Pidgin
Open Source
Pidgin is a free and open-source chat client which supports AIM, Google Talk, ICQ, XMPP protocols.
irssi
Open Source
Irssi is an IRC client program for Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows.
KVIrc
Open Source
KVIrc is a graphical IRC client for Linux, Unix, Mac OS and Windows.
WeeChat
Open Source
WeeChat is a free and open-source Internet Relay Chat client, which is designed to be light and fast.
Konversation
Open Source
Konversation is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client built on the KDE Platform.
XChat for Linux
Open Source
XChat is an IRC chat program for both Linux and Windows. It allows you to join multiple IRC channels (chat rooms) at the same time, talk publicly, private one…
Quassel IRC
Open Source
Quassel IRC, or Quassel, is a graphical, distributed, cross-platform IRC client.
Smuxi
Open Source
Smuxi is a cross-platform IRC client for the GNOME desktop inspired by Irssi.
AdiIRC
Free
AdiIRC is a free Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client.
Chatzilla
Open Source
ChatZilla is an IRC client for Mozilla-based browsers such as Firefox.
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