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Ask HN: Best IRC client for Mac?

3 points by josh-wrale 13y ago

I found an old thread on this[1], but it's from five years ago. Anything new and/or better out there now? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=642193

itg 13y ago
I use Limechat
illbert 13y ago
Textual
zachlatta 13y ago
I've really been enjoying https://irccloud.com https://irccloud.com
tekknolagi 13y ago
I love `irssi` :D
raginbajin 13y ago
Limechat
jachee 13y ago
Call me old-school: iTerm2 + SSH to my VPS + screen + irssi It's my client for ALL my OSes, and it's consistent/persistent across them. :)
citruspi 13y ago
I normally use weechat on a server for a persistent connection, but I've been playing around with ZNC on the server and Textual on my local machine. Of the two, I've had a better experience with weechat.
joemaller1 13y ago
Because links are hard. LimeChat: http://limechat.net/mac/ http://limechat.net/mac/ Textual: http://www.codeux.com/textual/ http://www.codeux.com/textual/ Colloquy: http://colloquy.info/ http://colloquy.info/ WeeChat: http://weechat.org/ http://weechat.org/ IRCCloud: https://irccloud.com https://irccloud.com (web-based, invite/beta) I've been using Colloquy, but I'm open to trying other apps.
SamReidHughes 13y ago
It's Textual, unless somebody is willing to testify otherwise. Textual is infinitely better than LimeChat, in particular. It's probably better than Colloquy, if only because I tried Colloquy but now I'm using Textual. XChat Aqua is buggy and broken.
- irpwnu2 13y ago
  What is it about Textual that makes it better than others?
  - SamReidHughes 13y ago
    LimeChat is basically a UI disaster. I ended up hating it whenever I wanted to search the comment history. I have never been annoyed by Textual. It's just nice. I haven't used Colloquy recently enough to remember, but there was something about it that made me switch away. XChat Aqua would be missing random characters from users' names in the user list.
    - irpwnu2 13y ago
      Yeah that definitely sounds like a major problem.
bgar 13y ago
I run znc on my server and connect to it using weechat from my mba.
ncr0 13y ago
Textual is really good. Colloquy can bridge session to mobile client. Irssi is pr0 and 1337

3 points by josh-wrale 13y ago

I found an old thread on this[1], but it's from five years ago. Anything new and/or better out there now? https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=642193

itg 13y ago

I use Limechat

illbert 13y ago

Textual

zachlatta 13y ago

I've really been enjoying https://irccloud.com https://irccloud.com

tekknolagi 13y ago

I love `irssi` :D

raginbajin 13y ago

Limechat

jachee 13y ago

Call me old-school: iTerm2 + SSH to my VPS + screen + irssi It's my client for ALL my OSes, and it's consistent/persistent across them. :)

citruspi 13y ago

I normally use weechat on a server for a persistent connection, but I've been playing around with ZNC on the server and Textual on my local machine. Of the two, I've had a better experience with weechat.

joemaller1 13y ago

Because links are hard. LimeChat: http://limechat.net/mac/ http://limechat.net/mac/ Textual: http://www.codeux.com/textual/ http://www.codeux.com/textual/ Colloquy: http://colloquy.info/ http://colloquy.info/ WeeChat: http://weechat.org/ http://weechat.org/ IRCCloud: https://irccloud.com https://irccloud.com (web-based, invite/beta) I've been using Colloquy, but I'm open to trying other apps.

SamReidHughes 13y ago

It's Textual, unless somebody is willing to testify otherwise. Textual is infinitely better than LimeChat, in particular. It's probably better than Colloquy, if only because I tried Colloquy but now I'm using Textual. XChat Aqua is buggy and broken.

irpwnu2 13y ago
What is it about Textual that makes it better than others?
- SamReidHughes 13y ago
  LimeChat is basically a UI disaster. I ended up hating it whenever I wanted to search the comment history. I have never been annoyed by Textual. It's just nice. I haven't used Colloquy recently enough to remember, but there was something about it that made me switch away. XChat Aqua would be missing random characters from users' names in the user list.
  - irpwnu2 13y ago
    Yeah that definitely sounds like a major problem.

bgar 13y ago

I run znc on my server and connect to it using weechat from my mba.

ncr0 13y ago

Textual is really good. Colloquy can bridge session to mobile client. Irssi is pr0 and 1337