Comparison_of_mobile_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients

Comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients

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The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of notable IRC client programs for mobile devices.

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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

Client	First public release		First stable release		Latest stable release
Client	Date	Version	Date	Version	Latest stable release
AndroidChat	2008				2008-12-29 (December 29, 2008; 15 years ago (2008-12-29)) [±]
Colloquy (software)	January 28, 2009	1.0			2.4.3 (6011) (March 22, 2014; 10 years ago (2014-03-22)) [±]
fIRC	December 22, 2008	0.1.0			0.2.11 (March 26, 2009; 15 years ago (2009-03-26)) [±]
jmIrc	May 14, 2004	0.60			0.96 (November 23, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-11-23)) [±]
k-IRC	August 20, 2002	1.0			1.1 (October 4, 2003; 20 years ago (2003-10-04)) [±]
Revolution IRC	August 25, 2017	0.2.0
Virca	2003	0.0.1			1.1.20 (November 22, 2004; 19 years ago (2004-11-22)) [±]
wIRC					0.3.2 (September 6, 2010; 13 years ago (2010-09-06)^[3]) [±]
WLIrc	September 15, 2003	0.90			2.0.1 (August 16, 2007; 16 years ago (2007-08-16)) [±]
Yaaic	March 14, 2010	0.1			0.9 (July 17, 2011; 12 years ago (2011-07-17)) [±]
Simple IRC	November 18, 2016	1.0			1.7 (December 23, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-12-23)) [±]
zsIRC	June 13, 2006				2009.12.26 (December 26, 2009; 14 years ago (2009-12-26)^[4]) [±]
Client	Date	Version	Date	Version	Latest stable release
Client	First public release		First stable release		Latest stable release

Client	CTCP	DCC	IPv6	SSL	TLS	OCSP	CRL
AndroidChat	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Mobile Colloquy	Yes^{[citation needed]}	No^{[citation needed]}	Yes^{[citation needed]}	Yes^{[citation needed]}	Yes^{[citation needed]}	No^{[citation needed]}	No^{[citation needed]}
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

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^{[citation needed]}	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

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

Comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients