Open Source Mac IRC Clients

See https://pidgin.im/about/ for more information. Pidgin is an instant messaging program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. It runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems. Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, MXit, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It is written in C and makes heavy use of GLib and GTK+. Finch is a command line instant messaging program. It also lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat network simultaneously, and it is compatible with the same chat networks as Pidgin. It is written in C and makes heavy use of GLib and ncurses.

Halloy is an open-source IRC client written in Rust, utilizing the Iced GUI library. It aims to provide a simple and fast client for Mac, Windows, and Linux platforms

BitchX is an IRC client based on ircII/EPIC4. It includes many features that are usually relegated to scripts such as CDCC and flood protection -- you can just start it and go. Development was on hiatus for a while but is now resuming.

pisg is a smart Perl script which generates nice looking statistics out from IRC logfiles. It's a funny thing for the users of your channel :)

Bot Sentry is a Pidgin (libpurple) plugin to prevent Instant Message (IM) spam. It allows you to ignore IMs unless the sender is in your Buddy List, the sender is in your Allow List, or the sender correctly answers a question you have predefined.

X-Chat Aqua is X-Chat with an Aqua interface for MacOS X. X-Chat Aqua uses the irc engine from X-Chat, and is designed to look and feel like the GTK+ front end.

Nested commands, easy configuration, and an incredibly flexible and easy-to-use plugin system distinguish Supybot from other IRC bots. There simply isn't a more flexible or easier to use IRC bot!

Effortlessly browse and search XDCC packs with this streamlined tool for mIRC and AdiIRC, crafted by Eric^^. Say goodbye to tedious channel interactions! Simply load the script (`/load -rs xdccv.mrc`) and let it build a comprehensive database while you idle. Then, use the commands `/xdccv` or `/xdccs` to find your desired files. Keep it alive. Make it better. Compatible with Windows 10/11 and Linux via WINE. Get the latest updates and source code here: https://pastebin.com/HUmDgd0g

DAVIS is an easy and useful language for IRC bots. This project contains our own bots, some bots for demonstration, a parser that creates Java, C, Perl and IRC-Script code out of a DAVIS file, and an interpreter for DAVIS files.

A complete rewrite of the mobile java irc-client WLIrc. (http://wirelessirc.sourceforge.net) Aims to be more responsive and use less memory maintaining the current gui and looks.

[ Please read https://sourceforge.net/p/darkbot/news/2014/01/darkbots-revitalization/ ] Darkbot is a portable IRC chat robot written in the C language that can be taught responses to user inquiries, and even have conversations with them. Darkbot was originally created by Jason Hamilton as an aid for help channels on Intenet Relay Chat.

UFONet - Is a set of hacktivist tools that allow launching coordinated DDoS and DoS attacks and combine both in a single offensive. It also works as an encrypted DarkNET to publish and receive content by creating a global client/server network based on a direct-connect P2P architecture. + FAQ: https://ufonet.03c8.net/FAQ.html -------------------------------------------- -> UFONet-v1.8 [DPh] "DarK-PhAnT0m!" (.zip) -> md5 = [ c8ab016f6370c8391e2e6f9a7cbe990a ] -> UFONet-v1.8 [DPh] "DarK-PhAnT0m!" (.tar.gz) -> md5 = [ 8a4cd86c21db2ad657eb75e6ac0e52d5 ] --------------------------------------------

A fork of pidgin which aims to provide minor features that have not been addressed by the pidgin development team (including manual textbox resizing). See funpidgin.sf.net for details.

Plugin for ChatZilla which monitors torrent IRC announce channels, downloads torrent files based on a user-defined filter, and then sends the torrent files to a local or remote torrent client. Supports several different private trackers.

This java library implements the IRC protocol. This library can be used in other programs as a means to get onto a IRC server and communicate without the need to understand the IRC protocol. Project source code will be added shortly..

LimeChat is an IRC client written on RubyCocoa.

PHP IRChat is an IRC-client written in PHP and using MySQL. It has a simple layout, full irc color support, nickname list, nick highlighting, smilies, command history, no visible refreshing page and so on. Works behind a proxy too.

PJIRC is a full-featured Java-based IRC client

A small, modular IRC bot written in C. On startup, reads an XML configuration file. Uses dynamic modules to implement actual functionality (friends lists, auto-opping, etc).

Trivbot is a a multilingual quiz/trivia bot for IRC channels. It is written in java so it can run on multiple platforms. A question is sent to the IRC channel and the text in the channel scanned for a string that matches one of the accepted answers.

A multiplayer RPG that connects as a psuedo server to an IRCD. Built in the tradition of old BBS Door games such as LORD (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legend_of_the_Red_Dragon). Forest fights add experience and gold needed to best your master (gain level

*Unofficial* patch for DALnet's ircd, currently for version 1.4.36. Provides complete IPv6 and IPv4-in-IPv6 support and SSL support.

MoxQuizz is a multilingual IRC quiz/trivia bot for eggdrops, which acts as a game master. A question is posted to the channel and all chatter is searched for the answer.

This is the Perl Net::IRC module. It facilitates easy interaction with irc in perl.

ScriptBot is a scriptable IRC bot. Based on PircBot and BSF, it allows to fully customize the bot's behaviour by editing script files in the scripting language of your choice.