mIRC is the most popular IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client on the web. This shareware allows you to join chat rooms on IRC servers.
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MSRP $20.00
Release date February, 1995
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Pros & Cons

ProSCORE
2 reviews
89
negative
mixed
positive
2 positive
0 mixed
0 negative

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Pros:
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Connects to multiple IRC networks simultaneously
+3agreedisagree

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tray notifications
+3agreedisagree

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powerful scripting language
+2agreedisagree

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UTF-8 display
+2agreedisagree

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proxy support
+2agreedisagree

Cons:
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Windows only
+1agreedisagree


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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
Vote! (5 votes)
vote mIRC 40% vs. vote XChat 60%
BitchX

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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...

ProSCORE
0 reviews
N/A
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Mibbit

Mibbit

MSRP  $0.00    Released  January, 2001

Mibbit is an embedabble, HTML-based chat client primarily used for connecting to IRC channels from within a web-browser. It features many customization options including color, font, and overall size as well as the use of skins.

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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.

ProSCORE
0 reviews
N/A
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PJIRC

PJIRC

MSRP  --    Released  --
ProSCORE
0 reviews
N/A
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Klient

Klient

MSRP  --    Released  --
ProSCORE
0 reviews
N/A
Vote! (2 votes)
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ChatZilla

ChatZilla

MSRP  $0.00    Released  --
Cons
  • Lacks features of stand-alone IRC clients
ProSCORE
1 review
0
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Comments

1.  avatar vsaxena911 said:

Love it, but I meet way too many gold-digging Indonesian women on Dalnet!
Dec 10, 2008 5:35am
2.  avatar VesNL said:

Haha, yeah I remember those times on Dalnet.
Apr 11, 2009 6:47pm
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Jan

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March 21, 2009
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ProSCORE
83
negative
mixed
positive
5 pros
1 con
have ithave it
2 out of 2 people found this review helpful.

Pros

  • Connects to multiple IRC networks simultaneously
  • tray notifications
  • powerful scripting language
  • UTF-8 display
  • proxy support

Cons

  • Windows only

Competitors

Jan prefers mIRC over Visual IRC, Klient, PJIRC, ChatZilla, BitchX, XChat
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VesNL

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April 11, 2009
approved
reviewer
ProSCORE
100
negative
mixed
positive
3 pros
0 cons
have ithave it
love itlove it

Pros

  • Connects to multiple IRC networks simultaneously
  • tray notifications
  • powerful scripting language

Cons

Did not agree with any cons

Comments

"Haha, yeah I remember those times on Dalnet."

Competitors

VesNL prefers mIRC over ChatZilla, Visual IRC, Klient, XChat, PJIRC, BitchX
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vsaxena911

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December 10, 2008
ProSCORE
100
negative
mixed
positive
5 pros
0 cons
have ithave it

Pros

  • Connects to multiple IRC networks simultaneously
  • tray notifications
  • powerful scripting language
  • UTF-8 display
  • proxy support

Cons

Did not agree with any cons

Comments

"Love it, but I meet way too many gold-digging Indonesian women on Dalnet!"
Did you find this review helpful? Yes  /  No

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