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We've compiled a list of 10 free and paid alternatives to AmIRC. The primary competitors include HexChat, XChat for Linux. In addition to these, users also draw comparisons between AmIRC and irssi, mIRC, Chatzilla. Also you can look at other similar options here: Social Software.


HexChat
Free Open Source

HexChat is a fork of XChat with bug fixes and new features.

irssi
Free Open Source

Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems.

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ChatZilla is a clean, easy to use and highly extensible Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client, built on...

Konversation
Free Open Source

Konversation is an IRC client which gives you speedy access to Freenode network's channels...

A freeware build of X-Chat for windows, as opposed to the official 30-day-trial shareware Windows...

HoloIRC
Free Open Source

Mobile IRC client for Android.

XChat is an IRC chat program for both Linux (Open Source) and Windows (Shareware, 30-day trial).

Famous IRC client created by Oliver Wagner and Jamie van den Berge for VaporWare.

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AmIRC Overview

AmIRC, Simply the best IRC client ever. Its look and feel was copied many times and inspired the creation of XChat. Ported to MorphOS in 2004 and many new features and improvements were added. This version was made possible with the kind permission of the Vapor team. Thank you guys (*all* of you!). The new 32 bit icons are courtesy of André Siegel. As of 6th July 2011 AmIRC is freeware, and all demo version limitations have been removed.

Features:
UPnP port forwarding for DCC and IdentD.
Turbo and Passive DCC support.
Advanced Low Level Plugin API.
Single Window Iconification.
Lag-o-meter shows lag from the server.
Individual window logging.
Intuitive channel window with user list and mode display.
ARexx port includes event trapping.
IRCNet and UnderNet extensions.
Oper and clone announcement.
Builtin IdentD, disables itself if needed.
Bind sound effects, auto deiconify or ARexx to events.
Last nick history, TAB key cycles through.
URL grabber saves any URLs to send to your web browser.
Supports colored text for both input (WYSIWIG) and output.
CTCP/DCC flood protection.
Time-stamping of lines and inline clickable URLs.

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