Comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients

The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of notable IRC client programs for mobile devices.

## Contents

* 1 General
* 2 Release history
* 3 Protocol support
* 4 Direct client-to-client (DCC) support
* 5 Features
* 6 See also
* 7 References

## General

Basic general information about the clients: creator/company, license/price etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.

Client | Primary developers | Cost | Software license | User interface | Programming language | Computing platform | Website

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AndroidChat[1] |  | Free  | GNU GPL | TUI, GUI | Java | Android | [1]
Mobile Colloquy  | Kiji Roshi  | US$1.99  | BSD License  | GUI | Objective-C | iOS | [2]
fIRC  | Laurence Muller  | Free  | GNU GPL | GUI | Java | Android | [3]
Igloo  | Jordan Koch | US$5.99  | Proprietary | GUI | Swift | iOS | [4]
IRCCloud  | IRCCloud Ltd.  | Freemium[2] | Apache 2.0  | GUI | Objective-C, Java | iOS, Android | [5]
jmIrc  | Juho Vähä-Herttua  | Free  | GNU GPL | GUI | Java | Java ME  | [6]
k-IRC  | Armond Avanes  | Free  | GNU GPL | GUI | Java | Java ME  | [7]
microirc  |  | Free  | GNU GPL | GUI | C ?  | Windows Mobile 5 (and above)  | [8]
Revolution IRC  | MCMrARM  | Free  | GNU GPL | GUI | Java | Android | [9]
Virca  |  | Free  | GNU GPL | TUI  | Java | Java ME  | [10]
wIRC  |  | Free  | GNU GPL | GUI | C & JavaScript | WebOS | [11]
WLIrc | Sverre Kristian Valskrå  | Free  | GNU LGPL  | GUI | Java | Java ME  | [12]
Yaaic | Sebastian Kaspari  | Free  | GNU GPL | GUI | Java | Android | [13]
Simple IRC  | The Linux Geek  | Free  | GNU GPL | GUI | Java | Android | [14]
zsIRC | Gargaj  | Free  | 3-clause BSD  | GUI | C++ | Windows Mobile | [15]
Client | Primary developers | Cost | Software license | User interface | Programming language | Computing platform | Website

## Release history

A brief overview of the release history.

Client | First public release  | First stable release  | Latest stable release

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Date  | Version  | Date  | Version
AndroidChat | 2008  |  |  |  | 2008-12-29 (December 29, 2008; 17 years ago (2008-12-29)) [±]
Colloquy | January 28, 2009  | 1.0  |  |  | 2.4.3 (6011) (March 22, 2014; 12 years ago (2014-03-22)) [±]
fIRC  | December 22, 2008  | 0.1.0  |  |  | 0.2.11 (March 26, 2009; 17 years ago (2009-03-26)) [±]
jmIrc  | May 14, 2004  | 0.60  |  |  | 0.96 (November 23, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-11-23)) [±]
k-IRC  | August 20, 2002  | 1.0  |  |  | 1.1 (October 4, 2003; 22 years ago (2003-10-04)) [±]
Revolution IRC  | August 25, 2017  | 0.2.0  |  |  |
Virca  | 2003  | 0.0.1  |  |  | 1.1.20 (November 22, 2004; 21 years ago (2004-11-22)) [±]
wIRC  |  |  |  |  | 0.3.2 (September 6, 2010; 15 years ago (2010-09-06)[3]) [±]
WLIrc | September 15, 2003  | 0.90  |  |  | 2.0.1 (August 16, 2007; 18 years ago (2007-08-16)) [±]
Yaaic  | March 14, 2010  | 0.1  |  |  | 0.9 (July 17, 2011; 15 years ago (2011-07-17)) [±]
Simple IRC  | November 18, 2016  | 1.0  |  |  | 1.7 (December 23, 2016; 9 years ago (2016-12-23)) [±]
zsIRC  | June 13, 2006  |  |  |  | 2009.12.26 (December 26, 2009; 16 years ago (2009-12-26)[4]) [±]
Client | Date  | Version  | Date  | Version  | Latest stable release
First public release  | First stable release

## Protocol support

What IRC related protocols and standards are supported by each client.

