<s>
The	O
following	O
tables	O
compare	O
general	O
and	O
technical	O
information	O
between	O
a	O
number	O
of	O
notable	O
IRC	O
client	B-Protocol
programs	I-Protocol
which	O
have	O
been	O
discussed	O
in	O
independent	O
,	O
reliable	O
prior	O
published	O
sources	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Client	B-Protocol
Primary	B-Application
developers	I-Application
Distribution	O
model	O
Software	B-License
license	I-License
User	B-Application
interface	I-Application
Programming	O
language	O
AdiIRC	O
Per	O
AmundsenFreeware	O
GUI	B-Application
.NET	O
Framework/C	O
#	O
Adium	B-Protocol
Thijs	O
Alkemade	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
GUI	B-Application
Objective-C	B-Language
and	O
C	B-Language
AmbassadorAmbassador	O
release	O
statement	O
Isengrim	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
GUI	B-Application
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
XUL	B-Application
AmIRC	B-Protocol
Oliver	O
Wagner	O
,	O
Nicolas	O
Sallin	O
,	O
Costel	O
Mincea	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
GUI	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
AndroIRC	O
MadalynnFreeware	O
GUI	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
BersircBersirc	O
IRC	O
Client	B-Protocol
-	O
about	O
Bersirc	B-Protocol
Jamie	O
Frater	O
,	O
Nicholas	O
Copeland	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
GUIC	O
(	O
Delphi	B-Language
originally	O
)	O
BitchX	B-Protocol
Colten	O
Edwards	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
TUI	B-Application
,	O
GUI	B-Application
C	B-Language
ChatZilla	B-Operating_System
James	O
Ross	O
,	O
Robert	O
Ginda	O
,	O
Samuel	O
Sieb	O
,	O
Gijs	O
Kruitbosch	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
GUI	B-Application
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
XUL	B-Application
Colloquy	B-Language
Timothy	O
Hatcher	O
,	O
Kiji	O
Roshi	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
GUI	B-Application
Objective-C	B-Language
ERC	B-Operating_System
Alexander	O
L	O
.	O
Belikoff	O
,	O
Sergey	O
Berezin	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
TUI	B-Application
,	O
GUI	B-Application
Emacs	B-Operating_System
Lisp	I-Operating_System
GrumpyChatGitHub	O
project	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Petr	O
Bena	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
GUIC++	O
HexChat	B-Protocol
Berke	O
Viktor	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
TUI	B-Application
,	O
GUIC	O
IceChat	B-Protocol
Paul	O
Vanderzee	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
GUI	B-Application
C#	B-Application
(	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
until	O
2004	O
)	O
IceChat	B-Protocol
History	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
IceChat.net	O
Igloo	O
Jordan	O
Koch	O
Commercial	O
GUI	B-Application
Swift	B-Application
Instantbird	B-Protocol
Florian	O
Quèze	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
GUI	B-Application
C++	B-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
CSS	B-Language
,	O
XUL	B-Application
Irccloud	O
IRCCloud	O
Ltd	O
.	O
Freemium	O
Web	B-Application
JavaScript	B-Language
frontend	O
,	O
Erlang	B-Operating_System
backend	O
ircII	B-Protocol
Michael	O
Sandrof	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
