IRC Clients
Personally I used to use Pidgin, but since I moved my XMPP to Gajim because of OMEMO I have no need to stay tied to it necessarily. So I'm looking to expand my horizons, and I figured here's as good a place as any to start a discussion about Linux IRC clients.
What do y'all use? Terminal, GUI, both?
Circe, because why would you ever want to leave Emacs
WeeChat was my go-to, years ago.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/WeeChat
I'm curious what keeps you on IRC and stops you migrating to Matrix?
I'm guessing it's because IRC is proven, robust, simple, and has established communities. It's also extensible and can be run on anonymous networks like i2p
I use a GUI, selfhosted and web based instance of The Lounge. Ive been using it for a few years now and its wonderfull. I can be connected at all times without leaving my laptop on. Before that i used Hexchat, dIRC (was a wonderful client for windows, so mist have been around 2000) and mIRC, which i think is still one of the biggest clients.
Try HexChat 😉.