Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC?

Re:Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC? by nroah on Thursday June 06, 2019 @04:51PM (#20119031)

I do. Much better than the alternatives, especially if you value your privacy and being able to use whatever client you want.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC? by ryeguy_24 on Thursday June 06, 2019 @04:55PM (#20119069)

What client do you use? Haven't found a good one for Mac.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC? by spapas82 on Thursday June 06, 2019 @05:15PM (#20119300)

I am behind a firewall at work so I use web clients. I used to use https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/ but now I've moved to https://www.irccloud.com/ (the free version).

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC? by yborg on Thursday June 06, 2019 @05:26PM (#20119397)

Colloquy. Desktop version more or less hasn't been touched in 8 years, and it remains the best Mac client. Also has an iOS version that is more recently maintained.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC? by darkpuma on Friday June 07, 2019 @12:33AM (#20121683)

I use weechat on a mac. Works just fine with iterm2. I press cmd-~ and it pops up on screen.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC? by pwinnski on Thursday June 06, 2019 @05:08PM (#20119227)

+1 for Textual, and for building it from source.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC? by nroah on Thursday June 06, 2019 @04:57PM (#20119098)

Textual is good. It costs money but it's GPL'd so you can build it yourself for free in a matter of minutes, there are plenty of tutorials online.

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Re:Ask HN: Does anyone still use IRC? by MentallyRetired on Thursday June 06, 2019 @05:22PM (#20119365)

I use Colloquy on the mac.

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