IRC/Clients

Colloquy (Mac)

If you are using Mac, can recommend using Colloquy. Colloquy is a mac-native IRC client, is Free Software; an open source project under the GNU General Public License version 2. You can get the latest version here.

Irssi (Linux, Mac)

If you are using GNU/Linux, I would recommend using Irssi. Irssi is a console based IRC client and is Free Software under the GPL.

Installation

If you are using GNU/Linux I recommend you install it via your native package manager. On Mac OS you will have to install Macports first, which is a basic package manager for Mac which contains ported applications, the package name is "irssi".

You can also compile it from source, see this page for links to up to date repositories.

Configuration

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Run Irssi by typing 'irssi' into your terminal after you have installed it. When it has loaded, you should have connected to the IRC channel. Type "/nick MYNICK" to change your nick from MYNICKHERE. Type "/save" to save this, and "/quit" to quit. Hold control and press n to change the active window from messages to the chat window, and type your messages to talk!

A full Irssi tutorial can be found here.

Konversation (GNU/Linux)

Konversation is one of the best graphical Internet Relay Chat clients. Its an Open Source application but only available for GNU/Linux so far.

• Konversation Wiki

XChat (Windows, Linux, Mac)

Xchat is an open source IRC client for Linux, Mac OS and Windows. The Versions can be downloaded here:

• X-Chat 2 (Windows)
• XChat (Linux)
• X-Chat Aqua (Mac)

Using Xchat (Linux):

• Go to Settings -> Networks -> Add
• On Network Settings tab put some name there, like RBOSE. You can put mark on connect automatically option.
• On User and Channel settings put your nickname and on the bottom you can put channels which opens automatically. You only need to put channel name on the left side ex. #RBOSE.
• On Servers tab You need to add the server, which is rbose.org/6670 . Note the slash and the unnormal port.
• Then press Close and go to IRC -> Connect and select the RBOSE channel.

Other recommended IRC clients

• HydraIRC (Windows)
• Kopete (Linux)
• Miranda IM (Windows)
• Pidgin (Linux, Mac, Windows)

There are many other clients available which should be available in your default repositories. A list of IRC clients for GNU/Linux is available here. More Clients you can find here.