A clean, easy to use and highly extensible Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.

ChatZilla provides all the usual IRC client features: multiple servers, a built-in list of standard networks, easy searching and sorting of available channels, logging, and DCC chat and file transfers, plus easy customization with JavaScript plug-ins and CSS styling.

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ProSCORE
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Connects to multiple IRC networks simultaneously
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UTF-8 display
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Javascript support for scripting
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Works on any platform Mozilla/SeaMonkey/Firefox works on
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Lacks features of stand-alone IRC clients
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mIRC

mIRC

MSRP  $20.00    Released  February, 1995
Pros
  • Connects to multiple IRC networks simultaneously
  • tray notifications
  • powerful scripting language
  • UTF-8 display
Cons
  • Windows only
  • Costs $20 while most IRC clients are free
ProSCORE
3 reviews
80
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BitchX

BitchX

MSRP  --    Released  --

BitchX is a free IRC client. The initial implementation, written by "Trench" and "HappyCrappy", was a script for the IrcII chat client. It was converted to a program on its own right by panasync (Colten Edwards). BitchX 1.1 final was released in 2004. It is written in C, and is a console application. A...

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0 reviews
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XChat

XChat

MSRP  $0.00    Released  --
Pros
  • Default display is clean and easy to read
  • text-aligned, not nickname aligned
  • Customizable interface
Cons
  • Not enough IRC functionality built into the program itself compared with mIRC
  • Doesn't minimize to tray
  • must pay to use on Windows
ProSCORE
2 reviews
62
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PJIRC

PJIRC

MSRP  --    Released  --
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Visual IRC

Visual IRC

MSRP  $0.00    Released  January, 1995

Visual IRC (ViRC) is an open source Internet Relay Chat client for the Windows operating system. Unlike many other IRC clients, nearly all of the functionality in ViRC is driven by the included script, with the result that the program's behavior can be extended or changed without altering the source code.

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Garnavis

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August 23, 2009
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Pros

  • Connects to multiple IRC networks simultaneously
  • UTF-8 display
  • Javascript support for scripting
  • Works on any platform Mozilla/SeaMonkey/Firefox works on

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November 23, 2007
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Cons

  • Lacks features of stand-alone IRC clients

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