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[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Why is it a web client? I'd much rather have a local client.

[–] InFerNo@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 day ago

I still use Hexchat

[–] pedz@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

It's much easier to code this way and it's cross platform. There are some experimental programs like Srain based on GTK. I tried it and it's promising but it's unfortunately too experimental for me so far and it's lacking some features like persistent chat, so one would still need a bouncer which is an additional layer to setup.