TUIC	O
Ircle	B-Protocol
Onno	O
Tijdgat	O
Commercial	O
,	O
30-day	O
trial	O
GUIC	O
Irssi	B-Protocol
Timo	O
Sirainen	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
TUIC	O
Kiwi	O
Darren	O
Whitlen	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
WebJavaScript	O
frontend	O
,	O
Node.js	B-Language
backend	O
KVIrc	B-Language
Szymon	O
Stefanek	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
GUIC++	O
Konversation	B-Language
KDE	B-Application
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
GUIC++	O
LeafChat	B-Protocol
Samuel	O
Marshall	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
GUIJava	O
LimeChat	O
"	O
LimeChat	O
:	O
IRC	O
Client	B-Protocol
for	O
Mac	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Satoshi	O
Nakagawa	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
"	O
Limechat	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
GUI	B-Application
RubyCocoa	B-Operating_System
(	O
2007	O
–	O
2010	O
)	O
Objective-C	B-Language
(	O
2010	O
–	O
)	O
“	O
do	O
not	O
load	O
RubyCocoa	B-Operating_System
”	O
Commit	O
on	O
GitHub	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Linkinus	B-Protocol
Conceited	O
Software	O
Commercial	O
,	O
15-day	O
trial	O
GUIObjective-C	O
Mibbit	O
Jimmy	O
Moore	O
Textual	O
Adbar	O
WebJavaScript	O
frontend	O
,	O
Java	B-Language
backend	O
mIRC	B-Language
Khaled	O
Mardam-Bey	O
Shareware	B-License
,	O
30-day	O
trial	O
GUIC/C	O
++	O
MonochromePeter	O
PawlowskiFree	O
softwareGUIC#	O
Nettalk	B-Protocol
Nicolas	O
KruseFree	O
software	O
GUI	B-Application
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
Pidgin	B-Protocol
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
GUIC	O
PIRCH	B-Application
Northwest	O
Computer	O
ServicesShareware	O
GUIDelphi	O
PJIRC	B-Language
Philippe	O
Detournay	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
GUIJava	O
Quassel	B-Language
Manuel	O
Nickschas	O
,	O
Marcus	O
Eggenberger	O
,	O
Alexander	O
von	O
Renteln	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
TUI	B-Application
,	O
GUIC++	O
rcirc	B-Operating_System
Ryan	O
Yeske	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
TUI	B-Application
Emacs	B-Operating_System
Lisp	I-Operating_System
Smuxi	B-Protocol
Mirco	O
Bauer	O
Free	B-Application
software	I-Application
GUI	B-Application
,	O
TUI	B-Application
,	O
serverC#	O
Snak	B-Protocol
Kent	O
Sorensen	O
Commercial	O
GUI	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
public	O
release	O
First	O
stable	O
release	O
Latest	O
stable	O
release	O
Client	B-Protocol
Date	O
Version	O
Date	O
Version	O
AdiIRC	O
2005	O
1.0	O
4.3	O
(	O
13	O
February	O
2023	O
)	O
AmIRC	B-Protocol
1995	O
Bersirc	B-Protocol
1999	O
BitchX	B-Protocol
1996	O
ChatZilla	B-Operating_System
2001	O
Colloquy	B-Language
2005	O
degesch	O
2015	O
0.9	O
2015	O
0.9	O
DMDirc	O
2007	O
ERC	B-Operating_System
1999	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
F-IRC2006	O
?	O
0.11.36	O
(	O
February	O
23	O
,	O
2014	O
)	O
HexChat	B-Protocol
2009-10-04	O
r249	O
2009-10-09	O
2.86.0	O
HydraIRC	O
2002	O
IceChat	B-Protocol
2002	O
3.0	O
2002-04-08	O
3.0	O
ircII	B-Protocol
1989	O
2.0.0	O
1989	O
2.0.0	O
IRCjr	O
2008	O
2008	O
Ircle	B-Protocol
1995	O
Irssi	B-Protocol
1999	O
