What’s Your Favorite IRC Client, and Why?

@mudle@lemmy.ml · 1Y

What’s Your Favorite IRC Client, and Why?

@dkc@lemmy.world · 1Y

I use Hexchat. It’s a fine GUI a client, simple and reliable. I use a ZNC bouncer so no need to keep a CLI client running 24/7.

@semitones@lemmy.ml · 1Y

Same. Hexchat + znc = peak of software development

@liliumstar@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1Y

Just to let you know, Hexchat is no longer maintained, unless someone has forked it. Might be worth looking into alternatives.

https://hexchat.github.io/news/2.16.2.html

56! · 1Y

Has IRC been getting many new features recently? It kind of feels like the sort of thing where software can become “finished”.

lemmyvore · 1Y

IRC keeps evolving constantly. In fact it’s one of the few protocols without a fixed spec.

@liliumstar@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1Y

I mean yeah, Hexchat does work pretty well and is kind of finished. But it’s possible there are existing security vulnerabilities or new ones to be discovered in the future.

chameleon · 1Y

IRCv3 has extended IRC quite a bit over the past decade, fixing a lot of minor pain points if clients support the fixed versions of the protocol.

@JetpackJackson@feddit.de · 1Y

Aw drat. That sucks. Thanks for pointing that out