Good IRC client

[Jared Norris]

On 20 May 2012 09:54, Stephen Rees-Carter <stephen at rees-carter.net> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm thinking about becoming more active on IRC, but I don't really
> know what IRC client I should be using.
> I've tried XChat in the past and it's ok but kinda clunky, I'm
> currently using both Empathy and the Freenode Webchat, but neither are
> perfect in their own ways.
>
> So, any suggestions?
>
> I'm after something that integrates nicely with Unity so I can have
> alerts in the messaging menu etc :)
>
> Thanks,
> ~Stephen
>
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In my experience it depends on what you're used to. For most people
who prefer GUI based IRC, XChat is generally held in the highest
regard. For text based (console) then irssi is the general popular
choice. Both have their pros and cons. Personally I'm a big XChat fan.
That being said I've customised it over time to be what I want it to
be (fonts, sizes, options, backgrounds, colours, etc) so maybe if I
went to the default one I'd not like it much either. I also use IRC
quite a lot and have multiple servers with multiple windows open 24/7.

It would be interesting to hear what others are using though, I
haven't played around with other clients in years.

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