* [Quassel IRC](http://quassel-irc.org/) - distributed IRC client, meaning that one (or multiple) client(s) can attach to and detach from a central core ([Source code](https://github.com/quassel/quassel)) `GPLv2``C++`
* [Shout](http://shout-irc.com/) - The self-hosted web IRC client ([Demo](http://demo.shout-irc.com/), [Source code](https://github.com/erming/shout)) `MIT``Nodejs`
* [Weechat](https://weechat.org/) - a fast, light and extensible chat client `GPLv3``C`
* [ZNC](http://wiki.znc.in/ZNC) - An advanced IRC bouncer `Apache``C++`