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There are many different
operating systems, and many different clients which can actually get you
on IRC. This page is an archive of IRC Clients and other software
you might find useful.
Windows
Clients
There is a large variety of
Windows IRC Clients. Some are more popular than others. The 32Bit Clients
should be used with the Win 98 and 95 machines, while the 16Bit clients
should be used with Windows 3.x, and Windows for Workgroups.
mIRC
mIRC is one of the most
popular Windows clients. mIRC is a shareware IRC client for Windows. It is
developed and copyrighted by Khaled Mardam-Bey. mIRC is a highly
configurable IRC client with all the goodies other clients on UNIX,
Macintosh and even on windows offer, combined with a *nice* and clean user
interface. mIRC offers full color text lines, DCC File Send and Get
capabilities, programmable aliases, a remote commands and events handler,
place sensitive popup menu's, a great Switchbar, World Wide Web and sound
support, and... a lot more. mIRC is shareware but not crippled in any
way...
Client Website: http://www.mirc.com/
Direct download page: http://www.mirc.com/get.html
pIRCh
pIRCh is another popular
Windows client. It too is shareware and Copyright © 1995,1996,1997,1998
Northwest Computer Services. It’s graphical interface. If you don’t
like mIRC, you should really check this one out.
Client Website: http://www.pirchat.com/
Direct download page: http://www.pirchat.com/download.html
Visual
IRC
Visual IRC, or ViRC for
short, is a scriptable next-generation IRC (Internet communications)
client, currently available in 16-bit and 32-bit flavours. ViRC combines
top-notch functionality and features found in few other IRC clients with
unparalleled ease of use. In fact, many agree that the 32-bit ViRC '97 is
the best Internet communications tool ever written.
Client Website: http://www.megalith.co.uk/virc/
Direct download page: http://www.megalith.co.uk/virc/index_download.html
XiRCoN
This client is for the more
advanced Windows user. It uses the TCL scripting language. This client is
endlessly configurable to meet most peoples needs.
Client Website: http://www.xircon.com/
Direct download page: http://www.xircon.com/download.htm
Mac
Clients
IRCLE
IRCLE is the most popular
MacOS client. There is a lot of support built within the client, and on
the WebSite.
Client Website: http://ircle.netmug.org/
Direct download page: http://ircle.netmug.org/download.html
ChatNet
ChatNet provides the simplest
Macintosh interface to chat and send files on the Internet or a Local Area
Network. ChatNet offers two modes for chat. The AppleTalk Mode allows
multiple Macintosh computers running ChatNet to chat or send files on a
Local Area Network, with or without a Server. The IRC Mode allows chat and
file transfer through an Internet Relay Chat Server. ChatNet acts as a
client program providing a button oriented graphical interface for all IRC
functions. There is no need to know any IRC commands.
http://www.elsinc.com/chatnet.html
Direct download page: http://www.elsinc.com/software/chatnet2.2.hqx
MacIRC
This client is probably the
second most popular Mac IRC Client, although still in betaMacIRC 0.9.6
requires Open Transport. If your computer doesn't support Open Transport,
version 0.9.4 is still available for download. MacIRC is a shareware (US
or AUS$20) IRC client.
Client Website: http://www.macirc.com/
Direct download page: http://www.macirc.com/download.html
*nix
Clients
ircII,
BitchX
ftp://ftp.warped.com/pub/ircII/
ftp://ftp.bitchx.org/
Miscellaneous
BNC
BNC is a great IRC (Internet
Relay Chat) proxying server under the GPL (General Public License). It
allows users to connect to chat servers by bouncing off the computer which
is running BNC. Basically, it forwards the information from the user to
the server and vise versa.
BNC Website: http://bnc.dragondata.com/
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