XChat 2.8.9 Date added: August, 29th 2010 - (Open Source)

XChat is a cross-platform IRC client, with simple and easy to use interface, which can connect to more than one servers simultaneously. Some of its key features are:

• Tabbed interface
• File transfer – send pictures or audio files to your friends
• Two-way chat support
• Supports Perl, Python and TCL scripting
• Highly customizable – associate different colors with the different nicknames, change the transparency and the color of the background, etc.
• Plug-in support
• Translated into more than 40 languages
• Supports IPv6

Note: The Windows version of XChat is a shareware (30-day shareware trial is offered)

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