jIRCii	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
kirc	O
2020	O
0.0.1	O
KVIrc	B-Language
1998	O
0.6.0	O
1999-12-21	O
1.0.0	O
Konversation	B-Language
2002	O
LeafChat	B-Protocol
?	O
1.0	O
LimeChat	O
2007	O
Linkinus	B-Protocol
2007	O
Mibbit	O
2008	O
web	B-Application
application	I-Application
,	O
no	O
version	O
mIRC	B-Language
1995	O
Nettalk	B-Protocol
2004	O
PIRCH	B-Application
1995	O
PJIRC	B-Language
2002	O
Quassel	B-Language
2008-08-27	O
0.3.0	O
qwebirc	O
2009	O
0.81	O
rIRC	O
2010	O
Preview	O
Release	O
1	O
2012	O
1.44	O
1.4.4	O
(	O
January	O
16	O
,	O
2012	O
)	O
Scrollback	O
2013	O
2013	O
rcirc	B-Operating_System
?	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
operating	B-General_Concept
systems	I-General_Concept
on	O
which	O
the	O
clients	O
can	O
run	O
natively	O
(	O
without	O
emulation	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Client	B-Protocol
Windows	B-Device
7	I-Device
,	O
Vista	B-Application
XP	B-Application
,	O
2000	B-Application
NT	B-Device
4.0	I-Device
NT	B-Device
3.x	I-Device
Me	B-Device
,	O
98	B-Device
95	B-Application
3.1x	B-Application
ReactOS	B-Application
macOS	B-Application
(	O
Intel/PPC	O
)	O
OS	B-Operating_System
9	I-Operating_System
OS	B-Operating_System
8	I-Operating_System
System	B-Operating_System
7	I-Operating_System
(	O
PPC/68k	O
)	O
BeOS	B-Application
,	O
Haiku	O
OS/2	O
,	O
eCS	B-Device
,	O
ArcaOS	B-Device
AmigaOS	B-Application
(	O
68k	O
)	O
AmigaOS	B-Application
4	I-Application
,	O
MorphOS	B-Operating_System
(	O
PPC	O
)	O
DOS	B-Device
AmIRC	B-Protocol
Bersirc	B-Protocol
BitchX	B-Protocol
ChatZilla	B-Operating_System
Colloquy	B-Language
degesch	O
ERC	B-Operating_System
HexChat	B-Protocol
(	O
2.9.5	O
)	O
HydraIRC	O
IceChat	B-Protocol
(	O
9.50	O
)	O
IRCCloud	O
ircII	B-Protocol
IRCjr	O
Ircle	B-Protocol
Requires	O
OS	O
X	O
v10.4.3	O
or	O
later	O
Irssi	B-Protocol
jIRCii	O
KiwiIRC	O
Konversation	B-Language
KVIrc	B-Language
Connect	O
to	O
the	O
ReactOS	B-Application
IRC	O
Channels	O
2012-07-03	O
:	O
4.2.0	O
Released	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Unix	B-Application
and	O
Unix-like	B-Operating_System
operating	I-Operating_System
systems	I-Operating_System
:	O
</s>
<s>
What	O
IRC	O
related	O
protocols	O
and	O
standards	O
are	O
supported	O
by	O
each	O
client	B-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Direct	O
Client-to-Client	O
Protocol	O
(	O
DCC	O
)	O
has	O
been	O
the	O
primary	O
method	O
of	O
establishing	O
connections	O
directly	O
between	O
IRC	O
clients	O
for	O
a	O
long	O
time	O
now	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Adium	B-Protocol
?	O
</s>
<s>
Bersirc	B-Protocol
?	O
</s>
<s>
BitchX	B-Protocol
?	O
</s>
<s>
ChatZilla	B-Operating_System
?	O
</s>
<s>
Colloquy	B-Language
?	O
</s>
<s>
ERC	B-Operating_System
?	O
</s>
<s>
GrumpyChat	O
HexChat	B-Protocol
2.16	O
2.16	O
2.16	O
2.16	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
IceChat	B-Protocol
?	O
</s>
<s>
Instantbird	B-Protocol
?	O
</s>
<s>
Ircle	B-Protocol
?	O
</s>
<s>
Irssi	B-Protocol
Git	O
Git	O
Git	O
Git	O
Git	O
Git	O
Git	O
Git	O
Git	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
KVIrc	B-Language
Git	O
Git	O
Git	O
Git	O
Git	O
Git	O
Git	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Kitteh	O
IRC	O
Client	B-Protocol
