HexChat Reviews and details

Social recommendations and mentions

• 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

• would like to get back into irc

  You can use KVirc, HexChat or like me Xchat-SE. The latter two are both freeware forks of Xchat, which used to be my long-term favorite client, albeit shareware. Nowadays, HexChat is probably the most popular choice but I prefer Xchat-SE because it almost identical to the original application yet it's regularly updated and boasts pretty much the same rich set of features. Source: over 2 years ago

• I search for an up to date, light, easy to use and multiplateform client

  I've historically used KVIrc a lot. HexChat is also a popular one. Both will require the user to enter the server details (though you could create a patched version which doesn't) and probably also require installation (I faintly remember using a third party portable Version of KVIrc, but I'm not sure anymore). On mobile phones the situation is different. For Android I've used Atomic a couple of years ago. Source: almost 3 years ago