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