jIRCii for Mac
IRC chat client.
Free
In English
Version 07.20.11When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission
jIRCii overview
jIRCii is a powerful Mac OS X Internet Relay Chat client. jIRCii is scriptable (with many available on the website). The focus is to provide a UNIX console client experience with the advantages of a solid GUI. Some call it the closest thing to mIRC on MacOS X. Features include DCC file transfers, IRC over SSL support, multiple server connections, and over 75 built-in commands.
What's new in version 07.20.11
Version 07.20.11:
Note: This product is not compatible with macOS Catalina and later.
- jIRCii now uses the Nimbus look and feel and Single Document Interface modes on all operating systems by default. This look is much more modern.
- Default fonts on Windows and OS X are now bolded
- Added new status and miscellaneous window icons
- Added some white-space to the right of the "close window" button in SDI mode
- Options window is wider to accomodate IRC network selector on OS X
- List windows (/list -gui and others) now use a different icon from the status window.
- Removed "Applications" configuration. jIRCii now uses Java's Desktop API to launch a URL.
- Removed "random servers" group from server connect dialog
- jIRCii is now friendly to the latest format of mIRC's servers.ini file
- Updated servers.ini to the latest from http://www.mirc.co.uk/servers.ini
- join/part messages in default theme now shows addresses
- /load can now load scripts contained inside of jerk.jar
- Removed black-listing of GTKLookAndFeel for Linux systems (set use Native L&F option to get it). After 7 years, it has matured enough to work with jIRCii [See Beta 15 notes].
- Updated jIRCii about dialog with new look jIRCii logo
- Added links to the bug tracker and jIRCii homepage in the Help menu
- Updated MacOS X and Windows icons to new jIRCii logo
- Updated Java Application Stub so jIRCii works with MacOS X Lion now.
jIRCii for Mac
Free
In English
Version 07.20.11
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Dec 19 2025
Version: 07.20.11
Deadware. Both the dev site and download link are dead. "Not Found."
Jul 28 2011
Version: 07.20.11
Quite possibly one of the coolest "old school" IRC clients around. Mixing up epic/irssi/bitchx style command line IRC with a GUI, it really brings back memories of IRCing from a shell account using one of the older command line clients. It's feature-rich but requires a bit of scripting know-how to really make it shine, though there are many useful and beautification scripts on the application's website available.
It's also one of the fastest GUI clients I've seen to date. All in all, after having used every IRC client that has been available since 1996, jIRCii is definitely my go-to IRC client today.
Jan 30 2008
Version: 11.26.07
I hunted for a good irc mac client for a while before settling on this little gem. Do yourself a favor and check this out. The default color scheme is easy on the eyes, the layout is pretty intuitive. It has lots of features and best of all its FREE. My only complaint is the icon. Developer, plz hire someone to fix this and you will have the perfect package.