Software:Comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients

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The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of notable IRC client programs for mobile devices.

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 GNU GPL TUI, GUI Java Android [1]
Mobile Colloquy Kiji Roshi US$1.99 BSD License GUI Objective-C iOS [2]
fIRC Laurence Muller Free GNU GPL GUI Java Android [3]
Igloo Jordan Koch US$5.99 Proprietary GUI Swift iOS [4]
IRCCloud IRCCloud Ltd. Freemium[2] Apache 2.0 GUI Objective-C, Java iOS, Android [5]
jmIrc Juho Vähä-Herttua Free GNU GPL GUI Java Java ME [6]
k-IRC Armond Avanes Free GNU GPL GUI Java Java ME [7]
microirc Free GNU GPL GUI C ? Windows Mobile 5 (and above) [8]
Revolution IRC MCMrARM Free GNU GPL GUI Java Android [9]
Virca Free GNU GPL TUI Java Java ME [10]
wIRC Free GNU GPL GUI C & JavaScript WebOS [11]
WLIrc Sverre Kristian Valskrå Free GNU LGPL GUI Java Java ME [12]
Yaaic Sebastian Kaspari Free GNU GPL GUI Java Android [13]
Simple IRC The Linux Geek Free GNU GPL GUI Java Android [14]
zsIRC Gargaj Free 3-clause BSD GUI C++ Windows Mobile [15]
Client Primary developers Cost Software license User interface Programming language Computing platform Website

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; 15 years ago (2008-12-29)) [±]
Colloquy January 28, 2009 1.0 2.4.3 (6011) (March 22, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-03-22)) [±]
fIRC December 22, 2008 0.1.0 0.2.11 (March 26, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-03-26)) [±]
jmIrc May 14, 2004 0.60 0.96 (November 23, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-11-23)) [±]
k-IRC August 20, 2002 1.0 1.1 (October 4, 2003; 21 years ago (2003-10-04)) [±]
Revolution IRC August 25, 2017 0.2.0
Virca 2003 0.0.1 1.1.20 (November 22, 2004; 20 years ago (2004-11-22)) [±]
wIRC 0.3.2 (September 6, 2010; 14 years ago (2010-09-06)[3]) [±]
WLIrc September 15, 2003 0.90 2.0.1 (August 16, 2007; 17 years ago (2007-08-16)) [±]
Yaaic March 14, 2010 0.1 0.9 (July 17, 2011; 13 years ago (2011-07-17)) [±]
Simple IRC November 18, 2016 1.0 1.7 (December 23, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-12-23)) [±]
zsIRC June 13, 2006 2009.12.26 (December 26, 2009; 14 years ago (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
Mobile Colloquy Yes | style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No | style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes | style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes | style="background:#9F9;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-yes"|Yes | style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No | style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No |- fIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
jmIrc Yes No No No No No No
k-IRC Yes No No No No No No
Revolution IRC No Yes ? Yes Yes ? ?
Virca ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
wIRC Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? ?
WLIrc Yes Yes ? No No No ?
Yaaic No[5] ? ? Yes Yes ? ?
Simple IRC Yes Yes ? 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
Mobile Colloquy Yes | style="background:#F99;vertical-align:middle;text-align:center;" class="table-no"|No No ? No No No No No No No No No No No No
fIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
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
Revolution IRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Virca ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
wIRC Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
WLIrc ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Yaaic ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Simple IRC No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
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 ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Mobile Colloquy Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
fIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
jmIrc No Yes Yes No No Yes ?
k-IRC No No No No No No ?
Revolution IRC Yes Yes No ? No No Yes
Virca ? Yes ? ? No ? ?
wIRC ? ? Yes ? ? ? ?
WLIrc ? No ? ? No ? ?
Yaaic Yes Yes No No Yes No ?
Simple IRC Yes Yes No No No No Yes
zsIRC Yes Yes No No Yes No ?
Client Multi-server UTF-8 Proxy server irc:// URI scheme Automatic updates Scripting language Push notifications

See also

References

  1. ↑ Clare, Andrew (2010). The Rough Guide to Android Phones. Penguin. p. 59. ISBN 9781405388184. https://books.google.com/books?id=EGeD7VVDE6AC&pg=PT59. 
  2. ↑ Free version is limited to: 2 connections outside their IRC server; 2 hours of persistent connection while idle (after the first 7 days); 100MB drag and drop file sharing; low-priority support; and no access to passworded servers.
  3. ↑ "wIRC: webOS IRC Client". http://forums.precentral.net/webos-internals/213722-wirc-webos-irc-client-9.html#post2645943. 
  4. ↑ "zsIRC: Downloads". http://zsirc.com/downloads.php. 
  5. ↑ Does not reply to any CTCP message as of version 1.1.



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