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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.
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.
Colloquy is an open-source IRC, SILC, ICB and XMPP [2] client for Mac OS X. Colloquy uses its own core, known as Chat Core, although in the past it used Irssi as its IRC protocol engine. One of the primary goals behind Colloquy was to create an IRC, SILC and ICB client with Mac OS X visuals.
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.
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 ...
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.
A user registers with the BitlBee server for future credentials storage. Service protocols are added along with their credentials; following this, the software will display the user's buddy list as normal IRC users in a channel. [9] Conversations can be public, or use the private message facility of IRC. [11]
This is a list of free and open-source software (FOSS) packages, computer software licensed under free software licenses and open-source licenses.Software that fits the Free Software Definition may be more appropriately called free software; the GNU project in particular objects to their works being referred to as open-source. [1]