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24 alternatives to I think I re-imagined IRC on mobile devices
I have hosted my own IRC server, for a small community of coders and friends, since 1999. I never really strayed from using mirc or irssi, when I'm on a desktop or have a keyboard. On my iphone, the options were pretty lacking, though. The best true IRC client for iphone is one called IRC999, in my opinion. These clients all bugged me though because when the phone would go idle or shut off the wifi, the client disconnects. Sometime in early December, an idea hit me about an IRC client that would function sort of like Twitter's mobile client. It'd defer the task of maintaining the IRC…
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. I think I re-imagined IRC on mobile devices launched in 2013; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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Hi, I have published a mobile app to have coffee chat with HN users. There was already a guy who made a website for this, but I wanted to do it in mobile to practice WebRTC(technology behind the audio chat) and have some fun. I haven't spent too much time in terms of the general functionality as a HN client but can upgrade it if there are enough users enjoying the app. You can download the apps via the links below; IOS: https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/betternews-coffee-chat/id65047... Android: As you might have known, Android requires the app to be tested in a…
2024 · its alternatives →
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The Lounge▲65A modern, cross-platform, self-hosted web IRC client
2022 · thelounge.chat · its alternatives →
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Hi HN, Long-time IRC obsessive here (some of you may remember me from the privacy wars and the freenode drama). My commitment to the protocol never died, so I built IRC.com, a browser-based IRC client where everything lives in user-editable JavaScript. The core ships with just a protocol shim and window manager; the rest is scriptable. Out of the box it feels like a normal IRC client, but if you want to automate channel ops, invent new commands, or redesign the UI, the power is yours. I’d love your feedback, bug reports, and feature ideas... especially from fellow IRC lifers! I'll be adding…
2025 · irc.com · its alternatives →
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Hey all, Just wanted to show off this app I built, its a LAN based WebRTC baby monitor that connects any apple devices together over WIFI so you can turn an old iPad or iPhone into a baby monitor! I got a bit sick of all the sketchy products that require you to buy another device and may or may not connect to Chinese servers and store all your information somewhere. So I figured what if there were no servers and we could just use our existing devices! I would love any feedback! You will need two apple devices to test it, but simulators do work.
2025 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I made this because I can't stand the slack interface. IRC clients are fast instead of slow, and do not display GIFs and memes automatically (I can still click to open them). I can configure notifications. I can configure it to not mention me when "@here" is typed by certain people or on certain channels. It's just much quieter and easier to handle overall.
2022 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2012 · tapchatapp.com · its alternatives →
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ABANDONED - A web based IRC client. Contribute to thedjpetersen/subway development by creating an account on GitHub.
2012 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hello HN! I'm Matt and today I'd like to show you Cascade Chat. One of my earliest internet experiences was with mIRC. I always admired its straightforward, pleasant UI and the way it wove a hackable core into the code. The way you could build on the visual and API layers of the underlying IRC client to me was fascinating software machinery. It was truly a client that you could build on top of. As my career has progressed, I moved away from Windows and adopted Linux as my daily driver. That was where I found HexChat, the closest thing I could find to mIRC many years later. While I really…
Jul 2026 · github.com · its alternatives →
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2014 · airchatter.net · its alternatives →
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This is a little project I've been working on for a while in order to better learn Python. Although IRC may not exactly be the most exciting medium, I still find it to be fun and useful, this interest lead me to writing a bot. In doing this I realized that what would actually be more interesting would be if I had a framework. There may already be such a thing, certainly there are IRC libraries, but I don't know if they're well-suited to deploying bots. At any rate if for no other reason than the fact that I am relatively new to programming and eager to learn I decided to build a framework.…
2011 · github.com · its alternatives →
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A collaborative and curated list of the best mobile conf
2017 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Hi everyone, after months of hard-working, I'm glad to have something to show HN. It's an iOS app to help you directly capture and intercept HTTP/HTTPS Traffic from your iPhone/iPad with ease. It's suitable for any developers who would debug iOS without needing a computer. You can also share all traffic to Proxyman macOS via AirDrop for better previewing. - Please join a beta in TestFlight (iOS 14+): https://testflight.apple.com/join/nQ69eb35 - How it works if you don't have any devices: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UpzpoTN8efM&feature=youtu.be…
2021 · its alternatives →
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I would love to hear what you guys think?
2013 · chatasaur.us · its alternatives →
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Hello HN, I want to share something that I worked on for quite a while as my side project - www.heahy.com an IRC like chat where you can share various media and even record yourself (using web MediaRecorder api). Here is a thread with short explanation on how it works: https://www.heahy.com/channel/homepage/thread/3900adb9e441a09abc757461 I am looking for any feedback and if you have any ideas, advice or questions I am eager to hear it here or on heahy!
2020 · its alternatives →
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Convos - Better group chat
2013 · convos.by · its alternatives →
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