emersion/goguma: An IRC client for mobile devices - Codeberg.org
https://codeberg.org/emersion/goguma
An IRC client for mobile devices.
Modern: support for many IRCv3 extensions, plus some special support for IRC bouncers.
Easy to use: offer a simple, straightforward interface.
Offline-first: users should be able to read past conversations while offline, and network disruptions should be handled transparently
Lightweight: go easy on resource usage to run smoothly on older phones and save battery power.
Cross-platform: the main target platforms are Linux and Android, iOS is also supported.
KiwiIRC - The webIRC client
https://kiwiirc.com/
KiwiIRC makes Web IRC easy.
A hand-crafted IRC client that you can enjoy. Designed to be used easily and freely.
Ergo IRC Server
https://ergo.chat/about/
Ergo (formerly known as Oragono) is a modern IRCd (IRC server software) written in Go.
Our core design principles are:
Being simple to set up and use.
Combining the features of an ircd, a services framework, and a bouncer (integrated account management, history storage, and bouncer functionality).
Bleeding-edge IRCv3 support suitable for use as an IRCv3 reference implementation.
High customizability via a rehashable (i.e., reloadable at runtime) YAML config.
ergochat/ergo: A modern IRC server (daemon/ircd) written in Go.
https://github.com/ergochat/ergo
A modern IRC server (daemon/ircd) written in Go.
Microsoft Comic Chat is now open source | Microsoft Open Source Blog
https://opensource.microsoft.com/blog/2026/07/16/microsoft-comic-chat-is-now-open-source/
Today, we’re excited to announce the open-source release of Microsoft Comic Chat, the chat client that automatically turned conversations within Internet Relay Chat (IRC) into comic panels featuring illustrated characters, speech bubbles, and expressions, and helped introduce the world to a little font called Comic Sans.
IRC Today - Your modern hosted IRC bouncer
https://irctoday.com/
Chat on IRC from any client, keep message history between devices, share files and photos over chat.
marijnh/Presence
https://github.com/marijnh/Presence
Presence is an IRC logger and client that is optimized for my specific use of IRC — scan logs for a few specific channels, respond to direct messages and mentions, and only occasionally participate in discussion. It probably won't work for you if you're a heavy IRC user.
Grove.io: Hosted, Searchable IRC Chat For Teams
http://www.readwriteweb.com/hack/2011/11/groveio-hosted-searchable-irc.php
Grove, a new hosted IRC chat service for teams, launches today. It's IRC without the fuss, providing hosting, account management, access controls and fully searchable chat logging, as well as a sparkling new Web chat client.
Textual: IRC for Mac OS X
http://www.codeux.com/textual
Textual is a lightweight IRC client created specifically for Mac OS X. It was designed with simplicity in mind. Textual has taken the best of IRC and built it into a single client. Its easy-to-use functionality combined with scripting support makes it an ideal IRC client for novice to advanced users.
Mobile Colloquy: Stay Connected
http://colloquy.info/mobile
"Colloquy for iPhone™ and iPod® touch puts the power of the most popular IRC client for the Mac in the palm of your hand. Built atop the Chat Core framework, Colloquy Mobile is a full featured client optimized for the on-the-go experience. "
Say "NO" to Violence Against Trout on IRC Petition
http://www.petitiononline.com/irctrout/petition.html
Save The Trout Slap! Petition
http://www.petitiononline.com/TROUTS/petition.html
"This petition is for the The Rights Of Universal Trout Slappers or 'TROUTS' for short - There is a strong belief that Khaled Mardam-Bey, author of IRC Client mIRC may actually remove the default trout slap that has been present since 1995. We believe this may actually cause mental damage to the trout. Taking the trout from its mIRC cyber home and putting it back in its natural habitat will unbalance the trouts emotions - we also believe that it may be at danger from other trouts as a foreigner - trouts are collonial animals travelling in large groups, and new trouts to the group may be rejected, especially one with a reputation for slapping. "
How we use IRC at Last.fm | Richard Jones, Esq.
http://www.metabrew.com/article/how-we-use-irc-at-lastfm
fixfreenode - ZNC
http://en.znc.in/wiki/Fixfreenode
"This module blocks some freenode-specific feature which results in plus (+) and minus (-) signs being displayed in front of every message from a client. "
PHP-IRC, Modular PHP5 based IRC Bot
http://phpbots.org
"PHP-IRC is a modular IRC bot written in PHP5 with a combination of object based/oriented programming."
irc it — tools/irc — suckless.org
http://www.suckless.org/wiki/tools/irc
"ii is a minimalist FIFO and filesystem-based IRC client. It creates an irc directory tree with server, channel and nick name directories. In every directory a FIFO in file and a normal out file is created."
ZNC - ZNC
http://en.znc.in/wiki/ZNC
"Welcome to the ZNC wiki where you may find and publish information about ZNC, an advanced IRC bouncer."
Chirpy! - A Free Quote Manager
http://chirpy.sourceforge.net
"Chirpy! is an Open Source online quote management system. It allows you to keep a database of quotes by friends and foes. It is most useful for quotes collected on IRC channels."
an IRC client in 40 lines of shell script
http://lists.canonical.org/pipermail/kragen-hacks/2008-February/000480.html
"Unfortunately, the only programming language I could find is sh, and there don't seem to be any IRC clients."
