Comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients

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The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of IRC client programs for mobile devices. Please see the individual products articles for further information.

General

Basic general information about the clients: creator/company, license/price etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.

Client Primary developers Cost Software license User interface Programming language Computing platform Website
AndroidChat[1] Free software GNU GPL TUI, GUI Java Android
AndChat[1] Freeware Proprietary software TUI, GUI Java Android
Mobile Colloquy Kiji Roshi US$1.99 BSD License GUI Objective-C iOS
CoolIRC[Note 1] Free software GNU GPL GUI Java Java ME[Note 2] (archive)
Dump Chat Mark Marszal US$2.99 Proprietary software GUI Objective-C iOS
EbIRC Shin Ise, Nobuhiro Ito Freeware
iPhone: US$3		 Proprietary software GUI ? iOS, Windows Mobile
fIRC Laurence Muller Free software GNU GPL GUI Java Android
Foo IRC US$1.49 Proprietary software GUI C# Windows Phone
JedIrc[Note 1] Free software GNU GPL GUI Java Java ME[Note 3]
IRC7 US$1.49 Proprietary software GUI C# Windows Phone
IRC999 Babylon999 Free software ? GUI ? iOS
IRCCloud IRCCloud Ltd. Freeware ? GUI ? iOS, Android
jmIrc Juho Vähä-Herttua Free software GNU GPL GUI Java Java ME
k-IRC[Note 4] Armond Avanes Free software GNU GPL GUI Java Java ME
Mango IRC Mediaware, Pavel Kanzelsberger iPhone: US$0.99
iPad: US$1.99
Universal: US$2.99[Note 5]
Lite version for iPhone: Freeware		 Proprietary software GUI ? iOS
microirc Free software GNU GPL GUI C ? Windows Mobile 5 (and above)
mirggi Symbiatch Free software Freeware GUI C++ Symbian
MtvIRC[Note 1] Free software GNU GPL GUI Java Java ME
Mutter Matthew Clough Free software Proprietary software GUI Swift iOS
Palaver Kyle Fuller US$2.99 Proprietary software GUI Objective-C iOS
PSPIRC Ludovic Jacomme Free software GNU GPL GUI C PlayStation Portable
Relay IRC Gyresoft Limited US$2.99 Proprietary software GUI Objective-C iOS
upIRC[Note 6] Shareware US$10 Proprietary software GUI ? Palm OS[Note 7]
Virca Free software GNU GPL TUI Java Java ME
wIRC Free software GNU GPL GUI C & JavaScript WebOS
WirelessIRC Demoware US$20 Proprietary software GUI ? Symbian
WLIrc Sverre Kristian Valskrå Free software GNU LGPL GUI Java Java ME
Yaaic[Note 8] Sebastian Kaspari Free software GNU GPL GUI Java Android
zsIRC Gargaj Free software 3-clause BSD GUI C++ Windows Mobile
Client Primary developers Cost Software license User interface Programming language Computing platform Website
  1. 1 2 3 Based on jmIrc
  2. ↑ MIDP 1.0 and 2.0
  3. ↑ MIDP 2.0 only
  4. ↑ Uses the Relay-IRC framework
  5. ↑ Mango IRC Universal runs on iPhone and iPad
  6. ↑ Formerly apIRC
  7. ↑ Palm OS 3.0 or later, Palm OS 5 compatible
  8. ↑ Uses the PircBot framework

Release history

A brief overview of the release history.

Client First public release First stable release Latest stable release
Date Version Date Version
AndroidChat 2008 2008-12-29 (December 29, 2008 (2008-12-29)) [±]
AndChat June 14, 2009 0.05 1.3.4.1 (January 9, 2011 (2011-01-09)[2]) [±]
Colloquy (software) January 28, 2009 1.0 2.4.3 (6011) (March 22, 2014 (2014-03-22)) [±]
CoolIRC 3.1 (June 16, 2007 (2007-06-16)) [±]
Dump Chat May 18, 2013 1.0 May 18, 2013 1.0 Template:Latest stable software release/Dump Chat
EbIRC September 24, 2006 0.01 0.19 (February 18, 2009 (2009-02-18)) [±]
Foo IRC May, 2014 2.5 Template:Latest stable software release/Foo IRC
fIRC December 22, 2008 0.1.0 0.2.11 (March 26, 2009 (2009-03-26)) [±]
IRC7 September 5, 2011 1.7 (February 10, 2012 (2012-02-10)) [±]
JedIrc 2007 3.2.4 (June 17, 2009 (2009-06-17)) [±]
jmIrc May 14, 2004 0.60 0.96 (November 23, 2009 (2009-11-23)) [±]
k-IRC August 20, 2002 1.0 1.1 (October 4, 2003 (2003-10-04)) [±]
MtvIRC 2.3 (June 12, 2009 (2009-06-12)) [±]
Mutter December 7, 2015 1.0 December 7, 2015 1.0 1.3.3 (April 1, 2016 (2016-04-01)) [±]
Palaver August 24, 2012 1.0 August 24, 2012 1.0 1.1 (February 15, 2013 (2013-02-15)) [±]
PSPIRC July 20, 2007 1.0.1 1.6 (September 12, 2007 (2007-09-12)) [±]
Relay IRC March 19, 2014 1.0 March 19, 2014 1.0 1.0 (March 19, 2014 (2014-03-19)) [±]
upIRC September 18, 2001 1.0.0 3.8.3 (September 3, 2004 (2004-09-03)) [±]
Virca 2003 0.0.1 1.1.20 (November 22, 2004 (2004-11-22)) [±]
wIRC 0.3.2 (September 6, 2010 (2010-09-06)[3]) [±]
WirelessIRC 1.22 (June 12, 2007 (2007-06-12)) [±]
WLIrc September 15, 2003 0.90 2.0.1 (August 16, 2007 (2007-08-16)) [±]
Yaaic March 14, 2010 0.1 0.9 (July 17, 2011 (2011-07-17)) [±]
zsIRC June 13, 2006 2009.12.26 (December 26, 2009 (2009-12-26)[4]) [±]
Client Date Version Date Version Latest stable release
First public release First stable release