Library	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Konversation	B-Language
v20.11.80	O
+	O
v21.03.80	O
+	O
v21.03.80	O
+	O
v21.04.0	O
+	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
LeafChat	B-Protocol
?	O
</s>
<s>
Linkinus	B-Protocol
?	O
</s>
<s>
Mozilla	B-Application
Thunderbird	I-Application
72.0	O
+	O
72.0	O
+	O
73.0	O
+	O
72.0	O
+	O
60.0	O
+	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Nettalk	B-Protocol
?	O
</s>
<s>
PIRC.pl	O
web	B-Application
client	I-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
PIRCH	B-Application
?	O
</s>
<s>
PJIRC	B-Language
?	O
</s>
<s>
Pidgin	B-Protocol
?	O
</s>
<s>
Quassel	B-Language
0.14	O
+	O
0.14	O
+	O
(	O
opt	O
in	O
)	O
0.14	O
+	O
0.14	O
+	O
0.14	O
+	O
0.14	O
+	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Rust	B-Application
irc	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
Smuxi	B-Protocol
?	O
</s>
<s>
Snak	B-Protocol
?	O
</s>
<s>
Visual	B-Protocol
IRC	I-Protocol
?	O
</s>
<s>
WeeChat	B-Device
2.2	O
+	O
2.2	O
+	O
2.2	O
+	O
3.3	O
+	O
3.3	O
+	O
3.3	O
+	O
3.3	O
+	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
XiRCON	B-Protocol
?	O
</s>
<s>
catgirl	O
TLS-only	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
ircII	B-Protocol
?	O
</s>
<s>
mIRC	B-Language
7.62	O
+	O
7.62	O
+	O
?	O
</s>
<s>
rcirc	B-Operating_System
?	O
</s>
<s>
tri-license	B-License
?	O
</s>
<s>
Client	B-Protocol
EXTERNAL	O
PLAIN	O
SCRAM-SHA-256	O
AdiIRC	O
3.4	O
+	O
Ambassador	O
BitchX	B-Protocol
ChatSharp	O
(	O
lib	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Colloquy	B-Language
Colloquy	B-Language
Communi( lib	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
CoreIRC	O
Glirc	O
Goguma	O
HexChat	B-Protocol
IRC	O
for	O
Android	O
IRCCloud	O
IceChat	B-Protocol
Irssi	B-Protocol
KVIrc	B-Language
Kitteh	O
IRC	O
Client	B-Protocol
Library( lib	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Kiwi	O
IRC	O
Konversation	B-Language
LimeChat	O
LimeChat	O
Mibbit	O
Mozilla	B-Application
Thunderbird	I-Application
Net::Async::IRC(lib. )	O
</s>
<s>
PIRC.pl	O
web	B-Application
client	I-Application
Palaver	O
Quassel	B-Language
Quasseldroid	O
Rust	B-Application
irc( lib	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
WeeChat	B-Device
3.2	O
+	O
catgirl	O
gamja	O
girc( lib	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
mIRC	B-Language
7.68	O
+	O
pydle( lib	O
.	O
)	O
</s>
<s>
Client	B-Protocol
Multi-server	O
UTF-8	O
Proxy	B-Application
server	I-Application
irc://	O
URI	O
scheme	B-Language
Automatic	O
updates	O
Scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
Bersirc	B-Protocol
BitchX	B-Protocol
Enhanced	O
IrcII	B-Protocol
script	O
ChatZilla	B-Operating_System
JavaScript	B-Language
Colloquy	B-Language
AppleScript	B-Application
,	O
Cocoa	B-Operating_System
,	O
F-Script	B-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
degesch	O
Lua	B-Language
DMDirc	O
Custom	O
Actions	O
system	O
,	O
Java	B-Language
plugins	O
ERC	B-Operating_System
Emacs	B-Operating_System
Lisp	I-Operating_System
HexChat	B-Protocol
Perl	B-Language
,	O
Python	B-Language
,	O
Tcl	B-Operating_System
,	O
Lua	B-Language
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
,	O
C	B-Language
,	O
C++	B-Language
,	O
and	O
via	O
D-Bus	B-Language
.	O
</s>
