Open Source IRC Clients

See https://pidgin.im/about/ for more information. Pidgin is an instant messaging program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. It runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems. Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, MXit, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It is written in C and makes heavy use of GLib and GTK+. Finch is a command line instant messaging program. It also lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat network simultaneously, and it is compatible with the same chat networks as Pidgin. It is written in C and makes heavy use of GLib and ncurses.

Halloy is an open-source IRC client written in Rust, utilizing the Iced GUI library. It aims to provide a simple and fast client for Mac, Windows, and Linux platforms

BitchX is an IRC client based on ircII/EPIC4. It includes many features that are usually relegated to scripts such as CDCC and flood protection -- you can just start it and go. Development was on hiatus for a while but is now resuming.

pisg is a smart Perl script which generates nice looking statistics out from IRC logfiles. It's a funny thing for the users of your channel :)

Bot Sentry is a Pidgin (libpurple) plugin to prevent Instant Message (IM) spam. It allows you to ignore IMs unless the sender is in your Buddy List, the sender is in your Allow List, or the sender correctly answers a question you have predefined.

UFONet - Is a set of hacktivist tools that allow launching coordinated DDoS and DoS attacks and combine both in a single offensive. It also works as an encrypted DarkNET to publish and receive content by creating a global client/server network based on a direct-connect P2P architecture. + FAQ: https://ufonet.03c8.net/FAQ.html -------------------------------------------- -> UFONet-v1.8 [DPh] "DarK-PhAnT0m!" (.zip) -> md5 = [ c8ab016f6370c8391e2e6f9a7cbe990a ] -> UFONet-v1.8 [DPh] "DarK-PhAnT0m!" (.tar.gz) -> md5 = [ 8a4cd86c21db2ad657eb75e6ac0e52d5 ] --------------------------------------------

[ Please read https://sourceforge.net/p/darkbot/news/2014/01/darkbots-revitalization/ ] Darkbot is a portable IRC chat robot written in the C language that can be taught responses to user inquiries, and even have conversations with them. Darkbot was originally created by Jason Hamilton as an aid for help channels on Intenet Relay Chat.

A complete rewrite of the mobile java irc-client WLIrc. (http://wirelessirc.sourceforge.net) Aims to be more responsive and use less memory maintaining the current gui and looks.

Effortlessly browse and search XDCC packs with this streamlined tool for mIRC and AdiIRC, crafted by Eric^^. Say goodbye to tedious channel interactions! Simply load the script (`/load -rs xdccv.mrc`) and let it build a comprehensive database while you idle. Then, use the commands `/xdccv` or `/xdccs` to find your desired files. Keep it alive. Make it better. Compatible with Windows 10/11 and Linux via WINE. Get the latest updates and source code here: https://pastebin.com/HUmDgd0g

Plugin for Irssi which monitors torrent IRC announce channels, downloads torrent files based on a user-defined filter, and then sends the torrent files to a local or remote torrent client. Supports several different private trackers.

Trivbot is a a multilingual quiz/trivia bot for IRC channels. It is written in java so it can run on multiple platforms. A question is sent to the IRC channel and the text in the channel scanned for a string that matches one of the accepted answers.

JAVA / PHP / MYSQL IRC Stats Bot based on IRC JAVA BOT. Makes statistics for one or more channels on irc. Make many php page with the stats of channels and the stats of nicks.

This project includes an event-driven IRC client framework written in Python, as well as an object-oriented wrapper class and some example programs.

PJIRC is a full-featured Java-based IRC client

This is an ircbot written in php. The bot run from any server with php support.

This is the Perl Net::IRC module. It facilitates easy interaction with irc in perl.

A small, modular IRC bot written in C. On startup, reads an XML configuration file. Uses dynamic modules to implement actual functionality (friends lists, auto-opping, etc).

MoxQuizz is a multilingual IRC quiz/trivia bot for eggdrops, which acts as a game master. A question is posted to the channel and all chatter is searched for the answer.

An Internet Corpus Linguistics analysis tool focusing on lexical variation over time and by geographical location. Initially the project will analyze word frequencies over time in the Linux Kernel Mailing List.

DocSynch is a collaborative editing system on top of IRC. By transforming single-user editors into multi-user editors, it allows to remotely edit text documents together. Implementations are targeted as extensions to many popular text editors and IDEs.

A fast, sleak, and extensible IRC bot, written in Ruby. Using plugins to provide all functionality wanted.

Hattrick Broadcasting Bot is an eggdrop module which displays matches of the online game Hattrick (www.hattrick.org) live in IRC channels.

ISB is a java-developed software for Education purpose only. The codename are TKBot and Guepard Project. This software will let you connect any computer to any IRC server and channel. Do not use this software if you don't have the permission of the comp

Servicio P10 para el ircu de irc hispano basado en el proyecto hbddedit de Apolo Services, que permite modificar la base de datos. Escrito en lazarus/free-pascal, permite facilmente su compilación cruzada.

This java library implements the IRC protocol. This library can be used in other programs as a means to get onto a IRC server and communicate without the need to understand the IRC protocol. Project source code will be added shortly..