Comparison of mobile Internet Relay Chat clients

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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.

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		Free software	GNU GPL	TUI, GUI	?	Android	[1]
AndChat		Freeware	Proprietary software	TUI, GUI	Java	Android	[2]
Mobile Colloquy	Timothy Hatcher, Kiji Roshi	Non-freeUS$1.99	BSD License	GUI	Objective-C	iPhone OS	[3]
CoolIRC Template:Refun		Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME Template:Refun	[4]
EbIRC	Shin Ise, Nobuhiro Ito	Freeware iPhone: US$3	Proprietary software	GUI	?	Windows Mobile iPhone OS	[5]
fIRC	Laurence Muller	Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	?	Android	[6]
JedIrc Template:Refun		Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME Template:Refun	[7]
Template:Rh2 | jmIrc	Juho Vähä-Herttua	Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME	[8]
Template:Rh2 | k-IRC Template:Refun	Armond Avanes	Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME	[9]
MtvIRC Template:Refun		Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME	[10]
PSPIRC	Ludovic Jacomme	Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	C	PlayStation Portable	[11]
SimpleIRC	Akinwale Ariwodola	Non-freeDemoware US$5	Proprietary software	GUI	Java	Java ME	[12]
upIRC Template:Refun		Non-freeShareware US$10	Proprietary software	GUI	?	Palm OS Template:Refun	[13]
Template:Rh2 | Virca		Free software	GNU GPL	TUI	Java	Java ME	[14]
WirelessIRC		Non-freeDemoware US$20	Proprietary software	GUI	?	Symbian OS	[15]
WLIrc	Sverre Kristian Valskrå	Free software	GNU LGPL	GUI	Java	Java ME	[16]
Yaaic Template:Refun	Sebastian Kaspari	Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	?	Android	[17]
zsIRC	Gargaj	Free software	Proprietary software	GUI	C++	Windows Mobile	[18]
Client	Primary developers	Cost	Software license	User interface	Programming language	Computing platform	Website

• Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelBased 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
	Date	Version	Date	Version
AndroidChat	2008				Template:Latest stable software release/AndroidChat
AndChat	2008				Template:Latest stable software release/AndChat
Mobile Colloquy	January 28, 2009	1.0			Template:Latest stable software release/Mobile Colloquy
CoolIRC					Template:Latest stable software release/CoolIRC
EbIRC	September 24, 2006	0.01			Template:Latest stable software release/EbIRC
fIRC	December 22, 2008	0.1.0			Template:Latest stable software release/fIRC
JedIrc	2007				Template:Latest stable software release/JedIrc
Template:Rh2 | jmIrc	May 14, 2004	0.60			Template:Latest stable software release/jmIrc
Template:Rh2 | k-IRC	August 20, 2002	1.0			Template:Latest stable software release/k-IRC
MtvIRC					Template:Latest stable software release/MtvIRC
PSPIRC	July 20, 2007	1.0.1			Template:Latest stable software release/PSPIRC
upIRC	September 18, 2001	1.0.0			Template:Latest stable software release/upIRC
Template:Rh2 | Virca	2003	0.0.1			Template:Latest stable software release/Virca
WirelessIRC	?				Template:Latest stable software release/WirelessIRC
WLIrc	September 15, 2003	0.90			Template:Latest stable software release/WLIrc
Yaaic	2009				Template:Latest stable software release/Yaaic
zsIRC	June 13, 2006				December 26, 2009
Client	Date	Version	Date	Version	Latest stable release
	First public release		First stable release

Protocol support

What IRC related protocols and standards are supported by each client.

Client	CTCP	DCC	IPv6	SSL	TLS	OCSP	CRL
AndroidChat	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
AndChat	Yes	No	?	Yes	?	?	?
Mobile Colloquy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
CoolIRC	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
EbIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
fIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
JedIrc	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Template:Rh2 | jmIrc	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
Template:Rh2 | k-IRC	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
MtvIRC	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
PSPIRC	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
upIRC	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Template:Rh2 | Virca	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
WirelessIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
WLIrc	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
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	RESUME	TSEND	SEND T	XMIT	Passive DCC	Server	RDCC	REVERSE	RSEND	Reverse / Firewall DCC	File servers (FSERVs)	XDCC
AndroidChat	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
AndChat	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Mobile Colloquy	Yes	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	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
JedIrc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Template:Rh2 | jmIrc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Template:Rh2 | 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
Template:Rh2 | Virca	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
WirelessIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
WLIrc	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Yaaic	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
zsIRC	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Client	CHAT	Whiteboard	SEND	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 Template:Refun	No	No	Yes
EbIRC	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
fIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?
JedIrc	No	Yes	Yes Template:Refun	No	No	Yes
Template:Rh2 | jmIrc	No	Yes	Yes Template:Refun	No	No	Yes
Template:Rh2 | k-IRC	No	No	No	No	No	No
MtvIRC	No	Yes	Yes Template:Refun	No	No	No
PSPIRC	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
upIRC	No	No	No	No	No	Yes Template:Refun
Template:Rh2 | Virca	?	Yes	?	?	No	?
WirelessIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?
WLIrc	?	No	?	?	No	?
Yaaic	?	?	?	?	?	?
zsIRC	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No
Client	Multi-server	UTF-8	Proxy server	irc:// URI scheme	Automatic updates	Scripting language

• Template:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelTemplate:Note labelHTTP proxy server support
• ^ Supports "shortcut" command aliases

See also

• Comparison of IRC clients
• Comparison of instant messaging clients
• Comparison of instant messaging protocols
• Comparison of LAN messengers