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Comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients

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. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up to date.

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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.

ClientPrimary developersCostSoftware licenseUser interfaceProgramming languageComputing platformWebsite
AndroidChat[1] Free softwareGNU GPLTUI, GUIJavaAndroid[1]
AndChat[1] FreewareProprietary softwareTUI, GUIJavaAndroid[2]
Mobile ColloquyKiji RoshiUS$1.99BSD LicenseGUIObjective-CiOS[3]
CoolIRC[Note 1] Free softwareGNU GPLGUIJavaJava ME[Note 2][4] (archive)
EbIRCShin Ise, Nobuhiro ItoFreeware
iPhone: US$3		Proprietary softwareGUI?iOS, Windows Mobile[5]
fIRCLaurence MullerFree softwareGNU GPLGUIJavaAndroid[6]
JedIrc[Note 1] Free softwareGNU GPLGUIJavaJava ME[Note 3][7]
IRC7 US$1.49Proprietary softwareGUIC#Windows Phone[8]
jmIrcJuho Vähä-HerttuaFree softwareGNU GPLGUIJavaJava ME[9]
k-IRC[Note 4]Armond AvanesFree softwareGNU GPLGUIJavaJava ME[10]
microirc Free softwareGNU GPLGUIC ?Windows Mobile 5 (and above)[11]
MtvIRC[Note 1] Free softwareGNU GPLGUIJavaJava ME[12]
PalaverKyle FullerUS$2.99Proprietary softwareGUIObjective-CiOS[13]
PSPIRCLudovic JacommeFree softwareGNU GPLGUICPlayStation Portable[14]
upIRC[Note 5] Shareware US$10Proprietary softwareGUI?Palm OS[Note 6][15]
Virca Free softwareGNU GPLTUIJavaJava ME[16]
wIRC Free softwareGNU GPLGUIC & JavaScriptWebOS[17]
WirelessIRC Demoware US$20Proprietary softwareGUI?Symbian[18]
WLIrcSverre Kristian ValskråFree softwareGNU LGPLGUIJavaJava ME[19]
Yaaic[Note 7]Sebastian KaspariFree softwareGNU GPLGUIJavaAndroid[20]
zsIRCGargajFreewareProprietary softwareGUIC++Windows Mobile[21]
ClientPrimary developersCostSoftware licenseUser interfaceProgramming languageComputing platformWebsite
  1. ^ a b c Based on jmIrc
  2. ^ MIDP 1.0 and 2.0
  3. ^ MIDP 2.0 only
  4. ^ Uses the Relay-IRC framework
  5. ^ Formerly apIRC
  6. ^ Palm OS 3.0 or later, Palm OS 5 compatible
  7. ^ Uses the PircBot framework

Release history

A brief overview of the release history.

ClientFirst public releaseFirst stable releaseLatest stable release
DateVersionDateVersion
AndroidChat2008   2008-12-29 (December 29, 2008; 4 years ago (2008-12-29)) [±]
AndChatJune 14, 20090.05  1.3.4.1 (January 9, 2011; 2 years ago (2011-01-09)[9]) [±]
Colloquy (software)January 28, 20091.0  2.4.1 (5738) (February 23, 2013; 36 days ago (2013-02-23)) [±]
CoolIRC    3.1 (June 16, 2007; 5 years ago (2007-06-16)) [±]
EbIRCSeptember 24, 20060.01  0.19 (February 18, 2009; 4 years ago (2009-02-18)) [±]
fIRCDecember 22, 20080.1.0  0.2.11 (March 26, 2009; 4 years ago (2009-03-26)) [±]
IRC7September 5, 2011   1.7 (February 10, 2012; 13 months ago (2012-02-10)) [±]
JedIrc2007   3.2.4 (June 17, 2009; 3 years ago (2009-06-17)) [±]
jmIrcMay 14, 20040.60  0.96 (November 23, 2009; 3 years ago (2009-11-23)) [±]
k-IRCAugust 20, 20021.0  1.1 (October 4, 2003; 9 years ago (2003-10-04)) [±]
MtvIRC    2.3 (June 12, 2009; 3 years ago (2009-06-12)) [±]
PalaverAugust 24, 20121.0August 24, 20121.01.1 (February 15, 2013; 44 days ago (2013-02-15)) [±]
PSPIRCJuly 20, 20071.0.1  1.6 (September 12, 2007; 5 years ago (2007-09-12)) [±]
upIRCSeptember 18, 20011.0.0  3.8.3 (September 3, 2004; 8 years ago (2004-09-03)) [±]
Virca20030.0.1  1.1.20 (November 22, 2004; 8 years ago (2004-11-22)) [±]
wIRC    0.3.2 (September 6, 2010; 2 years ago (2010-09-06)[10]) [±]
WirelessIRC    1.22 (June 12, 2007; 5 years ago (2007-06-12)) [±]
WLIrcSeptember 15, 20030.90  2.0.1 (August 16, 2007; 5 years ago (2007-08-16)) [±]
YaaicMarch 14, 20100.1  0.9 (July 17, 2011; 20 months ago (2011-07-17)) [±]
zsIRCJune 13, 2006   2009.12.26 (December 26, 2009; 3 years ago (2009-12-26)[11]) [±]
ClientDateVersionDateVersionLatest stable release
First public releaseFirst stable release

