User:Somero430/Workplace

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
0irc †	Torsten Stelling	Free software	GNU GPL	TUI	C++	x86	[1]
Aki	Keith Rusler	Free software	GNU LGPL	GUI	C++	x86	[2]
Bersirc	Jamie Frater, Nicholas Copeland	Free software	GNU LGPL	GUI	C	x86	[3]
BitchX	Colten Edwards	Free software	BSD License	TUI, GUI	C	x86	[4]
bnIRC	Brandon Niemczyk	Free software	GNU GPL	TUI †	C		[5]
ccorp-irc	Emanuel Miller	Free software	GNU GPL	TUI †	Python		[6]
ChatZilla		Free software	MPL/GNU GPL/GNU LGPL tri-license	GUI †	JavaScript, XUL		[7]
ClicksAndWhistles	Leigh Johnston	Free software	BSD License	GUI	C++	x86	[8]
Conspire		Free software	GNU GPL	TUI, GUI	C	x86	[9]
Coolsmile		Free software	GNU GPL	GUI †	Java		[10]
DMDirc		Free software	MIT License	GUI	Java		[11]
dxirc		Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	C++	x86	[12]
EPIC	EPIC Software Labs	Free software	BSD License	TUI	C	x86	[13]
FireIRC	NasuTek-Alliant Enterprises	Free software	BSD License	GUI	C#	x86	[14]
HydraIRC	Dominic Clifton	Freeware	Proprietary	GUI	C++	x86	[15]
ii	Nico Golde	Free software	MIT/X Consortium License	filesystem based FIFO	C		[16]
ircII		Free software	BSD License	TUI	C	x86	[17]
Irssi	Timo Sirainen	Free software	GNU GPL	TUI	C	x86	[18]
jini		Free software	GNU GPL	TUI	Java		[19]
Konversation		Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	C++	PowerPC, x86	[20]
KoolChat		Freeware	Proprietary	GUI		x86	[21]
KoroIRC		Freeware	Proprietary	GUI	C	x86	[22]
KVIrc	Szymon Stefanek	Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	C++	x86	[23]
lightIRC	Valentin Manthei	Freeware	Proprietary	GUI	ActionScript		[24]
Neebly	Christos Constantinou	Freeware	Proprietary	GUI †	.NET 3.0, WPF, XAML	x86 †	[25]
Nettalk	Nicolas Kruse	Free software	Apache License v2.0	TUI, GUI	Visual Basic		[26]
Orion (IRC client)	Simone Tellini	Free software	Creative Commons BY-NC-SA	GUI	Borland C++	x86	[27]
PhibianIRC		Freeware	Proprietary	GUI	Delphi 2007		[28]
PJIRC	Philippe 'Plouf' Detournay	Free software	GNU GPL	GUI †	Java		[29]
Quassel IRC		Free software	GNU GPL	GUI †	C++		[30]
rxIRC	Carl 'LynX' von Loesch	Free software		TUI	REXX		[31]
savIRC	Saverio Castellano	Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	Tcl/Tk		[32]
ScrollZ		Free software	BSD License	TUI	C		[33]
Smuxi		Free software	GNU GPL	TUI, † GUI †	C#	x86, x86-64	[34]
TurboIRC		Freeware	Proprietary	GUI	?	x86	[35]
Visual IRC		Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	?	x86	[36]
Vortec IRC	John G. Kirkland	Freeware	Proprietary	GUI	Delphi	x86	[37]
WeeChat	Sebastien Helleu	Free software	GNU GPL	TUI, GUI †	C	x86	[38]
x3irc		Freeware	Proprietary	GUI	?	x86	[39]
Client	Primary developers	Cost	Software license	User interface	Programming language	Computing platform	Website

• ^ Originally based on AuroreIRC by Omar Kilani which was based on OpenIRC by Damian Hodgkiss
• ^{a b} ncurses user interface
• ^ Can be installed as part of a web browser
• ^{a b c d e} Distributed as a Universal Binary
• ^ Can be used as a Java applet or a standalone Java application
• ^ Originally sIRC (July 2000) and later VClient (July 2001 – August 2001)
• ^ Supports the Ribbon interface under Windows Vista and Windows 7
• ^ Mobile Internet Device compatible via WPF
• ^ Web browser component
• ^ Can be run as a Java applet, Java Web Start, or standalone application
• ^{a b c} Separate client and daemon
• ^ Not complete, proof of concept
• ^ In development