Good IRC clients for Android? reddit / irc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- aperson · 2015-12-28 04:44 I've been an andchat user since I've owned an android device. Today, I wanted to report a bug (the notification icon is a white square on marshmallow), but found out on andchat's website that it is no longer supported. That being said, are there any other Android IRC clients that are worth checking out? Open source preferred but not required. Also, the client should play nice with ZNC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TingPing · 2015-12-28 06:55 They are all pretty bad IMO. I have been running a personal fork of [hermes](https://github.com/numixproject/org.numixproject.hermes) for a while, it needs a lot of work though and I don't use IRC on my phone enough to be motivated to fix it up. The developer of [qicr](https://github.com/pfn/qicr) is rather active but i have never been a fan of it personally. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- aperson · 2015-12-28 08:28 Hermes looks nice. Is there a dark theme available? What changes have you made? Maybe hexchat needs an Android version :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TingPing · 2015-12-28 08:32 > Is there a dark theme available? Nope. > What changes have you made? Pretty minor things, I am not an Android dev really. I updated the SDK used and I ripped out all ads and tracking nonsense. I looked into making play nice with ZNC but it seems most of the FOSS clients use the same crappy IRC lib and I didn't feel like rewriting it. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- aperson · 2015-12-28 08:34 Well shit, I should have mentioned that I use ZNC. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Robin_H · 2015-12-28 10:39 Could you post a link to your fork? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sentriz · 2015-12-28 10:48 I run weechat on a Raspberry Pi in a screen session 24/7. I can connect to it from anywhere with the weechat android app. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- sim642 · 2015-12-28 10:52 The best IRC experience I've had on Android is running weechat on my PC and connecting to that with weechat-android. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TingPing · 2015-12-28 10:58 As I mentioned in another comment I have not done anything note-worthy though maybe someday I'll actually work on some features. https://github.com/TingPing/org.numixproject.hermes ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nucular_ · 2015-12-28 14:16 I use AtomicIRC since it's one of the few clients that are still being (more or less) actively developed: http://papertape.zaibatsutel.net/Atomic/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DRW_ · 2015-12-28 14:53 The best one is IRC cloud but that is tied to their subscription based bouncer service. I pay for it so I can connect it to my own znc instances, lol. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LocutusOfBorges · 2015-12-28 14:56 IRCCloud's the best, by a long way. There really is no competition. Unfortunately, ZNC support requires signing up for their subscription service. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- seiyria · 2015-12-28 16:32 The screenshots make it look old. Does it look more modern than that? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ftpguy · 2015-12-28 17:12 I pay the $5 a month for IRCCloud and it really is fantastic. I understand some will not want to pay regardless if they can or can't afford it, but if you are willing to I think it is worth it. The Android app is simply the best out of the several I have tried and the service is really great. It's nice to be able to go from app to the web app on a PC and pick up the conversation right were you left off. I don't use ZNC with it, although I have thought about setting it up as IRCCloud does have it's occasional bumps and it seems like that would be a nice backup to them. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- nucular_ · 2015-12-28 17:25 Yeah, those are outdated. It adopted some Material UI elements since. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- noeatnosleep · 2015-12-28 19:48 IRCCloud is the only option, even the free tier is better than anything else by ten times. You can even use your ZNC if you manually log in. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- noeatnosleep · 2015-12-28 19:48 I use a ZNC with irccloud by typing /quote pass user:password as soon as I connect. Works fine. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- BrowncoatShadow · 2015-12-28 20:39 I agree with /u/TingPing, it really is about choosing which client you hate the least. Every few months I take a peek and see if any new clients pop up, but I end up going back to using JuiceSSH to mosh into my bouncer and connect to irssi inside of tmux. It has it's downsides, mainly keyboard related, but it is the devil I know. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2015-12-29 13:35 [deleted] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -Pelvis- · 2015-12-29 13:45 What is your definition of "old"? (serious question) It looks great to me. Very minimal, good colours. Try it out and see for yourself! There are many colourschemes - it includes the series of "Base16" (basically, fancy colours for modern terminal hipsters). If you don't want to try them all out individually, the Base16 site offers quick previews. My favourite is "railscasts", but lots of people like "eighties". The default is a good classic high-contrast terminal look, and is the one I use, with a miniscule font and AMOLED dark mode (white on black). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- seiyria · 2015-12-29 13:51 Well, those look like froyo or around there. We're on marshmallow now. Not updating a UI in years for any reason is a sign that the project is falling way behind in some ways and that's a pretty big deterrent for me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -Pelvis- · 2015-12-29 14:00 Have you tried Atomic? I really like it, and I honestly can't think of anything I'd change about it. It's available through F-Droid (excellent FOSS package manager for Android if you've never heard of it). Nice colourschemes (I use the default, dark mode), lots of options, excellent performance even on underpowered devices. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -Pelvis- · 2015-12-29 14:24 > Not updating a UI in years The UI is great. Plenty of options for tweakers, very streamlined presentation. > sign that the project is falling way behind Err, nope. It was updated in July, and is actively developed. To me, it seems like more of a case of "if it ain't broke, don't fix it". It's an *IRC client*, it doesn't need to be on cutting edge of modern technology. It's fast, light, won't drain your battery, reconnects automatically, looks pretty with lots of colourscheme options, and just *works* -- on any device you install it on. It's available on F-Droid (an excellent Free and Open Source Android package manager, if you've never heard of it). If you want to, I'd be very interested to hear your thoughts about it after trying it out for a little while. I can't think of anything it's missing. `glhfttyl` ---------------------------------------------------------------------- seiyria · 2015-12-29 14:45 Okay, so you just ignored my point. I said first that it looked like it came from froyo (I'm using [these screenshots as reference](http://papertape.zaibatsutel.net/Atomic/screenshots.html)), though now that I look it has more of a holo look. Supposing it was froyo, then what I said is still true - froyo is years old. "The UI is great" is not a response nor answer that actually addresses my statement. I was not talking about when it was last updated, I neither looked more care(d). It doesn't matter if it's actively developed, if it's falling behind, it's falling behind. And like I said, if a UI is years out of date (which froyo would be) then that could actually be _detrimental_, because old UI is not necessarily the most performant code... which is why it gets updated. I actually avoided getting it _because_ it was on f-droid. I don't need another package manager. You seem to have a case of putting your hands over your ears and going 'lalalalala' so I'll leave it at that. `omgwtfbbq` ---------------------------------------------------------------------- -Pelvis- · 2015-12-29 15:00 > I actually avoided getting it *because* it was on f-droid. Well alright. We seem to have vastly different ideals. I'm looking for a no-nonsense client, preferably Free and Open-Source, that is fast and light and free of unnecessary cruft. In my opinion, Atomic meets all of these criteria. I think it looks great. I'm curious as to what you would consider an IRC client with modern UI -- what is your client of choice? > You seem to have a case of putting your hands over your ears and going 'lalalalala' so I'll leave it at that. I wasn't ignoring what you're saying -- perhaps there was miscommunication. Anyways, let's just agree to disagree, and let this be. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Neo_Oli · 2016-04-14 08:19 You can run weechat and irssi with [termux](https://termux.com/). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LohnS · 2022-03-22 03:27 Isn't the charm of IRC that it is retro? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- seiyria · 2022-03-22 03:51 Retro and not-updated are two different things. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LohnS · 2022-03-22 05:19 True!