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bernardop bernardop
 
M$1 December 21, 2008 11:10 PM

Which is the best IRC client for Mac OS X?

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commodoreg... commodoreg...
 
 December 21, 2008 11:18 PM
Colloquy is the best I've encountered so far. It's got a good, clean interface, it's completely free (as in price and as in open source) and has no limits on usage.

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http://colloquy.info/

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December 21, 2008 11:38 PM
I'm going to second Colloquy. We use it here at Mahalo to help communicate with in-house and remote staff and it has been an invaluable tool for communicating.

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harrisonpo... harrisonpo...
 
December 22, 2008 12:59 AM
Definitely Colloquy. Simple, mac-like interface.

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spoon spoon
 
December 21, 2008 11:14 PM
I have only ever used Babbel on the Mac. Having had success while using this program I have never felt the need to try any others.
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http://www.babbelirc.com/


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possible possible
 
January 10, 2009 09:25 PM
Full disclosure: I am the author of Babbel.

The question of "Which is the best IRC client for Mac OS X?" begs the question "what is the best".
What do you need in an IRC client? The one IRC client that answers that the best is YOUR best IRC client.
Of course for others that might be completely different.
It's not for nothing there are so many different IRC clients out there.
Just do a google (or any other search engine) search for 'irc client for mac' and you will find a lot of them. Test them out and see what's best for your needs.

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bubbaprog bubbaprog
 
December 21, 2008 11:33 PM
I strongly recommend xchat Aqua. While it hasn't been updated in a while, it's rock-solid and being that xchat is the de facto standard for IRC clients that actually work properly, I'd use xchat Aqua (there's a regular xchat build for OS X, but it requires you to run it in X11 -- xchat Aqua runs natively and looks GORGEOUS). All scripting works perfectly... I've been using it for more than two years.
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http://sourceforge.net/projects/xchataqua/


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whiskeybra... whiskeybra...
 
December 22, 2008 12:27 AM
Try Ircle (mac only)

http://www.ircle.com/

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xds xds
 
December 22, 2008 12:27 AM
I'm going to have to go with Mibbit on this one.

It's the best Ajax/Ruby Rails based web IRC app since sliced bread.


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xds xds
 
December 22, 2008 12:33 AM - New Source
Also while it is web based, It still has everything a local irc client would including logs, preferences, and script support.

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gamemaster... gamemaster...
 
December 22, 2008 12:27 AM
I recommend Linkinus. It's shareware for 12.5 Euros. It has a very good user interface, including custom styles. In my opinion, the selling point is that there's the option for when you quit the app to keep a background process connected, so that you're always connected, even when the frontend is closed.
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http://www.conceitedsoftware.com/products/linkinus


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benau benau
 
December 22, 2008 02:30 AM
I hate installing more applications on my computer than necessary. For IRC on my Mac I use the FireFox AddOn known as ChatZilla
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/16

It works really well and of course, the cool thing about ChatZilla is that it can also be installed on Windows or Linux! Cross Platform!

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pvera pvera
 
December 22, 2008 02:33 AM
The two most useful ones are Colloquy (colloquy.info) and Xchat Aqua.

Colloquy is more Mac-like and has a rabid following. The developers run a chatroom in Freenode and are always happy to talk to end users. Plus it's free.

Xchat Aqua is a stale port of the popular Xchat IRC client from Linux and Windows. It is updated rarely, is ugly but the damn thing works.

I have tried many others over the past 6 years, and the only ones that never disappoint are Colloquy and Xchat Aqua.

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akashs04 akashs04
 
December 22, 2008 06:35 AM
There are many available but I think Ircle and MacBitchX are two most popular ones.

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aac74 aac74
 
December 22, 2008 11:49 AM
I use ircle:

http://www.ircle.com/

works great :)

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