Open Source Linux 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

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.

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.

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.

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 :)

Plugin for Irssi 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.

A pidgin plugin that allows user to assign global hotkeys (e.g. Ctrl+Alt+g) for togglling buddy list and reading queued message. When "Toggle List" hotkey is enabled, it makes the buddy list hidden from your taskbar and task switcher (similar to ICQ).

Wraith is an open source IRC bot written in C++. It has been in development since late 2003. It is based on Eggdrop 1.6.12 but has since evolved into something much different at its core.

Erwin is an IRC-bot in Perl, using POE, written with modularity and expandability in mind. Installing and configuring modules is very easy, compared to lots of other Perl bots where you have to read the source and add your own code in the various event loops. Adding additional functionality is as easy as writing a subroutine that returns something and configuring a regex to use that subroutine. By typing "!google keyword", for instance, "Google::Search" gets "keyword" as an argument, searches Google with that keyword and returns a couple of URLs. Further expandability can be achieved using "plug-ins". Plug-ins subclass "Erwin::Plugin", and can recieve and take control over various events. For example does the pastebin-plugin need the ability to take control over every line sent privately by some user, and e.g. a quiz module would need to get every single message sent to a channel while a quiz is going on.

IRCD-Hybrid is a lightweight, high-performance Internet Relay Chat server.

libircclient is a small but powerful library, which implements client-server IRC protocol. It has all features needed to create your own IRC client or bot, including multi-threading support, sync and async interfaces, CTCP/DCC support, colors, SSL connections and so on.

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

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.

IRClib is pure Java 1.2 IRC implementation. The IRClib library is designed very cleanly, supports RFC1459 and supports SSL connections. moepII is a Java IRC client program.

Rhapsody is a text console IRC client for Unix operating systems. It is small, fast, portable, easy to use and full featured. An intuitive menu-driven user interface makes rhapsody ideal for beginner to intermediate users.

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 ] --------------------------------------------

X-Chat is an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) program for Linux and Windows.

dxirc is simple IRC client

muh is a smart IRC-bouncing tool that remains on IRC all the time. You can take control over your nick by connecting to muh with an IRC client that is able to supply a password for the server connection.

UnrealIRCd is an IRC server based on the branch of IRCu called Dreamforge, formerly used by the DALnet IRC Network. Since development started on it (around May 1999) many new features has been added, modified, and many bugs fixed. Unreal runs both on *nix

An IRC bot, similar to the Blootbot and Infobot, written in python.

WLIrc is a IRC Client for Java cell phones or any other device who support java MIDP 1.0 (j2ME).

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.

ZNC is an IRC bouncer with many advanced features such as a built-in web interface, persistent connection (detaching), multiple users, per channel playback buffer, SSL, IPv6, transparent DCC bouncing, and c++ module support, to name a few.