BitchX for nix
BitchX2 is the current project. While there is no current release to the public
on the new code base, the project is leaning towards merging back
to the current base version of Epic.
Irssi
Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.
Konversation
Konversation is a user-friendly Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client built on the KDE Platform.
Features
* Standard IRC features
* SSL server support
* Bookmarking support
* Easy to use graphical user interface
* Multiple servers and channels in one single window
* DCC file transfer
* Multiple identities for different servers
* Text decorations and colors
* OnScreen Display for notifications
* Automatic UTF-8 detection
* Per channel encoding support
* Theme support for nick icons
* Highly configurable
KVirc
KVIrc is a free portable IRC client based on the excellent Qt GUI toolkit. KVirc is being written by Szymon Stefanek and the KVIrc Development Team with the contribution of many IRC addicted developers around the world.
LeafChat
powerful, good looking and scriptable; progressive jpeg display built in; netsplit detection; this is a commercial client; payment is voluntary. It is not under active development, although there have been bug fixes and minor features added.
ZenIRC
ZenIRC is a full-featured scriptable IRC client for the EMACS text editor. It runs on any OS where EMACS supports sockets. It is compatible with GNU Emacs 18.59 and above, and all versions of XEmacs. ZenIRC is Free Software.
ZenIRC supports multiple irc sessions in separate buffers. There is a rudimentary command syntax for use within those sessions, but most user preferences and extensions are written and configured in emacs-lisp.
Most features are implemented via module extensions. For example, DCC (Direct Client-to-Client) can be enabled at the user's option.
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