# IRC Bouncers 



*   Stay connected to IRC chat when your device is offline 
*   Play back missed messages when you connect 
*   Access unlimited IRC chat networks 
*   Get a DDoS-protected IP 

It's free of charge running free software with real time support from IRCNow staff. 

To get started with a free bouncer, connect to and /join . See the channel topic, Then join one of team channel and then type `!bnc` 

Here's how to [add a network on ZNC][1]. 



| Name                                            | Windows | Mac     | Linux | Android | iOS     | Web     | License                  |
| ----------------------------------------------- | ------- | ------- | ----- | ------- | ------- | ------- | ------------------------ |
| [AdiIRC][2]                                     | ✓       | ✓       | ✓     |         |         |         | Proprietary              |
| [Adium][3]                                      |         | ✓       |       |         |         |         | GPLv2                    |
| [AndroIRC][4]                                   |         |         |       | ✓       |         |         | Proprietary              |
| [Atomic][5]                                     |         |         |       | ✓       |         |         | GPLv3                    |
| [Colloquy][6][?][6]                             |         | ✓       |       |         | ✓       |         | GPL/BSD                  |
| [Hexchat][7]                                    | ✓       | ✓       | ✓     |         |         |         | GPLv2                    |
| [IRC for Android][8]                            |         |         |       | ✓       |         |         | ?                        |
| [IRCCloud][9] [Web][10] [Android][11] [iOS][12] |         |         |       | [✓][11] | [✓][12] | [✓][10] | Apache 2.0 / Proprietary |
| [IceChat][13]                                   | ✓       | W       | W     |         |         |         | GPLv2                    |
| [ircEX][14]                                     |         |         |       |         | ✓       |         | ?                        |
| [irssi][15]                                     | ✓       | ✓       | ✓     |         |         |         | GPLv2                    |
| [Igloo][16]                                     |         | ✓       |       |         | ✓       |         | Proprietary              |
| [KiwiIRC][17]                                   |         |         |       |         |         | ✓       | Apache 2.0               |
| [Konversation][18]                              | ✓       |         | ✓     |         |         |         | GPLv2                    |
| [KVIrc][19]                                     | ✓       | ✓       | ✓     |         |         |         | GPLv2                    |
| [Limechat][20]                                  |         | ✓       |       |         | ✓       |         | GPLv2                    |
| [Mibbit][21]                                    |         |         |       |         |         | ✓       | Proprietary              |
| [mIRC][22]                                      | ✓       | W       | W     |         |         |         | Proprietary              |
| [Pidgin][23]                                    | ✓       | ✓       | ✓     |         |         |         | GPLv2                    |
| [Quassel][24]                                   | ✓       | ✓       | ✓     | ✓       | ✓       |         | GPLv2                    |
| [Revolution IRC][25]                            |         |         |       | ✓       |         |         | GPLv3                    |
| [SimpleIRC][26]                                 |         |         |       | ✓       |         |         | GPLv3                    |
| [smuxi][27]                                     | ✓       | ✓       | ✓     |         |         |         | GPLv2                    |
| [Textual][28]                                   |         | ✓       |       |         |         |         | Proprietary              |
| [Thunderbird][29]                               | ✓       | ✓       | ✓     |         |         |         | MPL 2.0                  |
| [turboIRC][30]                                  |         |         |       |         | ✓       |         | ?                        |
| [WeeChat][31]                                   | ✓       | ✓       | ✓     |         |         | ✓       | GPLv3                    |
| [WinIRC][32]                                    | ✓       |         |       |         |         |         | MIT                      |
| [XChat][33]                                     | ✓       | [✓][34] | ✓     |         |         |         | Proprietary/GPLv2        |
| [Yaaic][35]                                     |         |         |       | ✓       |         |         | GPLv3                    |



1.  W = Wine emulation

 [1]: Bouncer.ZNC
 [2]: Bouncer.AdiIRC
 [3]: Bouncer.Adium
 [4]: Bouncer.AndroIRC
 [5]: Bouncer.Atomic
 [6]: Bouncer.Colloquy?action=edit
 [7]: Bouncer.Hexchat
 [8]: Bouncer.IRCForAndroid
 [9]: Bouncer.IRCCloud
 [10]: Bouncer.IRCCloudWeb
 [11]: Bouncer.IRCCloudAndroid
 [12]: Bouncer.IRCCloudiOS
 [13]: Bouncer.IceChat
 [14]: Bouncer.IrcEX
 [15]: Bouncer.Irssi
 [16]: Bouncer.Igloo
 [17]: Bouncer.KiwiIRC
 [18]: Bouncer.Konversation
 [19]: Bouncer.KVIrc
 [20]: Bouncer.Limechat
 [21]: Bouncer.Mibbit
 [22]: Bouncer.MIRC
 [23]: Bouncer.Pidgin
 [24]: Bouncer.Quassel
 [25]: Bouncer.RevolutionIRC
 [26]: Bouncer.SimpleIRC
 [27]: Bouncer.Smuxi
 [28]: Bouncer.Textual
 [29]: Bouncer.Thunderbird
 [30]: Bouncer.TurboIRC
 [31]: Bouncer.WeeChat
 [32]: Bouncer.WinIRC
 [33]: Bouncer.XChat
 [34]: Bouncer.XChatAzure
 [35]: Bouncer.Yaaic