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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

APR 2005: 1SEP 2006: 1MAY 2012: 1OCT 2012: 1JUL 2015: 1MAR 2016: 1MAY 2017: 1SEP 2017: 1DEC 2017: 1AUG 2020: 1FEB 2021: 1OCT 2021: 1MAR 2022: 1JUN 2022: 1MAY 2023: 2NOV 2023: 1FEB 2024: 1MAY 2024: 1JUL 2024: 3OCT 2024: 1MAR 2025: 1MAY 2025: 1OCT 2025: 1DEC 2025: 1FEB 2026: 2MAR 2026: 2APR 2026: 3MAY 2026: 5JUN 2026: 2JUL 2026: 1AUG 2026: 13SEP 2026: 3OCT 2026: 3
APR 2005OCT 2026

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 · 7 hand-coded · 13 unlabelled

Operator · 20 open source

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.

  1. 21flume0★4 moliveopen sourceModern terminal IRC client that supports scripting and language model integration for chat conversations.
  2. 22fluxer-tui0★5 moliveopen sourceTerminal-based chat client that connects to a specific messaging platform for text conversations from the command line.
  3. 23ditrigon0★4 moliveopen sourceGraphical chat client for connecting to and conversing on Internet Relay Chat networks.
  4. 24Polari0★4 moliveopen sourceIRC client for chatting in public channels and private messages, with desktop notifications for new activity.
  5. 25Dissent0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceThird-party Discord client for Linux desktops offering text chat, markdown, emoji, server browsing, and file sharing in a lightweight interface.
  6. 26sonis-fork-of-hexchat0★2 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceGraphical IRC chat client that lets users join channels and message other users, forked from an existing open-source client.
  7. 27nhex0★2 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop IRC chat client with a modern interface for joining channels and having real-time text conversations.
  8. 28matterhorn0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceTerminal-based chat client that lets users connect to and communicate on a team messaging platform.
  9. 29Revolution IRC0★3 yrabandonedliveopen sourceAndroid IRC client with modern features like background operation, message history, and customization.
  10. 30fluxer-world-bin0★4 moliveopen sourceDesktop client for an open-source community platform providing text chat, voice channels, and shared social spaces.
  11. 31gryt-chat-bin0★19 daysliveopen sourceDesktop client that provides real-time voice chat rooms for online communities.
  12. 32farcaster-tui0★7 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourceA terminal client for the Farcaster social network.
  13. 33rivetui0★8 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourceTerminal-based Discord client that allows chatting, browsing servers, and managing messages from the command line.
  14. 34Goguma0★8 mostaleliveopen sourceClient app for IRC that supports offline reading of conversations, IRCv3 features, and cross-platform use on mobile and desktop.
  15. 35KVIrc0★10 mostaleliveopen sourceIRC client with a Qt-based interface, supporting multiple networks, scripting, and custom themes for chat communication.
  16. 36hexchat0★11 mostalelivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop chat client that connects to IRC networks for real-time text conversations.
  17. 37catgirl0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceTerminal-based IRC client that connects to chat servers over TLS, enabling users to participate in text-based chat rooms.
  18. 38Srain0★1 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop IRC client that lets users join channels and chat on Internet Relay Chat networks.
  19. 39guilded_arch_electron0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceDesktop chat client offering text and voice communication channels for gaming communities.
  20. 40Pidgin0★1 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop chat client that lets users log into and message across multiple instant-messaging networks like XMPP and IRC simultaneously.

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.