Trillian VS HexChat

Trillian

Trillian is a decentralized and federated instant messaging platform that lets your whole company send private and group messages, keep tabs on what co-workers are doing, share files, and much more.

HexChat

HexChat is a fork of XChat with bug fixes and new features.

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Category Popularity

0-100% (relative to Trillian and HexChat)

HexChat

Communication

71 71%

Communication

29% 29

Group Chat & Notifications

65 65%

Group Chat & Notifications

35% 35

Messaging

64 64%

Messaging

36% 36

Medical Practice Management

100 100%

Medical Practice Management

0% 0

User comments

Share your experience with using Trillian and HexChat. For example, how are they different and which one is better?

Social recommendations and mentions

HexChat might be a bit more popular than Trillian. We know about 7 links to it since March 2021 and only 5 links to Trillian. 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.

Trillian mentions (5)

The Entry for This Years Most Obfuscative Request
I can’t believe trillian is still a thing. What a blast from the past. Thanks for that. Source: about 1 year ago
If you create an app for me and if it is a success, I'll pay you (maybe)
Yeah I think that was a long time ago. These days I think it's just another IM: https://trillian.im/. Source: about 1 year ago
all-in-one chat service
You might look at https://trillian.im but I think corporate changes have harmed them as well. Source: over 1 year ago
Element One – All of Matrix, WhatsApp, Signal and Telegram in One Place
Two decades ago I used trillian and mirianda for all the popular messaging protocols, https://trillian.im/. - Source: Hacker News / over 2 years ago
Looking for XMPP client suitable for community used to Discord.
Trillian supports XMPP and seems like it would meet your requirements. Source: almost 3 years ago

HexChat mentions (7)

getting started with IRC. I have some questions.
Start off using HexChat for a client. You can find channels here: https://netsplit.de/channels/. Source: 11 months ago
DPReview.com is shutting down
First off, grab yourself an IRC client. On their connection info page Hackint has information for both WeeChat and Hexchat, but you could use any IRC client. Source: about 1 year ago
IRC Chat?
Gajim is for XMPP. For IRC you need Hexchat or Weechat or something like that. Source: about 1 year ago
TIFU by showing my dad the possibilities of the Internet.
Hexchat is one of the more popular ones. Source: over 1 year ago
Online in the 70s, 80s, and early 90s.
IRC - Also still around and in some cases, the same as it ever was, albeit with a smaller user base. A list of networks can be found here, and while there are many actively developed IRC clients out there, if you don't know where to start, most people recommend HexChat. Reddit's affiliated network is called Snoonet. mIRC is still actively developed by Khaled Mardam-Bey, so by all means, feel free to give that a... Source: about 2 years ago