Since I can not get to most questions and scripts until the end of my day I have set up a chat window on the rizon network. The room is called #PyCraft.
The actual server is irc.rizon.net
Direct weblink =
https://qchat.rizon.net/?channels=PyCraft
You can use a client to chat in it like
What is IRC?
In the simplest of terms, IRC is a network of chatrooms where each individual chatroom is called a
channel. Channels are hosted on
servers,
and each server maintains its own network of channels. Using an IRC
client, you can connect to a server and join the channels on that
server. By doing so, you’ll be able to chat with other users who have
connected to the same channels on those same servers.
IRC first arrived on the scene in 1988 and experienced its peak
popularity in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Prior to the current
prevalence of Internet forums and message boards, IRC was one of the
best ways to foster community and chat with people of similar interests.
Today, IRC is still running strong, though it tends to be used as
more of a supplement to web communities that have already been
established through websites and forums.
mIRC
mIRC was once the
best IRC client for Windows and still remains as one of the most
downloaded and most used clients today. Having been in development for
over a decade, this client is full of advanced features – like scripting
– that outshine its competitors.
The downside to mIRC is that it is shareware – it comes with a 30-day
free trial. When the trial runs out, you’ll still be able to use the
program, but you’ll need to put up with an annoying splash screen that
lasts for a few seconds every time you start up the program.
X-Chat
X-Chat was one of
the first real contenders to mIRC. Today, it is one of the most
well-known IRC clients on the web. The project is open source so not
only can X-Chat be used on Windows, it can be used on Linux, too.
Like mIRC, the original X-Chat has since become shareware with a
30-day free trial. Unlike mIRC, X-Chat cannot be used past the initial
30 days. If you aren’t willing to shell out the one-time registration
fee of $19.99, then you should look elsewhere.
If you like X-Chat and cannot afford to register it but wouldn’t mind
using an older, stripped-down version, you may want to look into
X-Chat 2. This is a free build of X-Chat for Windows meant to circumvent the shareware nature of its predecessor.
HydraIRC
HydraIRC is
an IRC client that was designed to make the whole IRC experience as easy
and painless as possible. Whereas IRC was once usable only by the
tech-literate, HydraIRC has constantly worked towards making IRC easy
for the newest beginners while still retaining the advanced settings
that power-users desire.
The client is free and open source and packed full of awesome
features, like themes, plugins, notifications, and reg-ex highlighting.
KVIrc
One of the oldest IRC clients around,
KVIrc
has been in development for over 10 years – and its feature set
reflects the time spent in development. In particular, this client has
extensive scripting support that allows for user customization. Unlike
most full-featured IRC clients, KVIrc is portable, meaning it can be
used without first having to install it. Run it straight off of a thumb
drive if you wish.
Since KVIrc is built on the Qt GUI toolkit, it is cross-platform. In
addition to running on Windows, KVIrc has official binaries for Mac,
FreeBSD, and certain flavors of Linux.
Nettalk
Coming out of Germany is
Nettalk,
a free and open source IRC client with a smart interface built on the
Windows standards. The default layout is simple and intuitive, allowing
beginner IRC users to grab hold of the reins quickly with ease.
One of the great things about Nettalk is its out-of-the-box support
for multiple languages – English, Spanish, Dutch, Russian, Chinese,
Hungarian and German. On top of that, it has many of the features that
IRC clients are now expected to have – plugin support, scripting
support, easy customization, and more.
Quassel
The developers describe
Quassel
as a modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client: modern, meaning
full of the features that you would expect from an IRC client today;
cross-platform, meaning available on Windows, Mac, and Linux;
distributed, meaning something that is uniquely awesome.
Quassel’s defining feature is its distributed nature. As a
distributed client, Quassel attaches and detaches itself from a central
core that runs permanently online. The core keeps track of your session,
so you can detach when you need to leave and reattach when you’re
available again – and you won’t have missed a single thing!
Quassel IRC is both free and open source.
ThrashIRC
Some might find
ThrashIRC to be overly prideful because the development team has self-proclaimed their client to be the “
best IRC client for Windows.” Whether or not that’s true is up to you to decide.
ThrashIRC comes equipped with all of the modern features expected of
an IRC client with a few extra bonuses. The best thing it has going for
itself is that it’s feature-filled while using very few system
resources. No adware, no spyware, and lots of stability.
But what’s their best feature? According to their website, ThrashIRC has the “best smileys.”
