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Mozilla Seamonkey

Mozilla Seamonkey

MSRP  $0.00    Released  --
Pros
  • Shared Codebase with Firefox and Thunderbird
  • High Flexability
  • Can use Firefox extensions
  • Webbrowser, Email and IRC Client in one
  • Very efficiently uses system resources
  • High standard-compliance
ProSCORE
1 review
100
irssi

irssi

MSRP  $0.00    Released  January, 1999
Pros
  • screenable!
  • available for most operating systems
  • gets the job done simply without any bloat
Cons
  • slight learning curve
  • doesn't come with more advanced features out of the box
  • no easy-to-use UI (all text configuration and command driven)
ProSCORE
1 review
50
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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0 reviews
N/A
ChatZilla

ChatZilla

MSRP  $0.00    Released  --
Pros
  • Connects to multiple IRC networks simultaneously
  • UTF-8 display
  • Javascript support for scripting
  • Works on any platform Mozilla/SeaMonkey/Firefox works on
Cons
  • Lacks features of stand-alone IRC clients
ProSCORE
2 reviews
80
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
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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