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.

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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.

Client Primary developers Cost Software license User interface Programming language Computing platform Website
AndroidChat[1] Free GNU GPL TUI, GUI Java Android
Mobile Colloquy Kiji Roshi US$1.99 BSD License GUI Objective-C iOS
fIRC Laurence Muller Free GNU GPL GUI Java Android
Igloo Jordan Koch US$5.99 Proprietary GUI Swift iOS
IRCCloud IRCCloud Ltd. Freemium[2] Apache 2.0 GUI Objective-C, Java iOS, Android
jmIrc Juho Vähä-Herttua Free GNU GPL GUI Java Java ME
k-IRC Armond Avanes Free GNU GPL GUI Java Java ME
microirc Free GNU GPL GUI C ? Windows Mobile 5 (and above)
Revolution IRC MCMrARM Free GNU GPL GUI Java Android
Virca Free GNU GPL TUI Java Java ME
wIRC Free GNU GPL GUI C & JavaScript WebOS
WLIrc Sverre Kristian Valskrå Free GNU LGPL GUI Java Java ME
Yaaic Sebastian Kaspari Free GNU GPL GUI Java Android
Simple IRC The Linux Geek Free GNU GPL GUI Java Android
zsIRC Gargaj Free 3-clause BSD GUI C++ Windows Mobile
Client Primary developers Cost Software license User interface Programming language Computing platform Website


Release history

A brief overview of the release history.

Client First public release First stable release Latest stable release
Date Version Date Version
AndroidChat 2008 2008-12-29 (December 29, 2008 (2008-12-29)) [±]
Colloquy (software) January 28, 2009 1.0 2.4.3 (6011) (March 22, 2014 (2014-03-22)) [±]
fIRC December 22, 2008 0.1.0 0.2.11 (March 26, 2009 (2009-03-26)) [±]
jmIrc May 14, 2004 0.60 0.96 (November 23, 2009 (2009-11-23)) [±]
k-IRC August 20, 2002 1.0 1.1 (October 4, 2003 (2003-10-04)) [±]
Revolution IRC August 25, 2017 0.2.0
Virca 2003 0.0.1 1.1.20 (November 22, 2004 (2004-11-22)) [±]
wIRC 0.3.2 (September 6, 2010 (2010-09-06)[3]) [±]
WLIrc September 15, 2003 0.90 2.0.1 (August 16, 2007 (2007-08-16)) [±]
Yaaic March 14, 2010 0.1 0.9 (July 17, 2011 (2011-07-17)) [±]
Simple IRC November 18, 2016 1.0 1.7 (December 23, 2016 (2016-12-23)) [±]
zsIRC June 13, 2006 2009.12.26 (December 26, 2009 (2009-12-26)[4]) [±]
Client Date Version Date Version Latest stable release
First public release First stable release

Protocol support

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

Client CTCP DCC IPv6 SSL TLS OCSP CRL
AndroidChat No No No No No No No
Mobile Colloquy Yes No Yes Yes Yes No No
fIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
jmIrc Yes No No No No No No
k-IRC Yes No No No No No No
Revolution IRC No Yes ? Yes Yes ? ?
Virca ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
wIRC Yes Yes No Yes Yes ? ?
WLIrc Yes Yes ? No No No ?
Yaaic No[5] ? ? Yes Yes ? ?
Simple IRC Yes Yes ? Yes Yes ? ?
zsIRC Yes No No Yes Yes No No
Client CTCP DCC IPv6 SSL TLS OCSP CRL

Direct client-to-client (DCC) support
Client CHAT Whiteboard SEND GET RESUME TSEND SEND T XMIT Passive DCC Server RDCC REVERSE RSEND Reverse / Firewall DCC File servers (FSERVs) XDCC
AndroidChat No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No No
Mobile Colloquy Yes No No ? No No No No No No No No No No No No
fIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
jmIrc No No No ? No No No No No No No No No No No No
k-IRC No No No ? No No No No No No No No No No No No
Revolution IRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Virca ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
wIRC Yes No Yes Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No
WLIrc ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Yaaic ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Simple IRC No No Yes No No No No No No No No No No No No No
zsIRC No No No ? No No No No No No No No No No No No
Client CHAT Whiteboard SEND GET RESUME TSEND SEND T XMIT Passive DCC Server RDCC REVERSE RSEND Reverse / Firewall DCC File servers (FSERVs) XDCC

Features

Information on what features each of the clients support.

Client Multi-server UTF-8 Proxy server irc:// URI scheme Automatic updates Scripting language Push notifications
AndroidChat ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Mobile Colloquy Yes Yes No Yes Yes No Yes
fIRC ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
jmIrc No Yes Yes No No Yes ?
k-IRC No No No No No No ?
Revolution IRC Yes Yes No ? No No Yes
Virca ? Yes ? ? No ? ?
wIRC ? ? Yes ? ? ? ?
WLIrc ? No ? ? No ? ?
Yaaic Yes Yes No No Yes No ?
Simple IRC Yes Yes No No No No Yes
zsIRC Yes Yes No No Yes No ?
Client Multi-server UTF-8 Proxy server irc:// URI scheme Automatic updates Scripting language Push notifications

See also

References
  1. Clare, Andrew (2010). The Rough Guide to Android Phones. Penguin. p. 59. ISBN 9781405388184.
  2. Free version is limited to: 2 connections outside their IRC server; 2 hours of persistent connection while idle (after the first 7 days); 100MB drag and drop file sharing; low-priority support; and no access to passworded servers.
  3. "wIRC: webOS IRC Client". Retrieved 2010-12-19.
  4. "zsIRC: Downloads". Retrieved 2010-12-20.
  5. Does not reply to any CTCP message as of version 1.1.
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