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qwebirc is a fast, easy to use, free and open source IRC client designed by and originally just for the QuakeNet IRC network.
(why? Microsoft insist on infesting GitHub with Copilot everywhere imaginable, with no way to disable it)
Feel free to download and have a play.
News
2025-09-08: move to codeberg
After many years on GitHub, the project has (once again) moved, this time to Codeberg.(why? Microsoft insist on infesting GitHub with Copilot everywhere imaginable, with no way to disable it)
2017-07-25: move to git and github
After many years on Mercurial and Bitbucket: the project has moved to git and GitHub.2012-02-15: various updates
Recent additions to qwebirc since last news post:- CTCP website support
- Nicklist hiding support in widget
- User-friendly nickname validation
- IE9 support
- support for server SSL connections.
- adaptive timeout for COMET connections (saves a lot of bandwidth).
- experimental: API for external commands (currently only /SAY).
- experimental: more theming support.
- IPv6 proxy support
- in progress: multiple server support (multiserver branch).
2009-06-20: SSL!
SSL support has been added, so now you can use qwebirc over https.2009-06-06: New features
Some new experimental features have been added, including notification by favicon/titlebar flashing, operator menus, and dependency checking (should make installation clearer).2009-04-12: WEBIRC style blocks
qwebirc now supports WEBIRC style blocks, allowing hostname setting on most ircds, as well as ASCII case-mapping.2009-03-18: Initial release
qwebirc's source code has finally been released to the public under the GPLv2!Feel free to download and have a play.