IRC Clients for archlinux

Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is an application layer protocol that facilitates communication in the form of text. The chat process works on a client/server networking model. IRC clients are computer programs that a user can install on their system. These clients communicate with chat servers to transfer messages to other clients.IRC is mainly designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, but also allows one-on-one communication via private messages as well as chat and data transfer, including file sharing.

More about IRC:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat

On archlinux there are some IRC Client applications that you can use, here's the list.

1. Konversation

Konversation is a user-friendly Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client built on the KDE Platform.

Features:

Standard IRC features

SSL server support

Bookmarking support

Easy to use graphical user interface

Multiple servers and channels in one single window

DCC file transfer

Multiple identities for different servers

Text decorations and colors

OnScreen Display for notifications

Automatic UTF-8 detection

Per channel encoding support

Theme support for nick icons

Highly configurable

Installation:

$sudo pacman -S konversation

2. KVIRC

KVIrc is a free portable IRC client based on the excellent Qt GUI toolkit. KVirc is being written by Szymon Stefanek and the KVIrc Development Team with the contribution of many IRC addicted developers around the world.

Installation:

$sudo pacman -S kvirc

3. XCHAT

XChat is an IRC chat program for both Linux and Windows. It allows you to join multiple IRC channels (chat rooms) at the same time, talk publicly, private one-on-one conversations etc. Even file transfers are possible.

Installation:

$sudo pacman -S xchat

4. Weechat

WeeChat is a fast, light and extensible chat client. It runs on many platforms like Linux, Unix, BSD, GNU Hurd, Mac OS X and Windows (bash/ubuntu and cygwin).

Installation:

$sudo pacman -S weechat

5. Irssi

Irssi is a terminal based IRC client for UNIX systems. It also supports SILC and ICB protocols via plugins.

Installation:

$sudo pacman -S irssi

Okay that's about IRC Clients for archlinux.

Enjoy