IRC/Clients
Clients
Desktop
HexChat
Hexchat was the continuation of the X-Chat, when X-Chat was discontinued. Unfortunately, Hexchat itself got discontinued in February 2024.
Website: https://hexchat.github.io/
Source: https://github.com/hexchat
Windows download: https://hexchat.github.io/downloads.html
Linux: In your distro's repository ;)
KVIrc
Website: https://www.kvirc.net/
Downloads (Windows, macOS) https://www.kvirc.net/?id=releases&lang=nl
Linux: In your distro's repository ;)
Quassel
Website: https://quassel-irc.org/
Downloads (Windows, macOS) : https://quassel-irc.org/downloads
Linux: In your distro's repository ;)
Mobile
Goguma
Website: https://sr.ht/~emersion/goguma/
Source: https://codeberg.org/emersion/goguma
Available on F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/fr.emersion.goguma/
Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=fr.emersion.goguma.play
Apple App Store: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/goguma-irc/id6470394620
IrisChat
Source: https://github.com/umutcamliyurt/IrisChat
Available on IzzyOnDroid: https://apt.izzysoft.de/fdroid/index/apk/com.nemesis.irischat
Revolution IRC
Revolution IRC is an IRC client for Android.
Source: https://github.com/MCMrARM/revolution-irc
Available on F-Droid: https://f-droid.org/packages/io.mrarm.irc/
Services
On BlaatIRC we offer Anope Services to register nicknames and channels.
To register your nickname, type (replace password and emailaddress with your desired password and your email address)
/MSG NickServ REGISTER password emailaddress
Then after connecting to IRC, you can identify yourself with
/MSG NickServ IDENTIFY password
To register additional nicknames, change to the desired nickname and type
/MSG NickServ GROUP
To remove a nick from a group, change to that nick and type:
/MSG NickServ UNGROUP
If your connection got a PING timeout, and you connect with a different nickname, you can regain your nickname with (replacing nickname with the nick you with to recover)
/MSG NickServ RECOVER nickname
