[OT] IRC clients

[Dribble Joy]

My mIRC client is now way beyond the evaluation period that it simply won't let me use it anymore.

I know there are a few open source clients out there, but I want to know what you guys use and/or recommend.

[kane]

I would say xChat or HydraIRC

[L0KI]

I would say xChat or HydraIRC

XChat 2 is my favourite, and is free.

A lot of people seem to rave about LeafChat too, but the icon/look is awful. That stuff matters to me.

[baracoder]

weechat is great. you can run it in a screen/tmux session on a server and access from everywhere using ssh. No need for bouncers. There are many plugins and it has also mouse support.

[kane]

weechat is great. you can run it in a screen/tmux session on a server and access from everywhere using ssh. No need for bouncers. There are many plugins and it has also mouse support.
Nice, I will give that a try and throw it on one my servers thanks.

[nEo-1664]

http://www.adiirc.com/ Also a free client :)

[kane]

http://www.adiirc.com/ Also a free client :)
But who wants ads on their irc!

[Danae]

BitchX imo ^^ :D

[Beckard]

if you use firefox simply download the chatzilla add-on. it is a surprisingly powerful irc client that runs in a separate window

[Biglines]

this is something I only recommend if u use any other supported chat clients, but I use Trillian to log onto irc, msn and gtalk, as it has almost all my messaging in one application (just steam and voicecomms left).

[kane]

BitchX imo ^^ :D
Man I googled it hoping Id find a picture of you <3

/runs

[Kane Gregory]

X-Chat Silverex - Nice Client!

[slith]

HydraIRC
Miranda IRC Client is not too shabby
xChat for windows is trial only afaik. Else best client.

or better: just buy the damn thing and use it with nnScript

[flib]

http://www.silverex.org/news/ X-Chat 2 for Windows without trial.