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The Direct Client-to-Client Protocol (DCC) has been the primary method of establishing connections directly between IRC clients for a long time now. Once established, DCC connections bypass the IRC network and servers, allowing for all sorts of data to be transferred between clients including files and direct chat sessions.
This is a category for IRC clients that are either free software or open-source software. Pages in category "Free IRC clients" The following 32 pages are in this category, out of 32 total.
Category: IRC clients. 23 languages. ... This category contains IRC client software. Clients should also be listed in the subcategory for their native platform
A number of web browsers have built-in IRC clients, such as: Opera used to have a client, but no longer supports IRC; ChatZilla add-on for Mozilla Firefox (for Firefox 56 and earlier; included as a built-in component of SeaMonkey). Web-based clients, such as Mibbit and open source KiwiIRC, can run in most browsers.
Visual IRC (ViRC) is an open-source Internet Relay Chat client for the Windows operating system. Unlike many other IRC clients, nearly all of the functionality in ViRC is driven by the included IRC script, with the result that the program's behavior can be extended or changed without altering the source code.
Direct Connect hubs are central servers to which clients connect, thus the networks are not as decentralized as Gnutella or FastTrack. Hubs provide information about the clients, as well as file-searching and chat abilities. File transfers are done directly between clients, in true peer-to-peer fashion. Hubs often have special areas of interest.
IRC: Jarkko Oikarinen: 1988 Aug Open standard: Nickname!Username@hostname (or "hostmask") e.g. user!~usr@a.b.com [d] Yes, via IRCv3 [3] or MemoServ that differs from the main system Optional Many implementations which are mostly non-interoperable with other IRC clients [4] [5] [6] No [e] No Simplistic multicast: Medium Yes (everyone, multiple ...
ircII (pronounced i-r-c-two or irk-two, [3] [4] and sometimes referred to as IRC client, second edition [5]) is a free, open-source Unix IRC and ICB client written in C. Initially released in the late 1980s, it is the oldest IRC client still maintained. [6] [7]