Snak AlternativesIRC Clients and other similar apps like Snak

Snak is described as 'Popular shareware IRC client for Macintosh' and is a IRC Client in the social & communications category. There are more than 25 alternatives to Snak for a variety of platforms, including Windows, Linux, Self-Hosted, Web-based and Mac apps. The best Snak alternative is Thunderbird, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like Snak are HexChat, mIRC, XChat for Linux and KVIrc.

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  1. Thunderbird icon
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    Cross-platform email client supporting multiple identities, chat, and strong filtering. Extend functionality with add-ons like RSS/Atom feed readers and PGP support.

    99 Thunderbird alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Android
    • BSD
    • AppImageHub
    • Snapcraft
    • Flathub
    • PortableApps.com
    • F-Droid
    • Haiku
    • Homebrew
    • Chocolatey
    • OpenAPK
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  2. mIRC icon
     99 likes

    Enables real-time chat on Windows with group or private messaging, multi-server access, file transfers, encryption, proxy and IPv6 support, chat logging, notifications, dark mode, and a scripting language for custom automation or developing communication tools and games.

    73 mIRC alternatives

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    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    • Windows
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  3. XChat for Linux icon
     103 likes

    XChat is an IRC chat program for both Linux and Windows. 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

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Linux
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  4. KVIrc icon
     45 likes

    Free open-source IRC client offering cross-platform support, Qt interface, rich scripting, customizable themes, Unicode, SSL encryption, logging, multi-server connectivity, DCC file transfers, plugin system, event automation, proxy and IPv6 compatibility, and localization.

    55 KVIrc alternatives

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • BSD
    • PortableApps.com
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  5. AdiIRC icon
     30 likes

    c#/csharp IRC CLient. AdiIRC stores all its settings in text files, this way you can grab the adiirc folder and put in on a usb device or external harddrive. Take all your settings and servers with you everywhere!

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Windows
    • Wine
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  6. Kiwi IRC icon
     27 likes

    A hand-crafted IRC client that you can enjoy. Designed to be used easily and freely. More friendly than other webirc clients giving the general public an easy option to connect to any IRC network.

    65 Kiwi IRC alternatives

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    Platforms

    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Google Chrome
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  7. Chatzilla icon
     19 likes

    ChatZilla is a clean, easy to use and highly extensible Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client, built on the Mozilla platform, which provides all the usual features: multiple servers, a built-in list of standard networks, easy searching and sorting of available channels, logging, and...

    52 Chatzilla alternatives

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • SeaMonkey
    • Firefox
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  8. Textual icon
     21 likes

    Textual is the world's most popular application for interacting with Internet Relay Chat (IRC) chatrooms on macOS.

    Cost / License

    • Paid
    • Proprietary

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    Platforms

    • Mac
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  9. Konversation icon
     26 likes

    Konversation is an IRC client which gives you speedy access to Freenode network's channels, where you will find support for most distributions.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Application type

    Platforms

    • Linux
    • Haiku
    • Flathub
    • Snapcraft
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  10. A freeware build of X-Chat for windows, as opposed to the official 30-day-trial shareware Windows build.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Proprietary

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Windows
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  11. ZeroChat icon
     12 likes

    An IRC-like internet chatroom hosted on ZeroNet, a distributed network. 0rc is a fully distributed website, and messages are shared through peers using the ZeroNet stack. In addition, making a new chatroom website is a simple as downloading the files and cloning the site.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
    • Online
    • Self-Hosted
    • Python
    • JavaScript
    • ZeroNet
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