Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
The Direct Client-to-Client Protocol (DCC) has been the primary method of establishing connections directly between IRC clients for a long time now. Once established, DCC connections bypass the IRC network and servers, allowing for all sorts of data to be transferred between clients including files and direct chat sessions.
This can be used within the client itself, or from another application such as a Web browser). irc is the default URI, irc6 specifies a connection to be made using IPv6, and ircs specifies a secure connection.
Plouf's Java IRC (PJIRC) [1] is a web-based open-source IRC client that is written in Java. [2] Any web browser that supports the Java Runtime Environment, or an alternative Java interpreter, can use the applet. [3] Many IRC networks have a public installation of the applet for their network. [2]
mIRC is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client for Windows with an integrated scripting language allowing the creation of extensions. [3] The software was first released in 1995 and has since been described as "one of the most popular IRC clients available for Windows."
Once you have a client, you'll need a server. You can simply use irc.libera.chat to reach the main rotation of servers. You can also find a full list by executing: host irc.libera.chat (Linux) nslookup irc.libera.chat (Windows)
The client's backend is written completely in Java [7] and operates independently of the web server in a standalone fashion on the Mibbit server. [2] This design differs from web browser component clients such as ChatZilla or Java applet based IRC clients such as PJIRC that operate entirely from within the
Quassel IRC, or Quassel, is a graphical, distributed, cross-platform IRC client, introduced in 2008. [4] It is released under the GNU General Public License version 2 and version 3, for GNU and Unix-like operating systems, macOS , and Microsoft Windows .
ChatZilla is an IRC client that is part of SeaMonkey.It was previously an extension for Mozilla-based browsers such as Firefox, introduced in 2000.It is cross-platform open source software which has been noted for its consistent appearance across platforms, CSS appearance customization and scripting.