Open Source Mac 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.

Plugin for ChatZilla 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.

Lost Bot is an IRC Mafia Game Bot coded in TCL. Users register and start off in a 2D city trying to exhort businesses, buying weapons and killing each other. The more respect you gain, the more powerful you are. It will contain a webserver.

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.

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

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

X-Chat Aqua is X-Chat with an Aqua interface for MacOS X. X-Chat Aqua uses the irc engine from X-Chat, and is designed to look and feel like the GTK+ front end.

LimeChat is an IRC client written on RubyCocoa.

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.

Nested commands, easy configuration, and an incredibly flexible and easy-to-use plugin system distinguish Supybot from other IRC bots. There simply isn't a more flexible or easier to use IRC bot!

oidentd is an RFC 1413 compliant ident daemon that runs on Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonFly BSD, and some versions of Darwin and Solaris. oidentd can handle IP/NAT masqueraded connections on many operating system kernels. oidentd has a flexible mechanism for specifying ident responses. Users can be granted permission to specify their own responses, and different responses can be sent depending on host and port pairs. oidentd features a capability-based permission system that allows system administrators fine-grained control over which functionalities may be used by each user.

Kraken is a continuation of the Openfire IM Gateway plugin, but in a way that works for any XMPP server. It provides a way for XMPP users to log into, and communicate through, their legacy IM accounts such as AIM, ICQ, MSN, Yahoo, and friends.

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.

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 :)

TLLiberIRCd is a professional commercial IRC chat server that anyone can get running in minutes — no programming, no compiling source code, and no technical background required. Just download the installer for your operating system and you are live. Everything is managed from your web browser through the built-in Web Admin panel. No command line needed for day-to-day use. Nine powerful services come included right out of the box: NickServ, ChanServ, MemoServ, HostServ, OperServ, RootServ, StatServ, HelpServ, and PoliceServ — no extra downloads or setup needed. Additional features include permanent channels that stay open when empty, overflow redirects, TLS encryption, and server linking. Available for Linux, macOS, FreeBSD, and Windows. Backed by real customer support and active commercial development. A free 60-day trial is included with every download — no account or credit card required. Plans start at just $15 a year. https://www.tlliberircd.org

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-v2.0 [R3D] "R3DST4R!" (.zip) -> md5 = [98fcd2bd3bba3f1d52738113522d3bc9] -> UFONet-v2.0 [R3D] "R3DST4R!" (.tar.gz) -> md5 = [13337a1853e144a425836c3f75ed3948] --------------------------------------------

Fire is a multi-protocol instant messenger client for Mac OS X based on freely available libraries for each service. Currently Fire handles AOL Instant Messenger®, ICQ®, MSN® Messenger, Jabber, limited IRC, Yahoo!®, and Apple Bonjour communications.

jIRCd is a full-featured Java-powered IRC server. It uses the advanced features of Java, including multi-threading and multiple platforms, to create a very powerful IRC server for any platform.

Thresher is a .Net IRC client library designed to serve as the basis for IRC bots and GUI clients. It is written in C# but can be used by any .Net supported language. Thesher also works with Mono on Linux.

PJIRC is a full-featured Java-based IRC client

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..

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.

DAVIS is an easy and useful language for IRC bots. This project contains our own bots, some bots for demonstration, a parser that creates Java, C, Perl and IRC-Script code out of a DAVIS file, and an interpreter for DAVIS files.

Madcow is an extensible IRC/SILC/AIM bot written in Python. It is fully customizable and has a simple API for creating modules that extend its functionality. This project has moved to: http://code.google.com/p/madcow/

A simple bot used for monitoring recent changes on small Wikipedia projects and reporting them to freenode channel(s). The bot has the core features that one would expect. Details available at http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:EhJJ/RCBot