IRSeeK/Bots - Stoppt die Vorratsdatenspeicherung!
http://wiki.vorratsdatenspeicherung.de/IRSeeK/Bots
"The following bots have been seen on logged channels (Channel List) and are most likely related to IRSeeK" Okay, that's creepy if they don't openly identify as being from IRSeeK
Development/PlugIns/JavaScript - Colloquy - Trac
http://colloquy.info/project/wiki/Development/PlugIns/JavaScript
"There is a template script available in the JavaScript SDK section containing stubs and commentary for all available functions a JavaScript PlugIn for Colloquy can implement."
andrew ruder :: software :: ZIRC
http://www.aeruder.net/software/ZIRC.html
"So, I proudly (sort of) present ZIRC. The only IRC client that I know of that is completely implemented and integrated into your favorite shell (zsh)."
A Guide to Efficiently Using Irssi and Screen :: f0rked.com
http://f0rked.com/articles/irssi
"Irssi is a text-only IRC client. It does not get in your way and its commands are intuitive and useful."
nafai77: Finally, a Near Ideal IRC and Instant Messaging Setup
http://nafai77.livejournal.com/39649.html
"I got things working in a near ideal way by combining Bip, Bitlbee, SSH, Screen, irssi, and X-Chat Gnome."
O'Reilly Radar The Perl Infobot
http://radar.oreilly.com/archives/2006/04/the_perl_infobot.html
"Tim mentioned the Perl infobot in passing, subject of a great Perl Journal article many years ago."
backchannel by stamen
http://backchannel.stamen.com
"Backchannel is a real-time view of the conversation happening in the #etech IRC channel at O'Reillys Emerging Technology Conference. "
QDB: Quote #612055
http://bash.org/?612055=
"turns out grilling the peanut butter and jelly was not my best idea."
QDB: Quote #610717
http://bash.org/?610717=
"... what do you think the game would be called if mario had a gun? ... Metroid."
QDB: Quote #609240
http://bash.org/?609240=
"One time my dad stole a roll of brightly-colored stickers from a butcher's counter that said "BREASTS" and went to the video store and stuck them on all the movies that looked likely to contain nudity."
TracLinks and the power of F-Script
http://kevin.sb.org/articles/2005/03/16/traclinks-and-the-power-of-f-script
"I’ve written a plugin to Colloquy that parses all incoming chat and ... it will hyperlink all TracLinks ... to the Trac installation you specify for the channel."
Microsoft Chat (Comic Chat)
http://research.microsoft.com/vwg/projectsheets/comicchat.htm
"Microsoft Chat, formerly known as Comic Chat, was initially released on Internet Explorer v3.0 in 1996, and was developed by Microsoft Researcher David Kurlander together with the Virtual Worlds Group."
EZTV: RSS over IRC
http://eztv.atw.hu/?atw_referer=http://www.tvtorrent.info/eztv/&atw_referer=http://users.atw.hu/eztv/?site=eztv.atw.hu/&atw_referer=http://www.tvtorrent.info/eztv/&site=eztv.atw.hu/&site=eztv.atw.hu
mIRC plugin which generates an RSS feed from IRC channel traffic, intended for use with a Bittorrent broadcatcher like Azureus.
Noets - An IRC Weblog System - noets
http://inamidst.com/eph/noets
"Noets was originally conceived in 2003-10 as a simple way to take notes from IRC and publish them as a weblog"
Jelmer Vernooij - Ctrlproxy
http://jelmer.vernstok.nl/ctrlproxy
Another IRC proxy, apparently more featureful than dircproxy
Supybot, a Superb Python IRC Bot
http://supybot.sourceforge.net
DecafBland.colloquyStyle
http://www.decafbad.com/cvs/DecafBland.colloquyStyle
Come point and laugh at my xchat-like style for Colloquy
Flooterbuck Infobot - A modular infobot
http://flooterbuck.sourceforge.net
"Flooterbuck Infobot is a rewrite of Kevin Lenzo's Infobot. It's meant to be be cleaner, more modular, and more hackable-on than the current incarnation of infobot."
The case of the missing keys: An adventure with IRC
http://www.kung-foo.tv/blog/archives/000786.php
"Jonas, it turns out, has left his car keys in Joi's car."
Colloquy: IRC Client
http://www.javelin.cc/colloquy/index.html
"By adhering to Mac OS X interface conventions, Colloquy has the look and feel of a quality Mac application." Not only that, but AppleScript support, and XSLT-based look&feel plugins for text display using WebKit.
iTonamaton:The open source Objective-C info bot
http://itonamaton.sourceforge.net
"iTonamaton is an open source Objective-C IRC information bot, targeted for use on machines running Mac OS X and Gnustep."
This is old news, but dircproxy is being orphaned.
http://www.dircproxy.net/adopt2.html
WhoWhatWhenWhere: a semantic web IRC bot
http://swordfish.rdfweb.org/discovery/2003/10/whwhwhwh
QDB: Quote #142934
http://bash.org/?142934=