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:
- Windows. The following are popular
Windows clients:
- Macintosh. The following are popular Macintosh
clients:
- 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.