Open Source Windows 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.

Miranda IM is an open source, multi-protocol instant messaging client designed to be very light on system resources, extremely fast and customizable. A powerful plugin-based architecture make Miranda IM one of the most flexible clients on the planet.

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.

A graphical notification plugin for the instant message client gaim. Now hosted at http://plugins.guifications.org/trac

X-Chat is an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) program for Linux and Windows.

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.

Miranda NG is a successor of a popular multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows, Miranda IM. Very light on system resources and extremely fast. Supports Em-LAN Facebook, Gadu-Gadu, ICQ / MRA, IRC Internet Relay Chat, Jabber XMPP, MinecraftDynmap, Omegle, Sametime, SkypeWeb, Steam, Tox, Twitter, and VKontakte. Linux is not a natively supported operating system, but Miranda is known to run on Linux under Wine. PluginUpdater is responsible for keeping your Miranda up-to-date. It checks for updates for all installed plugins and other components like icon sets and langpack regularly (depending on its settings) and performs updating automatically.

Anope Services are built off of the original Epona code written by Lara which is built off of IRC Services. These services have advanced the original Epona code and include new features such as Modules, Mysql, and Defcon Mode.

libircclient is a small but powerful library, which implements client-server IRC protocol. It has all features needed to create your own IRC client or bot, including multi-threading support, sync and async interfaces, CTCP/DCC support, colors, SSL connections and so on.

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 ] --------------------------------------------

Visual IRC is a feature-rich, fully customizable IRC client for Windows. Multiple server support, a powerful scripting language, a clean interface, and DCC whiteboard are just a few of the features that define this unique program.

ZxoR Gatherbot is GNU GPL Licensed, IRC MSL Based, Counter-Strike 1.6 Multi-Gatherbot system.

[ 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 pidgin plugin that allows user to assign global hotkeys (e.g. Ctrl+Alt+g) for togglling buddy list and reading queued message. When "Toggle List" hotkey is enabled, it makes the buddy list hidden from your taskbar and task switcher (similar to ICQ).

Gamers.IRC is a full MSL Script for mIRC, the most popular Windows IRC client. Gamers.IRC is for Windows 95 and higher. Source code: Download and run the installer. Open the .grc and .ini files with notepad.

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

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.

Ayttm is an instant messenger program, supporting various protocols such as MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Jabber, and more. It is the heir of the Everybuddy project, and aims to continue improving the program and addressing its shortcomings.

IRC client optimized for downloading mp3 music, videos, images and more. Easy to install with a startup wizard and an intuitive user interface with many customizable options.

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.

This is a c++ XDCC client with ajax webinterface!!

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.

A fork of pidgin which aims to provide minor features that have not been addressed by the pidgin development team (including manual textbox resizing). See funpidgin.sf.net for details.