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The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of IRC client programs for mobile devices. Please see the individual products articles for further information. This article is not all-inclusive or necessarily up-to-date.

Contents 1 General 2 Release history 3 Protocol support 3.1 Direct Client-to-Client (DCC) support 4 Features 5 See also 6 References

[edit] General

Basic general information about the clients: creator/company, license/price etc. Clients listed on a light purple background are no longer in active development.

Client	Primary developers	Cost	Software license	User interface	Programming language	Computing platform	Website
AndroidChat		Free software	GNU GPL	TUI, GUI	?	Android	[1]
AndChat		Freeware	Proprietary software	TUI, GUI	Java	Android	[2]
Mobile Colloquy	Timothy Hatcher, Kiji Roshi	US$1.99	BSD License	GUI	Objective-C	iPhone OS	[3]
CoolIRC †		Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME †	[4]
EbIRC	Shin Ise, Nobuhiro Ito	Freeware iPhone: US$3	Proprietary software	GUI	?	Windows Mobile iPhone OS	[5]
fIRC	Laurence Muller	Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	?	Android	[6]
JedIrc †		Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME †	[7]
jmIrc	Juho Vähä-Herttua	Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME	[8]
k-IRC †	Armond Avanes	Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME	[9]
MtvIRC †		Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	Java	Java ME	[10]
PSPIRC	Ludovic Jacomme	Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	C	PlayStation Portable	[11]
SimpleIRC	Akinwale Ariwodola	Demoware US$5	Proprietary software	GUI	Java	Java ME	[12]
upIRC †		Shareware US$10	Proprietary software	GUI	?	Palm OS †	[13]
Virca		Free software	GNU GPL	TUI	Java	Java ME	[14]
WirelessIRC		Demoware US$20	Proprietary software	GUI	?	Symbian OS	[15]
WLIrc	Sverre Kristian Valskrå	Free software	GNU LGPL	GUI	Java	Java ME	[16]
Yaaic †	Sebastian Kaspari	Free software	GNU GPL	GUI	?	Android	[17]
Client	Primary developers	Cost	Software license	User interface	Programming language	Computing platform	Website

• ^a b c Based on jmIrc
• ^ MIDP 1.0 and 2.0
• ^ MIDP 2.0 only
• ^ Uses the Relay-IRC framework
• ^ Formerly apIRC
• ^ Palm OS 3.0 or later, Palm OS 5 compatible
• ^ Uses the PircBot framework

[edit] Release history

A brief overview of the release history.

Client	First public release		First stable release		Latest stable release
	Date	Version	Date	Version
AndroidChat	2008				2008-12-29  (2008-12-29; 11 months ago)
AndChat	2008				Template:Latest stable software release/AndChat
Mobile Colloquy	January 28, 2009	1.0			1.1  (2009-08-10; 4 months ago)
CoolIRC					3.1  (2007-06-16; 2 years ago)
EbIRC	September 24, 2006	0.01			0.19  (2009-02-18; 9 months ago)
fIRC	December 22, 2008	0.1.0			0.2.11  (2009-03-26; 8 months ago)
JedIrc	2007				3.2.4  (2009-06-17; 5 months ago)
jmIrc	May 14, 2004	0.60			0.95  (2006-01-01; 3 years ago)
k-IRC	August 20, 2002	1.0			1.1  (2003-10-04; 6 years ago)
MtvIRC					2.3  (2009-06-12; 6 months ago)
PSPIRC	July 20, 2007	1.0.1			1.6  (2007-09-12; 2 years ago)
upIRC	September 18, 2001	1.0.0			3.8.3  (2004-09-03; 5 years ago)
Virca	2003	0.0.1			1.1.20  (2004-11-22; 5 years ago)
WirelessIRC	?				1.22  (2007-06-12; 2 years ago)
WLIrc	September 15, 2003	0.90			2.0.1  (2007-08-16; 2 years ago)
Yaaic	2009				source only
Client	Date	Version	Date	Version	Latest stable release
	First public release		First stable release

[edit] Protocol support

What IRC related protocols and standards are supported by each client.

Client	CTCP	DCC	IPv6	SSL	TLS	OCSP	CRL
AndroidChat	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
AndChat	Yes	No	?	Yes	?	?	?
Mobile Colloquy	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
CoolIRC	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
EbIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
fIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
JedIrc	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
jmIrc	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
k-IRC	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
MtvIRC	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
PSPIRC	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
upIRC	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
Virca	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
WirelessIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
WLIrc	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Yaaic	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Client	CTCP	DCC	IPv6	SSL	TLS	OCSP	CRL

[edit] Direct Client-to-Client (DCC) support

Client	CHAT	Whiteboard	SEND	RESUME	TSEND	SEND T	XMIT	Passive DCC	Server	RDCC	REVERSE	RSEND	Reverse / Firewall DCC	File servers (FSERVs)	XDCC
AndroidChat	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
AndChat	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Mobile Colloquy	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
CoolIRC	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
EbIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
fIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
JedIrc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
jmIrc	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
k-IRC	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
MtvIRC	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
PSPIRC	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
upIRC	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Virca	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
WirelessIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
WLIrc	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Yaaic	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?	?
Client	CHAT	Whiteboard	SEND	RESUME	TSEND	SEND T	XMIT	Passive DCC	Server	RDCC	REVERSE	RSEND	Reverse / Firewall DCC	File servers (FSERVs)	XDCC

[edit] Features

Information on what features each of the clients support.

Client	Multi-server	UTF-8	Proxy server	irc:// URI scheme	Automatic updates	Scripting language
AndroidChat	?	?	?	?	?	?
AndChat	Yes	Yes	?	?	Yes	?
Mobile Colloquy	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
CoolIRC	No	Yes	Yes †	No	No	Yes
EbIRC	?	Yes	?	?	?	?
fIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?
JedIrc	No	Yes	Yes †	No	No	Yes
jmIrc	No	Yes	Yes †	No	No	Yes
k-IRC	No	No	No	No	No	No
MtvIRC	No	Yes	Yes †	No	No	No
PSPIRC	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes
upIRC	No	No	No	No	No	Yes †
Virca	?	Yes	?	?	No	?
WirelessIRC	?	?	?	?	?	?
WLIrc	?	No	?	?	No	?
Yaaic	?	?	?	?	?	?
Client	Multi-server	UTF-8	Proxy server	irc:// URI scheme	Automatic updates	Scripting language

• ^a b c d HTTP proxy server support
• ^ Supports "shortcut" command aliases^[1]

[edit] See also

• Comparison of IRC clients
• Comparison of instant messaging clients
• Comparison of instant messaging protocols
• Comparison of LAN messengers

[edit] References

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