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 a possible crash if too many characters were typed or pasted into the input-box (this affected 2.8.7 only).
* Fixed logging if the global setting was OFF and you turned it ON for individual channels.
* Python scripts will now also be auto-loaded from C:Program FilesXChatPlugins*.py.
* Fixed a Python crash [1931579] where the word array contained more than 28 words.
* /Ignore will now automatically add !*@* to be more user friendly.
* Fixed: Changing settings in a channel's right-click menu while that channel wasn't the front-most used to fail.
* The TCL plugin now requires ActiveTCL 8.5.