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Zaphod · Jun 20, 2006, 07:22 PM

I'm trying to find out what's a good IRC client for OS X. Any suggestions? Also, if they exist, are there any that are for Terminal?

mduell · Jun 20, 2006, 07:28 PM

There are a lot of command line IRC clients for OSX.
See this list of IRC clients for OSX and this list of command line IRC clients.
I can't recommend any one in particular.

Zaphod · Jun 20, 2006, 07:38 PM

Originally Posted by mduell

There are a lot of command line IRC clients for OSX.
See this list of IRC clients for OSX and this list of command line IRC clients.
I can't recommend any one in particular.

Thanks.

Apfhex · Jun 21, 2006, 11:54 AM

Conversation is by far the best one I've found for OS X. Especially if you're not used to using IRC, it's WAY nicer to use.

Angus_D · Jun 24, 2006, 02:07 AM

I use irssi

MRTrauffer · Jun 24, 2006, 08:30 AM

I prefer Snak. It's easy to configure and personalize. And it's universal!

Mithras · Jun 24, 2006, 03:12 PM

Colloquy!
Similar to Conversation, but open source, Universal, and extra-spiffy.

Kevin · Jun 24, 2006, 09:33 PM

Snak, Ircle, and XChat are the best.

The first two are more feature filled, the latter is free.

Peter · Jun 25, 2006, 11:16 AM

irssi is the best irc client there is, basically.
http://www.irssi.org

Kevin · Jun 25, 2006, 11:51 AM

If you like guiless clients.

Kevin · Jun 26, 2006, 06:36 AM

Originally Posted by Angus_D

irc is inherently texty, and all the GUI clients I've tried have generally sucked. ircle used to be OK, but it's not free

Snak is a mix between the two. Even uses ircii scripts.

Kevin · Jun 26, 2006, 06:37 AM

HAH! Check that out.

Angus_D · Jun 26, 2006, 12:01 PM

irc is inherently texty, and all the GUI clients I've tried have generally sucked. ircle used to be OK, but it's not free

DeathMan · Jun 27, 2006, 11:52 PM

I like Colloquy

Franz · Jun 28, 2006, 12:02 AM

Colloquy

get the latest nightly build on the site instead of the stable one (the nightlies are better).