Protocol support

What IRC related protocols and standards are supported by each client.

Client CTCP DCC IPv6 SSL TLS OCSP CRL
AndroidChat No No No No No No No
AndChat Yes No ? Yes ? ? ?
Mobile Colloquy Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
CoolIRC Yes No No No No No No
Dump Chat Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
EbIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
fIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Foo IRC Yes Yes No Yes Yes No No
IRC7 No No No Yes Yes No No
JedIrc Yes No No No No No No
jmIrc Yes No No No No No No
k-IRC Yes No No No No No No
MtvIRC Yes No No No No No No
Mutter Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
Palaver Yes No Yes Yes Yes ? ?
PSPIRC No No No No No No No
Relay IRC Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
upIRC Yes Yes No No No No No
Virca ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
wIRC Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? ?
WirelessIRC Yes No ? Yes ? ? ?
WLIrc Yes Yes ? No No No ?
Yaaic No[5] ? ? Yes Yes ? ?
zsIRC Yes No No Yes Yes No No
Client CTCP DCC IPv6 SSL TLS OCSP CRL

Direct client-to-client (DCC) support

Client CHAT Whiteboard SEND GET RESUME TSEND SEND T XMIT Passive DCC Server RDCC REVERSE RSEND Reverse / Firewall DCC File servers (FSERVs) XDCC
AndroidChat No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
AndChat ? ? No No ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Mobile Colloquy Yes No No ? No No No No No No No No No No No No
CoolIRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Dump Chat No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
EbIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Foo IRC Yes No Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes No No No No Yes No No
fIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
IRC7 No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
JedIrc No No No ? No No No No No No No No No No No No
jmIrc No No No ? No No No No No No No No No No No No
k-IRC No No No ? No No No No No No No No No No No No
MtvIRC No No No ? No No No No No No No No No No No No
Mutter No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
PSPIRC No No No ? No No No No No No No No No No No No
Relay IRC No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
upIRC Yes No No ? No No No No No No No No No No No No
Virca ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
wIRC Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
WirelessIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
WLIrc ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Yaaic ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
zsIRC No No No ? No No No No No No No No No No No No
Client CHAT Whiteboard SEND GET RESUME TSEND SEND T XMIT Passive DCC Server RDCC REVERSE RSEND Reverse / Firewall DCC File servers (FSERVs) XDCC

Features

Information on what features each of the clients support.

Client Multi-server UTF-8 Proxy server irc:// URI scheme Automatic updates Scripting language Push notifications
AndroidChat ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
AndChat Yes Yes ? ? Yes ? ?
Mobile Colloquy Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
CoolIRC No Yes Yes[Note 1] No No Yes ?
Dump Chat Yes Yes No No Yes No No
EbIRC ? Yes ? ? ? ? ?
Foo IRC Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes ?
fIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
IRC7 Yes Yes No No Yes Yes ?
JedIrc No Yes Yes[Note 1] No No Yes ?
jmIrc No Yes Yes[Note 1] No No Yes ?
k-IRC No No No No No No ?
MtvIRC No Yes Yes[Note 1] No No No ?
Mutter Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[Note 2] Yes
Palaver Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes[Note 2] Yes
PSPIRC No Yes No No No Yes ?
Relay IRC Yes Yes Yes No Yes No No
upIRC No No No No No Yes[Note 2] ?
Virca ? Yes ? ? No ? ?
wIRC ? ? Yes ? ? ? ?
WirelessIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
WLIrc ? No ? ? No ? ?
Yaaic Yes Yes No No Yes No ?
zsIRC Yes Yes No No Yes No ?
Client Multi-server UTF-8 Proxy server irc:// URI scheme Automatic updates Scripting language Push notifications
  1. 1 2 3 4 HTTP proxy server support
  2. 1 2 3 Supports "shortcut" command aliases[6]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 Clare, Andrew (2010). The Rough Guide to Android Phones. Penguin. p. 59.
  2. ↑ "AndChat changelog". Retrieved 2011-01-17.
  3. ↑ "wIRC: webOS IRC Client". Retrieved 2010-12-19.
  4. ↑ "zsIRC: Downloads". Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  5. ↑ Does not reply to any CTCP message as of version 1.1.
  6. ↑ "upIRC: Shortcuts". Retrieved 2009-07-18.
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