IRC Client Applications

IRC client applications enable you to connect across the Internet to an IRC server and join a network, join channels, and participate in world-wide conversations.

There are a wide variety of IRC client applications. The free open source software Mozilla web browser includes a built-in IRC client application called ChatZilla! which provides a good basic capability. The following sites provide sources for other stand-alone IRC client applications:

• Indexes. The following sites provide indexes of IRC clients:

• Google IRC Clients
• SourceForge IRC Clients

• Windows. The following are popular Windows clients:

• leafChat
• mIRC *
• DMOZ Directory, web ring
• Visual IRC

• Macintosh. The following are popular Macintosh clients:

• Minerva formerly Athena.
• ChatNet
• IRCle
• smIRCle
• Snak

• Other. The following clients run on various other platforms:

• Amiga: AmIRC
• Android: fIRC
• Unix: ircII, xchat.

• Historical. Historical IRC applications include:

• BeOS: Felix
• Mac: Homer, MacIRC
• OS/2: OpenChat/2
• Windows: FIRC, Shizzam.