| Application | Package | Version | Worked By | URLs | Comment | Status |
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| IRC Servers | ||||||
irc | irc | 2.10.3p3 | Maintainers |
| The irc package contains both an IRC client and a server application. |  |
ircd-hybrid | ircd-hybrid | 7.0 | Maintainers |
| The hybrid IRC daemon was developed by a team of ircd coders who were frustrated with the instability and all-out "dirtiness" of the EFnet ircd's available. | |
| IRC Clients | ||||||
bitchx | bitchx | 1.0c19 | Maintainers |
| BitchX was started by Trench and HappyCrappy as a script for the ircII client. Around Christmas of 1994, the script was patched directly into the client by Colten Edwards, aka panasync (this was around the time of BitchX-36). Now, nearly ten years old in its client form, BitchX continues to expand and change around the IRC of today. | |
epic | epic | 1.1.12 | Maintainers |
| EPIC4 is a new direction in ircII development. No longer is EPIC 100% backwards compatable with ircII, but instead the developers have chosen to find those things where compatability is undesirable, and fix them. No gratuitous incompatabilities have been added, but lots of new code has been added to make EPIC one of the best ircII clients. Native IPv6 support was added in the 1.1.6 release. | |
xchat | xchat | 2.0.4 | Maintainers |
| Xchat is a graphical IRC client that runs on most BSD and POSIX compliant operating systems. | |
irssi | irssi | 0.8.6 | Maintainers |
| Irssi is a modular IRC client for UNIX that currently has only text mode user interface, but 80-90% of the code isn't text mode specific, so other UIs could be created pretty easily. Also, Irssi isn't really even IRC specific anymore, there's already working SILC and ICB modules available. Support for other protocols like ICQ and Jabber could be created some day too. | |
ircii | ircii | 20030315 | Maintainers |
| ircII is an IRC and ICB client that runs under most UNIX platforms. It comes in source form and is completely free of any charges or fees. The ircII project is a group of people who maintain the source code, incorporating fixes and new features. | |
KSirc | KDE | 3.1.2 | Maintainers |
| KSirc is the IRC client included in the K Desktop Environment. | |
Turbo IRC | Turbo IRC | 5 | Maintainers |
| TurboIRC 5 is a very powerful IRC client for Windows. | |
| IRC Bots and Proxies | ||||||
eggdrop | eggdrop | 1.6.15 | Maintainers |
| Eggdrop is the most advanced, most popular, and best supported IRC bot. If you've never used a bot before, you'll find Eggdrop provides a staggering array of options for channel management, and can easily be expanded further to provide even more functions. | |
ezbounce | ezbounce | 1.04a | Maintainers |
| ezbounce is an IRC proxy server that features multi-user, full access control, IPv6 and SSL support. In addition to basic connection proxying, ezbounce has numerous features for the serious IRC user. All versions of ezbounce up to 1.04a are remotely-exploitable, be sure to apply the security patch released on July 1st 2003. | |
muh | muh | 2.1rc1 | Maintainers |
| muh is a quite versatile irc-bouncer for unix. An irc-bouncer is a program that acts as a middleman between your irc-client and your irc-server. The IPv6 support code in muh 2.1rc1 is still experimental. | |
bnc | bnc | 2.8.8beta2 | Maintainers |
| BNC is a great IRC proxying server released under the GPL. It allows users to connect to chat servers by bouncing off the computer which is running BNC. Basically, it forwards the information from the user to the server and vise versa. BNC up to (and including) 2.8.6 does not have IPv6 support and the IPv6 support code in BNC 2.8.8beta2 is still experimental. | |
dircproxy | dircproxy | 1.1.0 | Maintainers |
| dircproxy is an IRC proxy server ("bouncer") designed for people who use IRC from lots of different workstations or clients, but wish to remain connected and see what they missed while they were away. |  |
| Application | Package | Version | Worked By | URLs | Comment | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jabber Servers | ||||||
jabberd | jabberd | 1.4.3 | Maintainers |
| The jabberd project aims to provide an open-source server implementation of the Jabber protocols for instant messaging and XML routing. The goal of this project is to provide a scalable, reliable, efficient and extensible server that provides a complete set of features and is up to date with the latest protocol revisions. | |
ejabberd | ejabberd | 0.7.5 | Maintainers |
| ejabberd is an extremely featureful Free and Open Source distributed fault-tolerant Jabber server written mostly in Erlang. | |
| Jabber Clients | ||||||
gabber | gabber | 0.8.8 | Maintainers |
| Gabber is a Free and Open Source GNOME client for an instant messaging system called Jabber. Jabber is a Free and Open Source distributed instant messaging system. It does not rely on a single server, and the protocol is well documented. Jabber allows communication with many different instant messaging systems, including ICQ and AIM. | |