Client | CTCP | DCC | IPv6 | SSL | TLS | OCSP | CRL

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AndroidChat  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Mobile Colloquy  | Yes | style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No | style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes | style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes | style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes | style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No | style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No |-  | fIRC  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
jmIrc  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
k-IRC  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Revolution IRC  | No  | Yes  | ?  | Yes  | Yes  | ?  | ?
Virca  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
wIRC  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | ?  | ?
WLIrc | Yes  | Yes  | ?  | No  | No  | No  | ?
Yaaic  | No[5] | ?  | ?  | Yes  | Yes  | ?  | ?
Simple IRC  | Yes  | Yes  | ?  | Yes  | Yes  | ?  | ?
zsIRC  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No
Client | CTCP | DCC | IPv6 | SSL | TLS | OCSP | CRL

## Direct client-to-client (DCC) support

Client | CHAT | Whiteboard | SEND | GET | RESUME | TSEND | SEND T | XMIT | Passive DCC | Server | RDCC | REVERSE | RSEND | Reverse / Firewall DCC | File servers (FSERVs) | XDCC

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AndroidChat  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Mobile Colloquy  | Yes | style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No  | No  | ?  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
fIRC  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
jmIrc  | No  | No  | No  | ?  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
k-IRC  | No  | No  | No  | ?  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Revolution IRC  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
Virca  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
wIRC  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
WLIrc | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
Yaaic  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
Simple IRC  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
zsIRC  | No  | No  | No  | ?  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No
Client | CHAT | Whiteboard | SEND | GET | RESUME | TSEND | SEND T | XMIT | Passive DCC | Server | RDCC | REVERSE | RSEND | Reverse / Firewall DCC | File servers (FSERVs) | XDCC

## Features

Information on what features each of the clients support.

Client | Multi-server  | UTF-8 | Proxy server | irc:// URI scheme  | Automatic updates  | Scripting language | Push notifications

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AndroidChat  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
Mobile Colloquy  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | Yes
fIRC  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
jmIrc  | No  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | ?
k-IRC  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | No  | ?
Revolution IRC  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | ?  | No  | No  | Yes
Virca  | ?  | Yes  | ?  | ?  | No  | ?  | ?
wIRC  | ?  | ?  | Yes  | ?  | ?  | ?  | ?
WLIrc | ?  | No  | ?  | ?  | No  | ?  | ?
Yaaic  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | ?
Simple IRC  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | No  | No  | Yes
zsIRC  | Yes  | Yes  | No  | No  | Yes  | No  | ?
Client | Multi-server  | UTF-8 | Proxy server | irc:// URI scheme  | Automatic updates  | Scripting language | Push notifications

## See also

* Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients
* Comparison of instant messaging clients
* Comparison of instant messaging protocols
* Comparison of LAN messengers

## References

1. ↑ Clare, Andrew (2010). The Rough Guide to Android Phones. Penguin. p. 59. ISBN 9781405388184. https://books.google.com/books?id=EGeD7VVDE6AC&pg=PT59.
2. ↑ Free version is limited to: 2 connections outside their IRC server; 2 hours of persistent connection while idle (after the first 7 days); 100MB drag and drop file sharing; low-priority support; and no access to passworded servers.
3. ↑ "wIRC: webOS IRC Client". http://forums.precentral.net/webos-internals/213722-wirc-webos-irc-client-9.html#post2645943.
4. ↑ "zsIRC: Downloads". http://zsirc.com/downloads.php.
5. ↑ Does not reply to any CTCP message as of version 1.1.

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Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

General topics

Common terms|

* BNC
* Bot
* Channel
* DoS attack
* Channel Operator
* Client
* Flood
* Hostmask
* IRC
* Netsplit
* Network
* Operator
* Script
* Server
* Services
* Takeover
* vhost

Lists and comparisons|

* List of IRC commands
* Comparison of IRC bots
* Comparison of IRC clients
* Comparison of mobile IRC clients
* Comparison of IRC daemons

Related protocols|

* IRC
* IRCX
* MSN Chat
* P10
* CTCP
* DCC
* XDCC
* Ident

See also|

* IRC subculture
* Jarkko Oikarinen

Clients (comparison)

macOS|

* Colloquy
* Fire
* Homer (Mac OS)
* Ircle
* Linkinus
* MacIrssi
* Snak

Microsoft Windows|

* Bersirc
* mIRC
* Microsoft Comic Chat
* PIRCH
* Shareaza
* Visual IRC

Unix-like|

* ircII

Cross-platform|

* BitchX
* Irssi
* Konversation
* KVIrc
* LeafChat
* naim
* Smuxi
* WeeChat
* XChat
* PJIRC
* Quassel IRC
* IceChat

Multi-IM|

* Centericq
* Empathy
* Kopete
* Miranda IM
* Pidgin
* Trillian

Web-based|

* CGI
* PJIRC
* Mibbit

Web browser components|

* ChatZilla
* Mozilla Application Suite

Library and plug-ins|

* ERC
* rcirc

Bots (comparison)

* Eggdrop
* Infobot
* Robot9000

Bouncers, Gateways and Proxies

* BitlBee
* ZNC

Daemons (comparison)

* IRCd
* ircu
* UnrealIRCd

Networks

* DALnet
* EFnet
* Freenode
* GameSurge
* IRC@2ch
* IRCnet
* OFTC
* QuakeNet
* Rizon
* RusNet
* SlashNET
* Undernet

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