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Re:HipChat is now free for teams of 5 users or fewer by aeosynth on Thursday March 21, 2013 @03:12PM (#5418023)
You could also try subway[1] and kiwiirc[2].

[1]: https://github.com/thedjpetersen/subway

[2]: https://github.com/prawnsalad/KiwiIRC

Re:HipChat is now free for teams of 5 users or fewer by Fauntleroy on Thursday March 21, 2013 @03:21PM (#5418125)
Re:HipChat is now free for teams of 5 users or fewer by cjstewart88 on Thursday March 21, 2013 @04:21PM (#5418643)
Thanks for the plug ;)
Re:HipChat is now free for teams of 5 users or fewer by lukes386 on Thursday March 21, 2013 @04:46PM (#5418856)
Just so you know, the "Give it a go" link in the README gives:

    An error has occurred: {"code":"ECONNREFUSED","errno":"ECONNREFUSED","syscall":"connect"}
Re:HipChat is now free for teams of 5 users or fewer by glomph on Thursday March 21, 2013 @07:36PM (#5420160)