XChat.org - (Open Source)
Join multiple IRC channels at the same time and chat live with hundreds of online, publicly or privately friends with XChat.
XChat is an IRC chat program that allows to join multiple groups simultaneously, in public or in private conversations. The application module also includes a file transfer. Simply enter the username, indicate the network and the channels desired to integrate.
Xchat is well-known thanks to its compatibility with most operating systems IRC client. The standard options, such as server selection, colors, menus with basic commands, etc all are present. In addition, it has nice features like the ability to connect to multiple servers (multiserver).
The user can also easily edit most menus to customize the chat room. The software is available for most operating systems. The tool is lightweight, comfortable to use and can be used in graphical mode as in console mode. It is no longer necessary to install the GTK + Runtime Environment library for Windows users.
* Fixed: If you set your away reason blank in the settings, it was impossible to set yourself away using the Away menu item.
* Added a setting in the logging section: Display scrollback from previous session, which is the same as /set text_replay. Also improved the way these scrollback files are periodically shrunk, previously they could get too large.
* Fixed /EXEC not showing any output on Windows Vista.
* Added a /SHELL command to execute via command line interpreter. e.g. try /SHELL Dir