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IRC Clients
This is a list of current IRC clients available in Debian (either in Stable/Testing/Unstable). It does not attempt to compare these clients. There is no significance attached to order of appearance, the list is organized alphabetically. The popularity-contest install count as of 2023-05-27 is shown parenthetically following each package's description. Try a few and decide which one you like best. Please add to the list if your favorite IRC client is not here.
alice - web browser IRC plugin (20) |
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barnowl - curses-based text client supporting multiple protocols (15) |
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catgirl - TLS-only terminal IRC client (6) |
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elpa-circe - client for IRC in Emacs (33) |
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epic5 - ircII interface (46) |
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finch - text-based client supporting multiple protocols (605) |
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glirc - console IRC client written in Haskell (25) |
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hexchat - requires GTK (10486) |
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ircii - oldest IRC client still being maintained (245) |
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irssi - text mode (2983) |
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konversation - requires KDE (418) |
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kvirc - graphical IRC client based on KDE/Qt5 (154) |
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liece - IRC client for Emacs (4) |
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pidgin - supports multiple protocols via plugin system (12439) |
if stuck on "Waiting for network connection…," try pidgin -f
polari - requires GNOME (7393) |
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quassel - distributed IRC client (2163) |
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riece - IRC client for EMacs (15) |
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scrollz - advanced ircII-based IRC client (19) |
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srain - modern graphical IRC client based on GTK+ (13) |
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swirc - text mode (5) |
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talksoup.app - IRC client for GNUstep (19) |
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telepathy-idle - IRC plugin for KDE Plasma messaging system (8501) |
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tinyirc - ncurses-based text client (39) |
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weechat-curses - text mode (1048) |
Other IRC software
Web based IRC client
Web based www-to-irc gateways are useful if you're behind a firewall that blocks irc traffic (or if you don't want to install an IRC client software):
See Also
External Links
For a client comparison, please see Wikipedia's comparison of IRC clients.