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Perbandingan -- 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. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up to date.

1 General
2 Release history
3 Protocol support
- 3.1 Direct client-to-client (DCC) support
4 Features
5 See also
6 References

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 software	GNU GPL	TUI, GUI	Java	Android	[1]
AndChat^[1]		Freeware	Proprietary software	TUI, GUI	Java	Android	[2]
Mobile Colloquy	Kiji Roshi	US$1.99	BSD License	GUI	Objective-C	iOS	[3]
CoolIRC^{[Note 1]}		Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME^{[Note 2]}	[4] (archive)
EbIRC	Shin Ise, Nobuhiro Ito	Freeware iPhone: US$3	Proprietary software	GUI	?	iOS, Windows Mobile	[5]
fIRC	Laurence Muller	Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Android	[6]
JedIrc^{[Note 1]}		Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME^{[Note 3]}	[7]
IRC7		US$1.49	Proprietary software	GUI	C#	Windows Phone	[8]
jmIrc	Juho Vähä-Herttua	Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME	[9]
k-IRC^{[Note 4]}	Armond Avanes	Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME	[10]
microirc		Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	C ?	Windows Mobile 5 (and above)	[11]
MtvIRC^{[Note 1]}		Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME	[12]
Palaver	Kyle Fuller	US$2.99	Proprietary software	GUI	Objective-C	iOS	[13]
PSPIRC	Ludovic Jacomme	Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	C	PlayStation Portable	[14]
upIRC^{[Note 5]}		Shareware US$10	Proprietary software	GUI	?	Palm OS^{[Note 6]}	[15]
Virca		Free software	GNU GPL	TUI	Java	Java ME	[16]
wIRC		Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	C & JavaScript	WebOS	[17]
WirelessIRC		Demoware US$20	Proprietary software	GUI	?	Symbian	[18]
WLIrc	Sverre Kristian Valskrå	Free software	GNU LGPL	GUI	Java	Java ME	[19]
Yaaic^{[Note 7]}	Sebastian Kaspari	Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Android	[20]
zsIRC	Gargaj	Freeware	Proprietary software	GUI	C++	Windows Mobile	[21]
Client	Primary developers	Cost	Software license	User interface	Programming language	Computing platform	Website

^ ^a ^b ^c Based on jmIrc
^ MIDP 1.0 and 2.0
^ MIDP 2.0 only
^ Uses the Relay-IRC framework
^ Formerly apIRC
^ Palm OS 3.0 or later, Palm OS 5 compatible
^ Uses the PircBot framework

Release history

A brief overview of the release history.

