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What's a good FOSS IRC Client? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) by gwilikers@lemmy.ml to c/foss@beehaw.org

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I see a lot of options on Fdroid. Which one do you guys like the most?

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[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 12 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

irssi

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 2 points 6 hours ago

Alternatively there is weechat. I haven’t tried them back to back so I can’t tell you which one I like better

[–] superglue@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 6 hours ago

when I used IRC i used thelounge. it was great as an IRC client. ive since moved on to Matrix but if i were to go back to IRC id probably use thelounge again.

[–] scsi@lemm.ee 5 points 7 hours ago

Most of them (besides weechat-android and quasseldroid which use bouncers/relays) seem to have fallen out of maintenance; Goguma appears to be currently maintained and updated as a pure standalone client and would be what I'd recommend trying first.

[–] leetnewb@beehaw.org 4 points 7 hours ago

If you can host thelounge on your LAN and access it over VPN on the go, it makes for a very nice IRC experience.

Otherwise, ssh (termux or whatever) to your irc host running irssi or weechat

[–] Andromxda@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 7 hours ago

In my opinion Revolution is the best

[–] qprimed@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago)

quassel and quasseldroid. its client-server, always on irc connectivity but does require a little setup.

you can access irc servers (if acceptable) and the quassel daemon via Tor. might just change the way you think about irc.

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