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A hand-crafted IRC client that you can enjoy. Designed to be used easily and freely.

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Based on our record, Kiwi IRC should be more popular than ShellNewHandler. It has been mentioned 6 times since March 2021.
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Kiwi IRC is recommended for website builders looking to integrate chat services, beginners who appreciate a straightforward interface, and communities in need of a customizable and hosted IRC solution.
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> At that point you've just reimplemented a less-standard version of matrix with extra steps though. There are IRCv3 specifications that allow this richer experience, and they are at least as standard as Matrix. Check out... - Source: Hacker News / over 3 years ago
First try the web-based ones - https://kiwiirc.com/ - https://mibbit.com/. Source: over 4 years ago
Their IRC link is on their homepage. If you don't have an IRC client you can use https://kiwiirc.com/ in browser. Source: over 4 years ago
Use Shell New Handler. Run the portable app and simply untick the items you don't want to appear in your new context menu. Source: about 4 years ago
I've always used ShellNewHandler for this. It's a really simple portable utility that allows you to remove most of the items from that menu. Tested it out on Windows 11 and it's still compatible. Source: over 5 years ago
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