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; 4 years ago (2008-12-29)) [±]
AndChat	June 14, 2009	0.05			1.3.4.1 (January 9, 2011; 2 years ago (2011-01-09)^[9]) [±]
Colloquy (software)	January 28, 2009	1.0			2.4.1 (5738) (February 23, 2013; 36 days ago (2013-02-23)) [±]
CoolIRC					3.1 (June 16, 2007; 5 years ago (2007-06-16)) [±]
EbIRC	September 24, 2006	0.01			0.19 (February 18, 2009; 4 years ago (2009-02-18)) [±]
fIRC	December 22, 2008	0.1.0			0.2.11 (March 26, 2009; 4 years ago (2009-03-26)) [±]
IRC7	September 5, 2011				1.7 (February 10, 2012; 13 months ago (2012-02-10)) [±]
JedIrc	2007				3.2.4 (June 17, 2009; 3 years ago (2009-06-17)) [±]
jmIrc	May 14, 2004	0.60			0.96 (November 23, 2009; 3 years ago (2009-11-23)) [±]
k-IRC	August 20, 2002	1.0			1.1 (October 4, 2003; 9 years ago (2003-10-04)) [±]
MtvIRC					2.3 (June 12, 2009; 3 years ago (2009-06-12)) [±]
Palaver	August 24, 2012	1.0	August 24, 2012	1.0	1.1 (February 15, 2013; 44 days ago (2013-02-15)) [±]
PSPIRC	July 20, 2007	1.0.1			1.6 (September 12, 2007; 5 years ago (2007-09-12)) [±]
upIRC	September 18, 2001	1.0.0			3.8.3 (September 3, 2004; 8 years ago (2004-09-03)) [±]
Virca	2003	0.0.1			1.1.20 (November 22, 2004; 8 years ago (2004-11-22)) [±]
wIRC					0.3.2 (September 6, 2010; 2 years ago (2010-09-06)^[10]) [±]
WirelessIRC					1.22 (June 12, 2007; 5 years ago (2007-06-12)) [±]
WLIrc	September 15, 2003	0.90			2.0.1 (August 16, 2007; 5 years ago (2007-08-16)) [±]
Yaaic	March 14, 2010	0.1			0.9 (July 17, 2011; 20 months ago (2011-07-17)) [±]
zsIRC	June 13, 2006				2009.12.26 (December 26, 2009; 3 years ago (2009-12-26)^[11]) [±]
Client	Date	Version	Date	Version	Latest stable release
Client	First public release		First stable release		Latest 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
AndChat	Yes	No	?	Yes	?	?	?
Mobile Colloquy	Yes^{[citation needed]}	No^{[citation needed]}	Yes^{[citation needed]}	Yes^{[citation needed]}	Yes^{[citation needed]}	No^{[citation needed]}	No^{[citation needed]}
CoolIRC	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
EbIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
fIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
IRC7	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
JedIrc	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
jmIrc	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
k-IRC	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
MtvIRC	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Palaver	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	?
PSPIRC	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
upIRC	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Virca	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
wIRC	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	?
WirelessIRC	Yes	No	?	Yes	?	?	?
WLIrc	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	No	?
Yaaic	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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
AndChat	?	?	No	No	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Mobile Colloquy	Yes^{[citation needed]}	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
CoolIRC	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
EbIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
fIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
IRC7	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
JedIrc	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
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
MtvIRC	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
PSPIRC	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
upIRC	Yes	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Virca	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
wIRC	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
WirelessIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
WLIrc	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Yaaic	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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
AndroidChat	?	?	?	?	?	?
AndChat	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	?
Mobile Colloquy	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
CoolIRC	No	Yes	Yes^{[Note 1]}	No	No	Yes
EbIRC	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
fIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?
IRC7	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes
JedIrc	No	Yes	Yes^{[Note 1]}	No	No	Yes
jmIrc	No	Yes	Yes^{[Note 1]}	No	No	Yes
k-IRC	No	No	No	No	No	No
MtvIRC	No	Yes	Yes^{[Note 1]}	No	No	No
Palaver	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes^{[Note 2]}
PSPIRC	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
upIRC	No	No	No	No	No	Yes^{[Note 2]}
Virca	?	Yes	?	?	No	?
wIRC	?	?	Yes	?	?	?
WirelessIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?
WLIrc	?	No	?	?	No	?
Yaaic	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
zsIRC	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Client	Multi-server	UTF-8	Proxy server	irc:// URI scheme	Automatic updates	Scripting language

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d HTTP proxy server support
^ ^a ^b Supports "shortcut" command aliases^[12]

References

^ ^a ^b Clare, Andrew (2010). The Rough Guide to Android Phones. Penguin. p. 59.
^ "AndChat changelog". Retrieved 2011-01-17.
^ "wIRC: webOS IRC Client". Retrieved 2010-12-19.
^ "zsIRC: Downloads". Retrieved 2010-12-20.
^ "upIRC: Shortcuts". Retrieved 2009-07-18.

Internet Relay Chat (IRC)

General topics

Common terms	BNC Bot Channel DoS attack Channel Operator Client Flood Hostmask IRC Netsplit Network Operator Script Server Services Takeover vhost

Lists and comparisons	Daftar/Tabel -- IRC commands Perbandingan -- IRC bots Perbandingan -- IRC clients Perbandingan -- mobile IRC clients Perbandingan -- IRC daemons Perbandingan -- IRC services

Related protocols	IRC IRCX MSN Chat P10 CTCP DCC XDCC Ident

See also	IRC subculture Jarkko Oikarinen

Clients (comparison)

Mac OS X	Colloquy Fire Homer(Mac OS) Ircle Linkinus MacIrssi Snak

Microsoft Windows	Bersirc mIRC Microsoft Comic Chat PIRCH Shareaza Visual IRC

Unix-like	ircII

Cross-platform	BitchX Irssi jIRC Konversation KVIrc LeafChat naim Smuxi WeeChat XChat PJIRC Quassel IRC

Multi-IM	Centericq Empathy Kopete Miranda IM Pidgin Trillian Qnext

Web-based	CGI:IRC PJIRC Mibbit

Web browser components	ChatZilla Mozilla Application Suite Opera

Library and plug-ins	ERC rcirc

Bots (comparison)

Eggdrop Infobot

Bouncers, Gateways and Proxies

BitlBee ZNC

Daemons

IRCd ircu UnrealIRCd

Networks

DALnet EFnet freenode GameSurge IRC@2ch IRCnet OFTC QuakeNet Rizon RusNet SlashNET Undernet