HydraIRC Alternatives

HydraIRC is described as 'Open-source IRC client with an attractive and easy to use interface. It supports DCC Chat and File transfers, Connecting to multiple servers, Dockable Floating Tabbed Windows, Autohiding Windows, DLL Plugins, Channel Monitoring, Message Logs, Event Viewer, Themes' and is a IRC Client in the social & communications category. There are more than 25 alternatives to HydraIRC for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Web-based, Self-Hosted and Mac apps. The best HydraIRC alternative is SeaMonkey, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like HydraIRC are HexChat, irssi, mIRC and XChat for Linux.

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    WebIRC runs as a server and is always connected to your favorite IRC networks. Seamlessly open the same session from home, work, and your mobile devices to continue exactly where you left off.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Self-Hosted
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  2. CGI:IRC icon
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    CGI:IRC is a Perl/CGI program that lets you access IRC from a web browser, it is designed to be flexible and has many uses such as an IRC gateway for an IRC network, a chat-room for a website or to access IRC when stuck behind a restrictive firewall.

    58 CGI:IRC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Online
    • BSD
    • Self-Hosted
    • Perl
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    jsIRC is written using Socket.IO, node.js, jQuery Title Alert and Sencha ExtJS, relying on string.js, Lo-Dash and PhantomJS.

    63 jsIRC alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Socket.io
    • Node.JS
    • jQuery
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    jakeIRC is a web-based Meteor IRC client that allows users to connect to their favorite IRC channels.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Meteor
    • npm
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    Gnotty ties the knot between the web and IRC. It is designed to assist open source projects that host an IRC channel for collaboration on their project. Gnotty is BSD licensed.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
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  6. IceChat icon
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    IceChat is a fully featured, simple to use IRC Client allowing you to chat online with your friends and for meeting new people as well. It can be used in Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista and also Windows...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  7. AndroIRC icon
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    AndroIRC is your new IRC client! Features: • mIRC colors • auto join channels on startup • nickserv auth • Android notifications • copy & paste • logging • sasl auth (plain and blowfish) • Multiple servers connections (SSL support) • Easy access menu to kick, ban, change priv.

    Cost / License

    • Freemium
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Android
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  8. ScrollZ is an advanced IRC client based on ircII. It incorporates many useful features found in all sorts of scripts. The main difference between these scripts and ScrollZ is the code - whereas ircII scripts take a lot of disk and memory space and run slow, ScrollZ only takes a...

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
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  9. The sushi IRC suite consists of a central daemon and several clients, which communicate via DBus.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Linux
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  10. MegaIRC icon
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    MegaIRC is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) Client. It allows you to connect to the IRC network a virtual meeting place where people from all over the world can meet and talk.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Warning

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. XChat is an IRC chat program for both Linux (Open Source) and Windows (Shareware, 30-day trial). It allows you to join multiple IRC channels (chat rooms) at the same time, talk publicly, private one-on-one conversations etc. Even file transfers are possible.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  12. wsIRC icon
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    wsIrc - the global community communicator, goal is to offer a free web IRC client which should be at the end as good as old standalone application, but yet without requiring any installation, without any update, without any virus risk, and maybe we will offer yet a few...

    Cost / License

    • Free Personal
    • Proprietary

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
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