Are there any free open source IRC clients for iOS? reddit / irc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2019-09-14 00:32 First time posting here so sorry if this isn’t allowed. I’m looking for an open source IRC client for iOS that I could download for free. The only open source IRC client I can find is LimeChat but it isn’t free, it costs around $7. Are there any free alternatives that are open source? If not, what’s the next best thing? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- clem16 · 2019-09-14 01:09 The two IRC clients I use for iOS are Palaver and Mutter. I’m not sure if I paid for them or not, I think I might have. Mutter is no longer in development, they’ve thrown in the towel it seems. It was my favourite for a long time. I’ve started to transition over to Palaver again. I believe, don’t quote me on this, that Palaver is developed by the same team that does the ZNC bouncer, which I also use. Both work nicely with the bouncer. Personally I recommend just grabbing Palaver. Even if it cost a bit, not sure if it does or not. I’m not aware of anything in the free category that stacks up to it, I’ve found it’s stable, has a decent feature set, lacks garbage adds, and just works. That’s what I look for in an app. Side note rant here, if I install an app that’s bundled with adds, it gets deinstalled immediately, and I look for alternatives. This is just how I operate IRC on the iOS. Something else I’ve been experimenting with is riot.im that runs on matrix if you want to go open source open protocol. You can get bridges into some of the main IRC networks with it, or probably any network if you run your own matrix home server. I’ve just started experimenting with it, and it’s a bit more complicated for a new user to tackle and understand what’s going on with bridges etc especially if they are new to IRC. For what it’s worth that’s just my 2c on the subject. PS. For a desktop client I use irssi on all my servers, and on windows I run Windows subsystem for Linux with Debian, and inside that I run irssi. Actually works quite well and standardizes the client across platforms. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-09-14 04:42 There are no open source iOS clients. Mutter is dead and palaver is very meh. I'm the developer of igloo and although it is a paid app, you may be able to get on the testflight which gets you the app for free (if there's slots available) you can try at beta.iglooirc.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LtWorf_ · 2019-09-14 07:44 Free/libre software is kinda different than gratis. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-09-14 13:48 I mean, this guy specifically mentions he doesn't wanna pay, I gave him a way to get a client for free. You're an idiot. You think he's just not gonna IRC on his phone because nothing is open source? Moron. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- OMGItsCheezWTF · 2019-09-14 14:49 I mean, yeah, lots of people explicitly do avoid non-free software. I am indifferent to open source myself (but I explicitly hate the GPL and its various flavours, v3, LGPL etc), but to lots of people it's a big deal. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-09-14 14:59 Yeah I don't get those open source people. Seems like just a manifestation of OCD imo. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- frumious · 2019-09-14 20:09 LimeChat is Free Software (GPL2). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DeathProgramming · 2019-09-14 20:59 No, they said quite literally "an open source IRC client for IOS that I could download for free". It's not that it's a free client, it's that it's an open source client. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-09-14 21:01 >If not, what’s the next best thing? Did you forget about this part? There is no open source IRC client for iOS and there is also no free IRC client for iOS, so since Igloo is the #1 result for IRC on the iOS app store with more users than any other client and has the most features, I think it's the next best thing. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-09-14 22:32 Wrong. Limechat on Mac is. Limechat in iOS is not. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2019-09-14 22:53 Interesting, I thought LimeChat for iOS was open source too. So there’s really no open source client? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-09-14 22:53 Nope. No free either. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LtWorf_ · 2019-09-14 23:10 What part of "open soruce" can't you understand? Are you a retard? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-09-14 23:11 There isn't an open source client. What part don't you understand about that? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LtWorf_ · 2019-09-14 23:11 Not like the entire world runs on FOSS software… Safari is a fork of the KDE browser for example. