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Based on our record, Convos should be more popular than Trillian. It has been mentiond 10 times since March 2021. We are tracking product recommendations and mentions on various public social media platforms and blogs. They can help you identify which product is more popular and what people think of it.
Excellent idea! You'll have a mature, open standard protocol under the hood, with no vendor lock-in, excellent extensibility, and great modern frontends like The Lounge (https://thelounge.chat/) or Convos (https://convos.chat/) to choose from (and you can choose). - Source: Hacker News / 4 months ago
For the other layers one can front-end IRC with TheLounge [1][2] or Convos [3][4]. TheLounge only persists history in private mode meaning that users are created in that front-end and chat messages are in Redis. For small networks or groups of friends this is probably fine. Notably missing is voice chat. I use the Mumble client [5] with the Murmur or uMurmur [6] server which is light-weight enough to run on... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
FWIW TheLounge [1] and Convos [2] can front-end an IRC server giving it much of the look of a modern client and also chat persistence when using TheLounge in private mode. The trade-off in my opinion is scalability. With a bog standard IRCD I can handle tens of thousands of clients per node. Adding web persistent chat adds memory usage. [1] - https://github.com/thelounge https://thelounge.chat/ [2] -... - Source: Hacker News / over 1 year ago
IRC is a mature, extensible, open protocol, with a wide variety of server and client implementations to suit many use cases, servers can be self-hosted and federated, and modern web-based clients like The Lounge or Convos offer a user experience equivalent to Discord, Slack, etc. Source: over 1 year ago
And there are some great web-based clients like the Lounge and Convos that offer an equivalent UX to Discord or Slack, are open-source, self-hostable, and based on a mature, reliable, and extensible open protocol. Source: about 2 years ago
I can’t believe trillian is still a thing. What a blast from the past. Thanks for that. Source: over 1 year ago
Yeah I think that was a long time ago. These days I think it's just another IM: https://trillian.im/. Source: over 1 year ago
You might look at https://trillian.im but I think corporate changes have harmed them as well. Source: over 1 year ago
Two decades ago I used trillian and mirianda for all the popular messaging protocols, https://trillian.im/. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
Trillian supports XMPP and seems like it would meet your requirements. Source: almost 3 years ago
The Lounge - The Lounge is a web IRC client that you host on your own server.
Pidgin - Pidgin is an easy to use and free chat client used by millions. Connect to AIM, MSN, Yahoo, and more chat networks all at once.
mIRC - mIRC: Internet Relay Chat client
Skype - Stay in touch with your family and friends for free on Skype. Download Skype today to chat and call on desktop and mobile.
Kiwi IRC - A hand-crafted IRC client that you can enjoy. Designed to be used easily and freely.
Telegram - Telegram is a messaging app with a focus on speed and security. It’s superfast, simple and free.