Open Source 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.

Anope Services are built off of the original Epona code written by Lara which is built off of IRC Services. These services have advanced the original Epona code and include new features such as Modules, Mysql, and Defcon Mode.

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).

[ 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.

Ayttm is an instant messenger program, supporting various protocols such as MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Jabber, and more. It is the heir of the Everybuddy project, and aims to continue improving the program and addressing its shortcomings.

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.

IRC client optimized for downloading mp3 music, videos, images and more. Easy to install with a startup wizard and an intuitive user interface with many customizable options.

Genethic IRC Server Monitor is a perl bot which has started being written by the administrator of Geneva.CH.EU.Undernet.org in August of 2001. It is monitoring your IRC server, publishing almost all of the stats in a webpage.

PJIRC is a full-featured Java-based IRC client

IRCd and IRC services project by the coders committee for the IRCube network.

Traditionally, IRC clients on the Mac have been anything but glamorous. Colloquy is an advanced IRC client which aims to fill this void. By adhering to Mac OS X interface conventions, Colloquy has the look and feel of a quality Mac application.

JAVA / PHP / MYSQL IRC Stats Bot based on IRC JAVA BOT. Makes statistics for one or more channels on irc. Make many php page with the stats of channels and the stats of nicks.

AceServ is an irc service wich provides OperServ & BotServ. It's based on OBserv by SideWnder (wnder@underworld.net).

Aeru IRC is IRC Client for the .NET Framework. It made with C# programming language and features a full Graphical Interface. Aeru IRC uses XML to store servers and channels and app settings. The GUI uses the power of .NET.

A powerful set of IRC Services written in the C programming language, with a centralized multithreaded Proxy scanner (with support for single server scan bots) and statistical services, designed to run as a daemon on BSD systems.

This is a client-server chat made with Delphi, many clients can get connected at the same time. Perfect for Intranet use.

Friendly Java IRC client, runnable either as web applet or desktop application. It is based on Eteria IRC client, with many improvements.

iggybot is a eggdrop like bot for internet relay chat with a nice interface.

This Darkbot page is a fork of the original Darkbot. The original page was taken by new ownership and the original group of contributors have had no luck in retaining control over the project as was originally the case. Darkbot is an artificially intelligent IRC robot originally created by Jason Hamilton for use in help rooms on the Undernet IRC network, and others. It is capable of being taught responses to questions, and can help simulate the feeling of having a real person around to answer questions when nobody else is available. The aim of this page is not to take control over the project again as much as to begin making updates and making things fresh for the few who are still dedicated users.

Denora is a set of Stats Services for IRC networks that allows IRC network admins to get a complete and comprehensive overview of their IRC network. Denora exports this information to MySQL, HTML XML and flatfile databases.

Eggdrop is the most advanced IRC robot available. It has been under development since December 1993, and unlike most other bots, it is still regularly updated.

EIRC is an IRC client program written entirely in Java using only Java API version 1.1, for compliance with once mainstream web browsers. It runs both as an applet and as an application.

FleuryMichon is a flexible IRC daemon

GigaGoogle.tcl - TCL de recherche sur google via IRC par un eggdrop - Search on Google with an IRC eggdrop

Irc web client (PHP, xhtml, css, ECMAScript) in real time (without "refresh"). Groucha doesn't need anything else than php and is "safe mode" compatible.