Which IRC client on Android *phone*?
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sandys1 · 2014-05-31 08:47

hi guys,
I know this question crops up ever so frequently, but wanted to get an
idea on what clients people are using here on an Android *phone* as
opposed to a tablet (which most apps seem to be designed for).

My current app is HoloIRC (which incidentally is fully [open
source](https://github.com/tilal6991/HoloIRC) ).

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bobdle · 2014-05-31 13:05

Not really updated anymore but still works:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=net.andchat

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[deleted] · 2014-05-31 13:15

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jonathanrp · 2014-05-31 19:27

I'm using irccloud.  It's a subscription service that gives you a
bouncer and a client in one,  but it works very well on my phone!

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austindkelly · 2014-05-31 19:56

Same here. Works well on tables and iOS as well.

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m1ss1ontomars2k4 · 2014-06-01 04:49

AndChat.

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indrora · 2014-06-06 07:01

Shameless plug, I forked yaaic a while ago and started
[Atomic](https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdid=indrora.atomic)
([GitHub](https://indrora.github.io/Atomic) site). I started it
because HoloIRC had longstanding issues with Gingerbread devices,
andChat was a little too cluttered, and yaaic was the one I liked the
most but had some of the features I was looking for.

It's not currently on the Android store (Mostly because I lack the
capital to get it there) but It's as FOSS as I can make it.

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sandys1 · 2014-06-07 06:59

one suggestion - could you put up some screenshots please.

And also, why not Play Store - I dont think it costs you any money for
the approval process as long you get the quality right.

In fact for a lot of us, we prefer the app store simply because we are
sure that someone has taken a look at it (though installation does ask
for permissions.. but who has time to look through those!)

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indrora · 2014-06-07 17:28

The fee is $25 for registration (see [this google
article](https://support.google.com/googleplay/android-
developer/answer/113468?hl=en) for details)

Screenshots are coming. School takes up a very high priority right now
for me.

I also chose F-Droid as my first place to put things since it was a)
easily available and b) has a fairly high standard. Malicous apps are
quickly found given that they must be under a FOSS license. They
barely made an exception for the Support Library (since Google
released some of the source).

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XavierNite · 2014-11-12 15:01

I have used AndroIRC for a few years now, it's been great to me & I
love it <3.