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The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of IRC client programs which have been discussed in independent published literature.
Video Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients
General
Basic general information about the clients: creator/company, license, etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
Maps Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients
Release history
A brief overview of the release history.
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Operating system support
The operating systems on which the clients can run natively (without emulation).
Unix and Unix-like operating systems:
- Unix (BSD): 386BSD, BSD/OS, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, SunOS, ULTRIX
- Unix (System V): AIX, A/UX, HP-UX, IRIX, SCO OpenServer, Solaris, UnixWare
- Unix-like: Linux, NeXTSTEP, OpenVMS, OSF/1, QNX, Tru64 UNIX
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Protocol support
What IRC related protocols and standards are supported by each client.
Direct Client-to-Client (DCC) support
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Features
Information on what features each of the clients support.
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See also
- Comparison of IRC daemons
- Comparison of mobile IRC clients
- Comparison of instant messaging clients
- Comparison of instant messaging protocols
- Comparison of LAN messengers
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References
Source of article : Wikipedia