Comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients

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

General[edit]

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	GNU GPL	TUI, GUI	Java	Android	[1]
Mobile Colloquy	Kiji Roshi	US$1.99	BSD License	GUI	Objective-C	iOS	[2]
fIRC	Laurence Muller	Free	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Android	[3]
Igloo	Jordan Koch	US$5.99	Proprietary	GUI	Swift	iOS	[4]
IRCCloud	IRCCloud Ltd.	Freemium^[2]	Apache 2.0	GUI	Objective-C, Java	iOS, Android	[5]
jmIrc	Juho Vähä-Herttua	Free	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME	[6]
k-IRC	Armond Avanes	Free	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME	[7]
microirc		Free	GNU GPL	GUI	C ?	Windows Mobile 5 (and above)	[8]
Revolution IRC	MCMrARM	Free	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Android	[9]
Virca		Free	GNU GPL	TUI	Java	Java ME	[10]
wIRC		Free	GNU GPL	GUI	C & JavaScript	WebOS	[11]
WLIrc	Sverre Kristian Valskrå	Free	GNU LGPL	GUI	Java	Java ME	[12]
Yaaic	Sebastian Kaspari	Free	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Android	[13]
Simple IRC	The Linux Geek	Free	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Android	[14]
zsIRC	Gargaj	Free	3-clause BSD	GUI	C++	Windows Mobile	[15]
Client	Primary developers	Cost	Software license	User interface	Programming language	Computing platform	Website

Release history[edit]

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				Template:Latest stable software release/AndroidChat
Colloquy (software)	January 28, 2009	1.0			Template:Latest stable software release/Colloquy
fIRC	December 22, 2008	0.1.0			Template:Latest stable software release/fIRC
jmIrc	May 14, 2004	0.60			Template:Latest stable software release/jmIrc
k-IRC	August 20, 2002	1.0			Template:Latest stable software release/k-IRC
Revolution IRC	August 25, 2017	0.2.0
Virca	2003	0.0.1			Template:Latest stable software release/Virca
wIRC					Template:Latest stable software release/wIRC
WLIrc	September 15, 2003	0.90			Template:Latest stable software release/WLIrc
Yaaic	March 14, 2010	0.1			Template:Latest stable software release/Yaaic
Simple IRC	November 18, 2016	1.0			Template:Latest stable software release/Simple IRC
zsIRC	June 13, 2006				Template:Latest stable software release/zsIRC
Client	Date	Version	Date	Version	Latest stable release
Client	First public release		First stable release		Latest stable release

Protocol support[edit]

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
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^[3]	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	?
Simple IRC	Yes	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	?
zsIRC	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
Client	CTCP	DCC	IPv6	SSL	TLS	OCSP	CRL

Direct client-to-client (DCC) support[edit]

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

Features[edit]

Information on what features each of the clients support.

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

References[edit]

↑ Clare, Andrew (2010). The Rough Guide to Android Phones. Penguin. p. 59. ISBN 9781405388184. Search this book on
↑ Free version is limited to: 2 connections outside their IRC server; 2 hours of persistent connection while idle (after the first 7 days); 100MB drag and drop file sharing; low-priority support; and no access to passworded servers.
↑ Does not reply to any CTCP message as of version 1.1.

This article "Comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients" is from Wikipedia. The list of its authors can be seen in its historical and/or the page Edithistory:Comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients. Articles copied from Draft Namespace on Wikipedia could be seen on the Draft Namespace of Wikipedia and not main one.

[Rough-1] Clare, Andrew (2010). The Rough Guide to Android Phones. Penguin. p. 59. ISBN 9781405388184. Search this book on

[2] Free version is limited to: 2 connections outside their IRC server; 2 hours of persistent connection while idle (after the first 7 days); 100MB drag and drop file sharing; low-priority support; and no access to passworded servers.

[3] Does not reply to any CTCP message as of version 1.1.

[1]

[2]

[3]

Comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients

Contents