The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of IRC client programs which have been discussed in independent published literature.
Contents
General
Basic general information about the clients: creator/company, license etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.
Release history
A brief overview of the release history.
Operating system support
The operating systems on which the clients can run natively (without emulation).
Unix and Unix-like operating systems:
Protocol support
What IRC related protocols and standards are supported by each client.
Features
Information on what features each of the clients support.
References
Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA