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IRC (Internet Relay Chat) is a text-based chat system for instant messaging. IRC is designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, [1] but also allows one-on-one communication via private messages [2] as well as chat and data transfer, [3] including file sharing. [4]
Robert Levin, [56] also known as lilo, was the founder of the Freenode IRC network and Executive Director of the PDPC charity that helped fund Freenode. [15] From 1994 onwards, Levin worked to encourage the use of IRC for free software and open-source projects. Levin was one of the founders of the Open Projects Network (OPN), and later of the PDPC.
mIRC is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client for Windows with an integrated scripting language allowing the creation of extensions. [3] The software was first released in 1995 and has since been described as "one of the most popular IRC clients available for Windows."
UnrealIRCd is an open-source IRC daemon, originally based on DreamForge, and is available for Unix-like operating systems and Windows.Since the beginning of development on UnrealIRCd c. May 1999, many new features have been added and modified, including advanced security features and bug fixes, and it has become a popular server.
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.
Web-based IRC is a good choice for first-time IRC users, for portable use, and for those who cannot, or prefer not to, install separate software. The usual way to access IRC is by downloading an IRC client. These are more full-featured and make it easy to watch multiple chats at a time.
Konversation is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client built on the KDE Platform [3] and is free software released under the terms of the GNU GPL-2.0-or-later. [4] Konversation is currently maintained in the KDE Extragear Network module, [5] which means that it has its own release cycle which is independent from the main KDE applications. [6]