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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 · 1 ai-built · 11 hand-coded · 8 unlabelled

Operator · 3 hobby · 16 open source · 1 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.

  1. 41Icalingua++0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceLinux chat client that connects to QQ and other messaging platforms through a unified conversation interface.
  2. 42hcclient0★1 yrabandonedliveopen sourceTerminal-based client for chatting on a minimalist web chat platform.
  3. 43respawnirc0★2 yrabandonedliveopen sourceIRC client interface for jeuxvideo.com forums, enabling users to chat and participate in community discussions.
  4. 44paper-plane0★2 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop messaging client that connects to Telegram for chatting with contacts, groups, and channels.
  5. 45loqui0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop chat client for Internet Relay Chat networks designed for Linux desktop environments.
  6. 46hexchat-python20★6 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop chat client that connects to IRC networks, packaged with legacy scripting language support for plugins.
  7. 47konversation0★unknownlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop chat client for IRC networks supporting multiple servers and channels, encrypted connections, and file transfer.
  8. 48Burd IRC Client [Unsupported]0★unknownlivehobbyDesktop chat application that connects to IRC networks with file uploads, inline media previews, and SSL/TLS or SASL authentication.
  9. 49Inbizio0★unknownlivehand-codedhobbyPeer-to-peer chat client that lets users browse and join chat rooms on a decentralized network.
  10. 50Matterbridge0★unknownlivehand-codedopen sourceBridging tool that relays messages between chat platforms such as Slack, Discord, Telegram, IRC, and Matrix through a shared configuration.
  11. 51xscope0★4 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceA program to monitor X11/Client conversations.
  12. 52Nem Desktop0★5 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop chat application that connects to a server by address and port to exchange keys and text messages with a friend.
  13. 53xchat-se0★6 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceDesktop IRC chat client, forked from an existing client, offering a few additional features for users chatting on IRC networks.
  14. 54sshtalk0★7 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceTerminal-based chat service that lets multiple people hold ephemeral conversations by connecting over SSH.
  15. 55irssi0★unknownliveopen sourceTerminal-based chat client that connects to IRC and other text messaging networks for real-time conversations.
  16. 56matterircd0★unknownliveServer application that bridges IRC clients to Mattermost and Slack workspaces, letting users chat with those platforms through any IRC client.
  17. 57halloy0★unknownliveopen sourceDesktop application offering an IRC chat client for Mac, Windows, and Linux users.
  18. 58fi0★3 yrabandonedlivehand-codedopen sourceTerminal-based IRC client for chatting on IRC networks.
  19. 59tobby0★7 mostaleliveopen sourceModern IRC client for the terminal, enabling users to chat on IRC networks from the command line.
  20. 60IRC Client in Python0★unknownliveai-builthobbyWeb-based chat client that connects users to IRC servers and channels for messaging.

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.