Bouncer /
IRC Bouncers
- helps you stay connected to IRC chat when your device are offline
- plays back missed messages when you connect
- access to unlimited IRC chat networks available (and also Telegram or Discord)
- provides a DDoS protected IP for your IRC chat needs, with high uptime
- free of charge, with free software
- real time support from IRCNow over live chat
We currently offer ZNC and psyBNC.
To get started with a free bouncer, connect to ircs://irc.ircnow.org/ and /join #ircnow. Then, type !bnc for a free bouncer.
Here's how to add a network on ZNC.
Name | Windows | Mac | Linux | Android | iOS | Web | License |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
AdiIRC | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Proprietary | |||
Adium | ✓ | GPL | |||||
AndroIRC | ✓ | Proprietary | |||||
Atomic | ✓ | GPLv3 | |||||
Colloquy? | ✓ | ✓ | GPL/BSD | ||||
Hexchat | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 | |||
HydraIRC? | ? | ||||||
IRC for Android | ✓ | ? | |||||
IRCCloud Web Android iOS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Apache 2.0 / Proprietary | |||
IceChat | ✓ | W | W | GPLv2 | |||
ircEX | ✓ | ? | |||||
irssi | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 | |||
Igloo | ✓ | ✓ | Proprietary | ||||
KVIrc | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 | |||
KiwiIRC | ✓ | Apache 2.0 | |||||
Limechat | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 | ||||
Mibbit | ✓ | Proprietary | |||||
mIRC | ✓ | W | W | Proprietary | |||
nettalk? | ? | ||||||
Pidgin | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 | |||
Quassel | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 | |
qwebirc? | ✓ | ? | |||||
Revolution IRC | ✓ | GPLv3 | |||||
SimpleIRC | ✓ | GPLv3 | |||||
smuxi | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv2 | |||
Textual | ✓ | Proprietary | |||||
Thunderbird | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | MPL 2.0 | |||
turboIRC | ✓ | ? | |||||
WeeChat | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | GPLv3 | ||
Yaaic | ✓ | GPLv3 | |||||
XChat | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | Proprietary/GPL |
- W = Wine emulation