CLUSTER CLIENT-CHAT-IRC · 61 ENTRIES · EARLIEST ENTRY 2012-05-16
IRC and messaging clients
This cluster comprises chat client applications, predominantly IRC clients but also clients for Discord, Telegram, XMPP, and other messaging platforms. The dated entries span from 2006 to 2026, with a slow trickle through the 2010s and a modest increase in the 2024–2026 period. Traction leaders are reticulum-relay-chat and Kabutar, each with 1 star.
Entry timeline
ENTRY TIMELINE
Each bar is the month a member carries, which is a creation date where the source published one and a crawl date otherwise. Nothing in the index was found before 11 August 2026, and coverage broadened sharply on 14–15 August, so a bar from then on reports how much we found that month, not how much was built; an earlier bar reports how far back a member's own source dated it — not how long we have been watching.
Members by activity
Activity signals, not revenue.
Build origin · 5 hand-coded · 15 unlabelled
Operator · 5 hobby · 11 open source · 4 unlabelled
Two labels per entry, never collapsed into one: how it was built, and who stands behind it. Counted over the 20 listed below. Unlabelled means nothing has decided yet — not that the answer is small.
- 01reticulum-meshchatx-bin0★13 daysliveopen sourceChat application for communicating over Reticulum mesh networks.
- 02Cordiale0★18 days—hobbyDesktop chat client that connects to a Grappa chat server for real-time channels and messages, with user settings, watch lists, and an admin panel.
- 03VitaIRC-iOS0★today—hand-codedhobbyMobile IRC client for iPhone and iPad that connects to multiple servers, supports bouncers with chat history, message translation, image uploads, and link previews.
- 04reticulum-relay-chat3★1 mo—Decentralized chat server that relays messages across Reticulum networks, delivering @mentions as offline LXMF messages.
- 05buddyxp0★9 daysliveRetro chat client that connects to local language models and provides a Windows XP-style instant-messaging experience.
- 06QuietSpeak0★6 days—hobbyNative macOS client for TeamSpeak 3 voice chat with channel browsing and messaging.
- 07eggdrop0★1 moliveopen sourceInternet Relay Chat bot that automates channel management and provides services for IRC communities.
- 08voxterrae0★20 dayslivehand-codedIRC client that connects to multiple IRC networks and offers message history, reactions, replies, and full-text search.
- 09ishaans-termchat-bin0★25 daysliveopen sourceMinimal terminal application that lets users join anonymous text chatrooms for lightweight real-time group conversation.
- 10Kabutar1★1 mo—Persian RTL web messenger for shared hosting, featuring group chat, private messages, WebRTC voice/video calls, and an admin panel.
- 11my_voice_chat1★1 mo—hobbyPeer-to-peer voice chat client for one-on-one conversations across desktop platforms.
- 12zoitechat0★24 daysliveopen sourceDesktop IRC chat client with a graphical interface for joining and participating in IRC channels.
- 13Halloy0★2 molivehand-codedopen sourceOpen-source IRC client built with Rust that offers a simple and fast chat experience across desktop platforms.
- 14irkt-bin0★2 moliveopen sourceTerminal IRC client supporting IRCv3, SASL, CertFP, and inline images.
- 15fchat-horizon-appimage0★2 moliveopen sourcePortable desktop chat client that connects users to an online roleplay and messaging community built on a specific chat platform.
- 16conversejs0★3 molivehand-codedopen sourceWeb-based chat client that connects to XMPP and Jabber servers for real-time messaging.
- 17Konversation0★3 molivehand-codedopen sourceIRC chat client that connects to multiple networks with features like DCC file transfer, bookmarks, and customizable themes.
- 18blood-and-chains0★2 mo—hobbyReal-time role-playing server that connects two players in a shared chat room with character roles.
- 19coo0★5 moliveopen sourceTerminal-based IRC client for chatting on IRC networks.
- 20molly-bin0★4 moliveopen sourceTerminal-based chat client that connects to a gaming and community messaging platform for real-time conversations.
Ranked by traction, highest first, and paged 20 at a time — this is a window on the cluster, never the whole of it. Ties are broken by a stable id so a product cannot appear on two pages or fall between them. Browse every cluster.