I don't typically communicate via IRC and therefore don't keep a client installed. To keep from having to download a client I'd like to use a web based IRC service. What web based IRC clients exist and what is your favorite?
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You might also be interested in webapps.stackexchange.com/questions/610/…– Robert MunteanuJul 2, 2010 at 15:07
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Try subway for Node.js (runs in your browser). It's awesome: github.com/thedjpetersen/subway– trusktrOct 19, 2013 at 18:15
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Mibbit has a clean UI, doesn't require any plugins and has an embed feature.
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1Note that Mibbit doesn't work with Freenode. See blog.freenode.net/2009/06/… and blog.mibbit.com/?p=306 Jul 14, 2010 at 0:10
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I have used the 3 preceding solutions, however I found that http://webchat.freenode.net/ seems to have the slickest (read:minimalist) interface and best feature set.
answered Jul 13, 2010 at 22:20
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+1 for webchat.freenode.net . It's simple and useful. What package do they use? Jul 13, 2010 at 22:38
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I have used CGI::IRC installed on my own server to access IRC. It's not perfect, but it works and is free :)
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If you need to host your own web IRC client, this is pretty much the only option I know for open source packages. Unfortunately, it hasn't been updated since 2006.– spoulsonJul 2, 2010 at 13:07
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On IRCNet and EFNet you can use this: http://webchat.xs4all.nl/index.php
http://chat.ircnet.org redirects over there.
If you are looking for a solution which you can install to your own webserver, then an alternative to CGI:IRC is qwebirc. A comparison:
- CGI:IRC is written in Perl; qwebirc is written in Python
- CGI:IRC requires a webserver (and runs as a CGI); qwebirc contains its own webserver (based on Twisted), running on its dedicated TCP port
- CGI:IRC uses one process per connection (may consume too much memory); qwebirc runs in a single process, no matter how many connections there are (so it uses much less memory)
- the latency per message (both incoming and outgoing) is very low for both CGI:IRC and qwebirc
A newer tool I've run into is called Alice, which has a really nice and simple UI. If you don't want to run your own they're working on a hosted version.
answered Sep 10, 2010 at 2:53