Protocol support

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

ClientCTCPDCCIPv6SSLTLSOCSPCRL
AndroidChatNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
AndChatYesNo?Yes???
Mobile ColloquyYes[citation needed]No[citation needed]Yes[citation needed]Yes[citation needed]Yes[citation needed]No[citation needed]No[citation needed]
CoolIRCYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
EbIRC???????
fIRC???????
IRC7NoNoNoYesYesNoNo
JedIrcYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
jmIrcYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
k-IRCYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
MtvIRCYesNoNoNoNoNoNo
PalaverYesNoYesYesYes??
PSPIRCNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
upIRCYesYesNoNoNoNoNo
Virca???????
wIRCYesYesNoYesYes??
WirelessIRCYesNo?Yes???
WLIrcYesYes?NoNoNo?
Yaaic???????
zsIRCYesNoNoYesYesNoNo
ClientCTCPDCCIPv6SSLTLSOCSPCRL

Direct client-to-client (DCC) support

ClientCHATWhiteboardSENDGETRESUMETSENDSEND TXMITPassive DCCServerRDCCREVERSERSENDReverse / Firewall DCCFile servers (FSERVs)XDCC
AndroidChatNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
AndChat??NoNo????????????
Mobile ColloquyYes[citation needed]NoNo?NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
CoolIRCNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
EbIRC????????????????
fIRC????????????????
IRC7NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
JedIrcNoNoNo?NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
jmIrcNoNoNo?NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
k-IRCNoNoNo?NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
MtvIRCNoNoNo?NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
PSPIRCNoNoNo?NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
upIRCYesNoNo?NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
Virca????????????????
wIRCYesNoYesYesNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
WirelessIRC????????????????
WLIrc????????????????
Yaaic????????????????
zsIRCNoNoNo?NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo
ClientCHATWhiteboardSENDGETRESUMETSENDSEND TXMITPassive DCCServerRDCCREVERSERSENDReverse / Firewall DCCFile servers (FSERVs)XDCC

Features

Information on what features each of the clients support.

ClientMulti-serverUTF-8Proxy serverirc:// URI schemeAutomatic updatesScripting language
AndroidChat??????
AndChatYesYes??Yes?
Mobile ColloquyYesYesNoYesYesNo
CoolIRCNoYesYes[Note 1]NoNoYes
EbIRC?Yes????
fIRC??????
IRC7YesYesNoNoYesYes
JedIrcNoYesYes[Note 1]NoNoYes
jmIrcNoYesYes[Note 1]NoNoYes
k-IRCNoNoNoNoNoNo
MtvIRCNoYesYes[Note 1]NoNoNo
PalaverYesYesYesYesYesYes[Note 2]
PSPIRCNoYesNoNoNoYes
upIRCNoNoNoNoNoYes[Note 2]
Virca?Yes??No?
wIRC??Yes???
WirelessIRC??????
WLIrc?No??No?
YaaicYesYesNoNoYesNo
zsIRCYesYesNoNoYesNo
ClientMulti-serverUTF-8Proxy serverirc:// URI schemeAutomatic updatesScripting language
  1. ^ a b c d HTTP proxy server support
  2. ^ a b Supports "shortcut" command aliases[12]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b 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. ^ "upIRC: Shortcuts". Retrieved 2009-07-18. 
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