How to use IRC: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 08:55, 21 August 2013

IRC, or Internet Relay Chat, is a simple, low-bandwidth chat platform that has been around for some time.

In order to connect to an IRC server, you must first download an IRC client.

Here are a list of common IRC clients, sorted by platform:

Windows
- HexChat • KVIrc • mIRC • Pidgin • Trillian • irssi (CLI)
OS X
- Textual • Colloquy • XChat Aqua/Azure • Adium • Trillian • irssi (CLI)
Linux
- XChat • Pidgin • irssi (CLI)
Web
- Mibbit (AJAX) • ChatZilla (Firefox Extension)

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 * '''Linux'''
 ** '''[http://xchat.org/ XChat]''' &bull; [http://pidgin.im/ Pidgin] &bull; [http://irssi.org/ irssi (CLI)]
-* '''Web (AJAX)'''
+* '''Web'''
-** [http://mibbit.com/ Mibbit]
+** '''[http://mibbit.com/ Mibbit (AJAX)]''' &bull; [https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/chatzilla/ ChatZilla (Firefox Extension)]