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-09-14 23:21 And if that didn't exist, they would've just made their own. This whole mindset that FOSS runs the world is a joke. Software happens even if FOSS shit to steal doesn't exist. FOSS is purely just a way for people to half ass shit and blame other people for bugs. Maybe that's not what it's supposed to be, but that's what it is. Another thing to think about is the fact that people working on projects that's are just forks of other projects get paid significantly less money so open source literally hurts income for developers and puts more money in companies pockets. Yet you kids stand behind it like it benefits you in any way lol ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LtWorf_ · 2019-09-14 23:28 It does benefit me. Before rms began making a FOSS compiler (which is now THE compiler) I'd have needed to shell out some serious money to have a compiler. Of course once that was available, the commercial ones had to change model because they couldn't charge a lot of money for something that people could have for free. [Long stuff of events happening] Me developing my own smart home stuff rather than having to pay a lot of money to apple for it. Advantages for everyone are quite obvious and direct. There is a lack of free software for ios because of it requiring so much money to develop on, that nobody is willing to make the initial investment if they don't have a solid business plan. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-09-14 23:40 That just doesn't make any sense. I developed Igloo IRC on my MacBook working just a few hours a day for about a month before it went live on the App Store. The reason it costs so much money to hire developers to make software is because there are so many people that call themselves developers these days just because they know a few git commands and can clone some open source shit and change the name. It gives people that actually develop their own shit more leverage to ask for way more money, and also gives them a good way to show that they deserve it over the others just by showing all the shitty stolen code the other applicants push. That's also not the reason there's less free software on the iOS App Store. The real reason is because the iOS App Store makes 2x the amount of money as an app on the Android Play Store while getting 1/2 the amount of downloads. Apple users pay for things, and Android users generally don't. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LtWorf_ · 2019-09-15 08:21 So instead you promote your own software? Much usefulness! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2019-09-15 09:06 [removed] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LtWorf_ · 2019-09-15 09:08 The next best thing is not post. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2019-09-15 09:16 [removed] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2019-09-15 09:26 [removed] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LtWorf_ · 2019-09-15 09:42 Wow a thing I did as a teenager when learning how to code! Do you also tell 6yrs old kids that their drawings are shit? :D :D :D :D Get a life man :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LtWorf_ · 2019-09-15 09:44 > His goal is to use IRC on his phone without paying for an app I mean, he did write "open source" but since you're a complete idiot, you can't fully comprehend what you read. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-09-15 09:47 I'm not sure how you still don't comprehend what "or the next best thing means". It means anything else that doesn't meet the previous requirements. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LtWorf_ · 2019-09-15 09:52 Just so happened to be your awesome client that is doing so well that you want to get rid of it :D :D :D ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-09-15 09:58 My client makes money and also has a shit load of users and the number one result on the App Store for IRC. It's the shitty IRC community I hate full of FOSS morons that praise Richard Stallman. I could sit back and keep collecting money without developing it anymore but I don't want to be associated with the shithole that IRC is turning into. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LtWorf_ · 2019-09-15 10:17 If it did make money you wouldn't be selling it. Nobody is so idiotic. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-09-15 10:22 Again, I'm selling it because I hate the community. It does make money, and I make plenty of money elsewhere, so I don't need it? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LtWorf_ · 2019-09-15 10:34 Again, you're a liar. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-09-15 10:39 Think what you want. Thanks for the compliment. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- LtWorf_ · 2019-09-15 10:42 You've been insulting me and now get pissy about "liar"? Too bad you can't see the irony. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-09-15 10:49 Not sure what you're saying I'm pissy about? I'm obviously not showing you financial data and it's nearly 7am. A little past my bedtime. Ciao. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ItsGlobalWarmingTime · 2019-09-15 11:05 Your ego bruised, bud? This is exactly why nobody believes a single thing you say, you take things too far every single time. You can't have a minor argument on the internet without doxxing or posting pictures of the person you disagree with. Your argument game is weak. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- eskimo_dev · 2019-09-15 11:14 Lol @ making a new account just to say that. I don't care what people believe. It's just funny that people don't believe me at times cause I'm honest about everything always heh. Everything I say can be proven, it's just a matter of if I care enough or want to reveal exact data to do so.