Srain is a modern IRC client written in GTK.
This is free and open source software.
Key Features
- RFC {1459,2812} compatible.
- Partial IRCv3 support.
- Multi-platform support (Linux, Windows, macOS and BSD).
- Act like modern IM client.
- Graphical user interface.
- Convenient connection panel.
- Interactive channel search.
- Forward message in one click.
- URL preview.
- Desktop notification.
- Special optimization for bridge/relay bot.
- Act like geek IRC client.
- Anything can be done via commands.
- Fine-grained configuration with hot update support.
- Regex based message render and filter mechanisms.
Website: github.com/SrainApp/srain
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Developer: Shengyu Zhang
License: GNU General Public License v3.0
Srain is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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