Textual 7 Textual is the world's most popular application for interacting with Internet Relay Chat (IRC) chatrooms on macOS. Try Textual for 30 days. Requires OS X Mavericks (10.9) or later. Purchase Textual. Or purchase in the Mac App Store. To test it, click Applications-Open-Program Files-Mirc-mirc.exe-Open. Mirc will start. You'll need to register or enter your account information to use the program. Unfortunately there aren't many irc clients (that are good) available for mac. There is colloquy but it's not nearly as powerful as the windows irc client: mIRC. This video will show you how to. IRC or Internet Relay Chat is a protocol that enables real-time text communications between people. To start, a client connects to a server (or more commonly a network of servers) where clients have either one on one conversations or group conversations in channels. Before choosing a client it's important to understand how IRC functions and what it's capable of. If this sounds interesting to you, then you are in the right place as we have come up with a presentation showcasing 10 Best IRC Clients for Windows, Mac, and Linux.These best IRC Clients will have you chatting in a matter of few seconds.

What's the best IRC client for Mac if you’ve never used IRC, don’t know much about it, and are sort of dense? I’m running 10.4.6, if that matters.
posted by MarshallPoe to Computers & Internet (15 answers total) 1 user marked this as a favorite

Colloquy, definitely.
posted by Mr. Six at 3:26 PM on June 22, 2006

I use colloquy as well. Since I am an idiot, had never used IRC before, and was able to figure out colloquy with no difficulty whatsoever, that pretty much makes it the definition of 'idiot proof.'
posted by dersins at 3:28 PM on June 22, 2006

Just one note of warning. The last time I used Colloquy, which was about a year ago or so, it would automatically turn image links into inline images within the channel window. I'm sure you can imagine how that might not be the best thing. It is turned off easily enough in the preferences.
Aside from that, definitely my favorite IRC client for OS X.
posted by chrisroberts at 3:37 PM on June 22, 2006

I've tried ircle, but i didn't like it. Each channel/PM is in its own window - easy to type something into the wrong conversation - very embarrassing.
I'm using snak now, and I like it. Looks similar to mirc.
posted by clh at 3:56 PM on June 22, 2006

If you use Firefox, the Chatzilla extension is pretty brainless to use.
posted by mullacc at 4:00 PM on June 22, 2006

Colloqyuy for aqua, Irssi for terminal based. Both have their deficciencies, but that's what I use
posted by singingfish at 4:04 PM on June 22, 2006

I use irssi but would not recommend it for a greenhorn.
posted by jedrek at 4:09 PM on June 22, 2006

Mirc Macro

Colloquy is kinda geeky, IMHO.
Try Conversation, which is designed for newbies.
posted by Mwongozi at 4:14 PM on June 22, 2006

Opera has an IRC client built in. It's super easy to use.
posted by bigmusic at 4:49 PM on June 22, 2006

I use irssi, and even if you're not a geek, once you're used to it you may love it! You just have to learn the proper commands for IRC, like you should know anyway.
Just stay the hell away from x-shat.
posted by cellphone at 5:01 PM on June 22, 2006

I've never had a problem with X-Chat Aqua, myself.
posted by Hackworth at 5:21 PM on June 22, 2006

I'll second Mwongozi's suggestion of Conversation. It's what I've always used on the Mac, and it's done the job perfectly.
posted by Inkoate at 5:51 PM on June 22, 2006

I like Mice IRC, and I've been annoyed to death with nearly every other app listed above. So if you try a couple of the above clients and wind up thinking 'this terrible software wasn't meant for humans to use,' try Mice.
posted by ikkyu2 at 6:33 PM on June 22, 2006

www.pure-mac.com - check out the IRC section. The Mac OS actually has a BUNCH of IRC clients available for it.
Try a few of 'em out!
posted by drstein at 6:37 PM on June 22, 2006

I used Conversation in the past, but when someone recommended Colloquy, I dropped Conversation like a bad habit.
posted by jxpx777 at 9:45 PM on June 22, 2006

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Is there anyway I can get mIRC for mac? I know they don't make mIRC for mac but is there a program I can download that will let me run a windows program like mIRC on my OS? I don't want to get windows on my mac that is too much work.
Also if you know anything about mIRC is a program that exists that allows you to run the same mIRC scripts on? That would be cool too.
I just want mIRC because I have a lot of scripts for mIRC that I made on my PC and I would like to find a way to use those again on my mac.
Thanks...