# IRC Bouncers

- Stay connected to IRC chat when your device is offline

- Play back missed messages when you connect

- Access unlimited IRC chat networks

- Get a DDoS-protected IP

It's free of charge running free software with real time support from IRCNow staff.

To get started with a free bouncer, connect to [#ircnow](ircs://irc.ircnow.org/) and `/join #ircnow`. See the channel topic, Then join one of team channel and then type `!bnc`


Here's how to [add a network on ZNC](/bouncer/ZNC).

||# Name ||# Windows ||# Mac ||# Linux ||# Android ||# iOS ||# Web ||# License ||

|| [AdiIRC](/bouncer/AdiIRC) || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || || || || Proprietary ||

|| [Adium](/bouncer/Adium) || || ✓ || || || || || GPLv2 ||

|| [AndroIRC](/bouncer/AndroIRC) || || || || ✓ || || || Proprietary ||

|| [Atomic](/bouncer/Atomic) || || || || ✓ || || || GPLv3 ||

|| [Colloquy](/bouncer/Colloquy) || || ✓ || || || ✓ || || GPL/BSD ||

|| [Hexchat](/bouncer/Hexchat) || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || || || || GPLv2 ||

|| [IRC for Android](/bouncer/IRC for Android) || || || || ✓ || || || ? ||

|| [IRCCloud](/bouncer/IRCCloud) [Web](/bouncer/IRCCloudWeb) [Android](/bouncer/IRCCloudAndroid) [iOS](/bouncer/IRCCloudiOS) || || || || [[✓](/bouncer/IRCCloudAndroid) || [[✓](/bouner/IRCCloudiOS) || [[✓](/bounce/IRCCloudWeb) || Apache 2.0 / Proprietary ||

|| [IceChat](/bouncer/IceChat) || ✓ || W || W || || || || GPLv2 ||

|| [ircEX](/bouncer/ircEX) || || || || || ✓  || || ? ||

|| [irssi](/bouncer/irssi) || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || || || || GPLv2 ||

|| [Igloo](/bouncer/Igloo) || || ✓ || || || ✓ || || Proprietary ||

|| [KiwiIRC](/bouncer/KiwiIRC) || || || || || || ✓ || Apache 2.0 ||

|| [Konversation](/bouncer/Konversation) || ✓ ||  || ✓ || || || || GPLv2 ||

|| [KVIrc](/bouncer/KVIrc) || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || || || || GPLv2 ||

|| [Limechat](/bouncer/Limechat) || || ✓ || || || ✓ || || GPLv2 ||

|| [Mibbit](/bouncer/Mibbit) || || || || || || ✓ || Proprietary ||

|| [mIRC](/bouncer/mIRC) || ✓ || W || W || || || || Proprietary ||

|| [Pidgin](/bouncer/Pidgin) || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || || || || GPLv2 ||

|| [Quassel](/bouncer/Quassel) || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || || GPLv2 ||

|| [Revolution IRC](/bouncer/RevolutionIRC) || || || || ✓ || || || GPLv3 ||

|| [SimpleIRC](/bouncer/SimpleIRC) || || || || ✓ || || || GPLv3 ||

|| [smuxi](/bouncer/smuxi) || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || || || || GPLv2 ||

|| [Textual](/bouncer/Textual) || || ✓ || || || || || Proprietary ||

|| [Thunderbird](/bouncer/Thunderbird) || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || || || || MPL 2.0 ||

|| [turboIRC](/bouncer/turboIRC) || || || || || ✓ || || ? ||

|| [WeeChat](/bouncer/WeeChat) || ✓ || ✓ || ✓ || || || ✓ || GPLv3 ||

|| [WinIRC](/bouncer/WinIRC) || ✓ || || || || || || MIT ||

|| [XChat](bouncer/XChat) || ✓ || [[✓](/bouncer/XChatAzure) || ✓ || || || || Proprietary/GPLv2 ||

|| [Yaaic](/bouncer/Yaaic) || || || || ✓ || || || GPLv3 ||

**Key**
W = Wine emulation