv6 |
UTF-8 |
Text UI |
GUI |
Scripting |
- ^ Unconfirmed.
- ^ a b c d 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.
- ^ Can be run as a Java applet or standalone application.
- ^ DCC is not always successful at this stage.
[edit] See also
