Comparison of 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.

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	GNU GPL	TUI, GUI	Java	Android	[1]
Mobile Colloquy	Kiji Roshi	US$1.99	BSD License	GUI	Objective-C	iOS	[2]
	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]
	Juho Vähä-Herttua	Free	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME	[6]
	Armond Avanes	Free	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME	[7]
		Free	GNU GPL	GUI	C ?	Windows Mobile 5 (and above)	[8]
	MCMrARM	Free	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Android	[9]
		Free	GNU GPL	TUI	Java	Java ME	[10]
		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[]

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; 12 years ago (2008-12-29))
Colloquy (software)	January 28, 2009	1.0			2.4.3 (6011) (March 22, 2014; 7 years ago (2014-03-22))
	December 22, 2008	0.1.0			0.2.11 (March 26, 2009; 12 years ago (2009-03-26))
	May 14, 2004	0.60			0.96 (November 23, 2009; 11 years ago (2009-11-23))
	August 20, 2002	1.0			1.1 (October 4, 2003; 17 years ago (2003-10-04))
	August 25, 2017	0.2.0
	2003	0.0.1			1.1.20 (November 22, 2004; 16 years ago (2004-11-22))
					0.3.2 (September 6, 2010; 11 years ago (2010-09-06)^[3])
WLIrc	September 15, 2003	0.90			2.0.1 (August 16, 2007; 14 years ago (2007-08-16))
Yaaic	March 14, 2010	0.1			0.9 (July 17, 2011; 10 years ago (2011-07-17))
Simple IRC	November 18, 2016	1.0			1.7 (December 23, 2016; 4 years ago (2016-12-23))
zsIRC	June 13, 2006				2009.12.26 (December 26, 2009; 11 years ago (2009-12-26)^[4])
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
Mobile Colloquy	Yes^{[citation needed]}	No^{[citation needed]}	Yes^{[citation needed]}	Yes^{[citation needed]}	Yes^{[citation needed]}	No^{[citation needed]}	No^{[citation needed]}
	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
	No	Yes	?	Yes	Yes	?	?
	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	?	?
WLIrc	Yes	Yes	?	No	No	No	?
Yaaic	No^[5]	?	?	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[]

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
	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	No	No	No	?	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
	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[]

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
	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	?
	No	No	No	No	No	No	?
	Yes	Yes	No	?	No	No	Yes
	?	Yes	?	?	No	?	?
	?	?	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[]

^ Clare, Andrew (2010). The Rough Guide to Android Phones. Penguin. p. 59. ISBN 9781405388184.
^ 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.
^ "wIRC: webOS IRC Client". Retrieved 2010-12-19.
^ "zsIRC: Downloads". Retrieved 2010-12-20.
^ Does not reply to any CTCP message as of version 1.1.

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

[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] "wIRC: webOS IRC Client". Retrieved 2010-12-19.

[4] "zsIRC: Downloads". Retrieved 2010-12-20.

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

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