HydraIRC [About]

HydraIRC is a completely new IRC client that makes IRC a joy to use. Previously IRC has been only for the computer literate but HydraIRC makes IRC accessible to everyone and provides enough features to keep even the most demanding power-user happy.

HydraIRC has been designed from the ground up using state of the art tools (Microsoft VS.Net 2003), the latest in super responsive un-bloated GUI toolkits (Windows Template Library) and with multiple server support designed in from the start.

HydraIRC lets you connect to as many IRC servers, channels and users on as many different networks as you like so you can chat away to your hearts content.

IRC networks not only provide a place for friends to gather, but can also provide some of the best and most timely technical support available. Example: Got a php coding question, then join irc://irc.freenode.net/php and ask away!

HydraIRC

HydraIRC is an open-source IRC client with an attractive and easy to use interface. It supports DCC Chat and File transfers, Connecting to Multiple IRC Servers, Docking/Floating Windows, DLL Plugins, Channel Monitoring, Message Logs, Logging, Output Themes, Color Schemes, Buddy Groups, Auto-Connect, One-Click Favorites and more. You can also set up audible notifications for chat events (e.g. when your buddies type something in a channel) and maintain multiple user identities.

HydraIRC is written in C++ using Microsoft Visual Studio .net, for it's GUI it uses Windows Template Library (WTL - which for the techbods out there, is basically just a C++ class wrapper of the Platform SDK). WTL is not bloated and slow like MFC is and requires no external DLL files. WTL is the best way to create lightning fast GUIs in C++. Other IRC clients out there have mainly been written using the ancient Platform SDK (mIRC), with Delphi and MFC which is slow (Bersirc, Klient), with horrible looking cross-platform GUI toolkits or skinning frameworks (savIRC, xChat, roxIRC, Trillian, etc) or look just downright UGLY (TurboIRC, Chocoa, Circle, Leafchat, etc). If you like how Windows looks and like your apps to look like all your other apps, then HydraIRC is for you!

HydraIRC was primarily written to fulfill my IRC client and finicky GUI style preferences, but it just became so good so quick everyone else wanted it too.

About IRC

IRC is an abbreviation of Internet Relay Chat.

IRC lets you talk to other users (or computers/scripts/bots) via way of a text-only interface. People from all over the world connect to IRC servers, some of these IRC servers are connected to each other and relay messages between the other servers. When several IRC servers are connected you have what is called an IRC Network. Any person connected to any IRC server on the same network can talk to other users connected to the same server or any other server on the same IRC network.

IRC servers have chat-rooms, otherwise known as channels. Each channel is devoted to a particular topic. users connect to a server and then join one or more channels. Channels are often written with a # symbol in front of them. For example, #HydraIRC is the HydraIRC official channel on the EFNet network.

HydraIRC lets you connect to as many servers and as many channels as your computer (and internet connection) can handle.

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