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KVIrc

The Visual IRC Client

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KVIrc is a free, portable IRC client built on the Qt GUI toolkit. It provides an interface for connecting to and participating in IRC chat networks, and is developed by the KVIrc Development Team with contributions from IRC developers.

The project offers documentation, tutorials, keyboard shortcuts, themes, scripts, addons, and tools. It is available for download, with installation instructions and a bugtracking system for reporting issues. The client is distributed under a free license, and the project accepts donations.

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Ranked by how well each tool replaces KVIrc: shared features, audience, price and popularity.

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    Covers 2 of 14 key features.

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    Covers 4 of 14 key features.

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    Covers 1 of 14 key features.

    62 out of 100 match—

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    Covers 5 of 14 key features.

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    Covers 0 of 14 key features.

    60 out of 100 match—

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    Covers 0 of 14 key features.

    Free plan
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    Covers 0 of 14 key features.

    Free planOpen source
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    Covers 1 of 14 key features.

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    Covers 2 of 14 key features.

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