Comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients
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The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of notable IRC client programs for mobile devices.
General
Basic general information about the clients: creator/company, license/price etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
Client | Primary developers | Cost | Software license | User interface | Programming language | Computing platform | Website |
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AndroidChat[1] | Free | GNU GPL | TUI, GUI | Java | Android | [1] | |
Mobile Colloquy | Kiji Roshi | US$1.99 | BSD License | GUI | Objective-C | iOS | [2] |
fIRC | Laurence Muller | Free | GNU GPL | GUI | Java | Android | [3] |
Igloo | Jordan Koch | US$5.99 | Proprietary | GUI | Swift | iOS | [4] |
IRCCloud | IRCCloud Ltd. | Freemium[2] | Apache 2.0 | GUI | Objective-C, Java | iOS, Android | [5] |
jmIrc | Juho Vähä-Herttua | Free | GNU GPL | GUI | Java | Java ME | [6] |
k-IRC | Armond Avanes | Free | GNU GPL | GUI | Java | Java ME | [7] |
microirc | Free | GNU GPL | GUI | C ? | Windows Mobile 5 (and above) | [8] | |
Revolution IRC | MCMrARM | Free | GNU GPL | GUI | Java | Android | [9] |
Virca | Free | GNU GPL | TUI | Java | Java ME | [10] | |
wIRC | Free | GNU GPL | GUI | C & JavaScript | WebOS | [11] | |
WLIrc | Sverre Kristian Valskrå | Free | GNU LGPL | GUI | Java | Java ME | [12] |
Yaaic | Sebastian Kaspari | Free | GNU GPL | GUI | Java | Android | [13] |
Simple IRC | The Linux Geek | Free | GNU GPL | GUI | Java | Android | [14] |
zsIRC | Gargaj | Free | 3-clause BSD | GUI | C++ | Windows Mobile | [15] |
Client | Primary developers | Cost | Software license | User interface | Programming language | Computing platform | Website |
Release history
A brief overview of the release history.
Client | First public release | First stable release | Latest stable release | ||
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Date | Version | Date | Version | ||
AndroidChat | 2008 | 2008-12-29 (December 29, 2008; 15 years ago (2008-12-29)) [±] | |||
Colloquy (software) | January 28, 2009 | 1.0 | 2.4.3 (6011) (March 22, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-03-22)) [±] | ||
fIRC | December 22, 2008 | 0.1.0 | 0.2.11 (March 26, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-03-26)) [±] | ||
jmIrc | May 14, 2004 | 0.60 | 0.96 (November 23, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-11-23)) [±] | ||
k-IRC | August 20, 2002 | 1.0 | 1.1 (October 4, 2003; 20 years ago (2003-10-04)) [±] | ||
Revolution IRC | August 25, 2017 | 0.2.0 | |||
Virca | 2003 | 0.0.1 | 1.1.20 (November 22, 2004; 19 years ago (2004-11-22)) [±] | ||
wIRC | 0.3.2 (September 6, 2010; 13 years ago (2010-09-06)[3]) [±] | ||||
WLIrc | September 15, 2003 | 0.90 | 2.0.1 (August 16, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-08-16)) [±] | ||
Yaaic | March 14, 2010 | 0.1 | 0.9 (July 17, 2011; 12 years ago (2011-07-17)) [±] | ||
Simple IRC | November 18, 2016 | 1.0 | 1.7 (December 23, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-12-23)) [±] | ||
zsIRC | June 13, 2006 | 2009.12.26 (December 26, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-12-26)[4]) [±] | |||
Client | Date | Version | Date | Version | Latest stable release |
First public release | First stable release |
Protocol support
What IRC related protocols and standards are supported by each client.
Client | CTCP | DCC | IPv6 | SSL | TLS | OCSP | CRL |
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AndroidChat | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Mobile Colloquy | Yes[citation needed] | No[citation needed] | Yes[citation needed] | Yes[citation needed] | Yes[citation needed] | No[citation needed] | No[citation needed] |
fIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
jmIrc | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
k-IRC | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Revolution IRC | No | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
Virca | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
wIRC | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
WLIrc | Yes | Yes | ? | No | No | No | ? |
Yaaic | No[5] | ? | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
Simple IRC | Yes | Yes | ? | Yes | Yes | ? | ? |
zsIRC | Yes | No | No | Yes | Yes | No | No |
Client | CTCP | DCC | IPv6 | SSL | TLS | OCSP | CRL |
Direct client-to-client (DCC) support
Client | CHAT | Whiteboard | SEND | GET | RESUME | TSEND | SEND T | XMIT | Passive DCC | Server | RDCC | REVERSE | RSEND | Reverse / Firewall DCC | File servers (FSERVs) | XDCC |
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AndroidChat | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Mobile Colloquy | Yes[citation needed] | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
fIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
jmIrc | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
k-IRC | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Revolution IRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Virca | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
wIRC | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
WLIrc | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Yaaic | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Simple IRC | No | No | Yes | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
zsIRC | No | No | No | ? | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No | No |
Client | CHAT | Whiteboard | SEND | GET | RESUME | TSEND | SEND T | XMIT | Passive DCC | Server | RDCC | REVERSE | RSEND | Reverse / Firewall DCC | File servers (FSERVs) | XDCC |
Features
Information on what features each of the clients support.
Client | Multi-server | UTF-8 | Proxy server | irc:// URI scheme | Automatic updates | Scripting language | Push notifications |
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AndroidChat | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
Mobile Colloquy | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | No | Yes |
fIRC | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? | ? |
jmIrc | No | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | ? |
k-IRC | No | No | No | No | No | No | ? |
Revolution IRC | Yes | Yes | No | ? | No | No | Yes |
Virca | ? | Yes | ? | ? | No | ? | ? |
wIRC | ? | ? | Yes | ? | ? | ? | ? |
WLIrc | ? | No | ? | ? | No | ? | ? |
Yaaic | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ? |
Simple IRC | Yes | Yes | No | No | No | No | Yes |
zsIRC | Yes | Yes | No | No | Yes | No | ? |
Client | Multi-server | UTF-8 | Proxy server | irc:// URI scheme | Automatic updates | Scripting language | Push notifications |
See also
- Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients
- Comparison of instant messaging clients
- Comparison of instant messaging protocols
- Comparison of LAN messengers
References
- ^ Clare, Andrew (2010). The Rough Guide to Android Phones. Penguin. p. 59. ISBN 9781405388184.
- ^ Free version is limited to: 2 connections outside their IRC server; 2 hours of persistent connection while idle (after the first 7 days); 100MB drag and drop file sharing; low-priority support; and no access to passworded servers.
- ^ "wIRC: webOS IRC Client". Retrieved 2010-12-19.
- ^ "zsIRC: Downloads". Retrieved 2010-12-20.
- ^ Does not reply to any CTCP message as of version 1.1.
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