Portable IRC Client reddit / irc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mordynak · 2015-08-10 16:25 Evening all. As the title suggests, I am looking for a portable IRC client that is actively being developed. Preferably OpenSource, not share ware or any of that crap. Big fan of Quassel for various reasons, the main one is being able to use multiple identities. (Go by different names in different communities) But afaik Quassel can't be run portable. ChatZilla and mIRC are really not what I'm after, before anyone suggests either of them XD Cheers all, much appreciated! EDIT: Needs to run on windows! XD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MuffinMedic · 2015-08-10 17:19 [HexChat](http://hexchat.github.io) is open source and portable, active development with frequent updates. Very powerful client with a large user base and thousands of scripts to extend it. Runs portable "out of the box." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- wmcscrooge · 2015-08-10 17:58 not out of the box i think. you need to check the checkmark at installation to make sure it installs portably and you need to set the installation directory to your flash drive or whatever you wanted. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DStoo · 2015-08-10 20:09 [Atomic](http://indrora.github.io/Atomic/). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mordynak · 2015-08-10 20:42 ha. Not that kind of portable. But thanks nonetheless. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mordynak · 2015-08-10 20:43 Is HexChat able to have multiple usernames? If not I guess I could just create a separate folder for each, but that's hardly ideal. Cheers! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DStoo · 2015-08-10 20:44 http://portableapps.com/apps/internet/pidgin_portable Or personally a VPS + SSH. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mordynak · 2015-08-10 20:45 Not found a way to make it portable yet. It just installs in program files. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mordynak · 2015-08-10 20:49 Really not a fan of Pidgin. Let alone a third party edition. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- wmcscrooge · 2015-08-10 20:56 [this link](http://hexchat.readthedocs.org/en/latest/settings.html) is the official (well semi-official instructions for it). Hit the checkmark to make it portable and set the installation directory somewhere else. If you can't and it installs it in the program files, just copy/paste the files to your flash drive ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sentriz · 2015-08-10 21:02 If you mean per network nicks, yes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mordynak · 2015-08-10 21:20 I see no check mark on installation. Just an agreement, then the install location, then the components. EDIT: Ugh... its AFTER the components choice. Sorry Thank you! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- wmcscrooge · 2015-08-10 21:36 hey no problem, the only reason i was so confident was cause i reinstalled it on a computer a couple days ago. You were definitely making me doubt myself there though lol. Glad it worked out for you though! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mordynak · 2015-08-11 07:00 Hmm.. Not sure what I think to HexChat. Its 18mb in size, compared to a mere 940kb of AdiIRC. Can't see why its so big in comparison. TBH... HexChat is a LOT nicer to use. Spellchecker, nice network manager, single window interface. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- predatorian3 · 2015-08-11 13:17 KiwiIRC is "portable"-ish. You would set it up on a web server or some kind of server, then access it through your web browser. Otherwise, you can sign up on their web site, and use their browser based IRC client. Its based on NodeJS and JavaScript, so you can modify it if you want and do pull requests. https://kiwiirc.com/ Then there are a bunch of web based IRC sites for Freenode, and most major networks. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MuffinMedic · 2015-08-14 01:24 Can you elaborate on what you mean by "multiple usernames"? As /u/sentriz said, the client supports having a few for each network, but you can only use 1 at a time... You can't have nick1 in #channel1 and nick2 in #channel2... Nicks are network-wide. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mordynak · 2015-08-25 19:28 Been using HexChat for a bit now. You can ave multiple usernames on a single channel. If you don't use global username, duplicate the network and change the nickname settings. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Mordynak · 2015-08-25 19:29 Gone with HexChat. It seems the most suited to my needs and works pretty damn well. Cheers anyway! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MuffinMedic · 2015-08-25 19:52 You can set multiple usernames for a single channel, but you can only use 1 at a time. For any given connection an IRC network, only 1 nick can be used network wide at a time.