Open Source C IRC Clients for Windows

See https://pidgin.im/about/ for more information. Pidgin is an instant messaging program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. It runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems. Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, MXit, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It is written in C and makes heavy use of GLib and GTK+. Finch is a command line instant messaging program. It also lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat network simultaneously, and it is compatible with the same chat networks as Pidgin. It is written in C and makes heavy use of GLib and ncurses.

Miranda IM is an open source, multi-protocol instant messaging client designed to be very light on system resources, extremely fast and customizable. A powerful plugin-based architecture make Miranda IM one of the most flexible clients on the planet.

BitchX is an IRC client based on ircII/EPIC4. It includes many features that are usually relegated to scripts such as CDCC and flood protection -- you can just start it and go. Development was on hiatus for a while but is now resuming.

libircclient is a small but powerful library, which implements client-server IRC protocol. It has all features needed to create your own IRC client or bot, including multi-threading support, sync and async interfaces, CTCP/DCC support, colors, SSL connections and so on.

Miranda NG is a successor of a popular multi-protocol instant messaging client for Windows, Miranda IM. Very light on system resources and extremely fast. Supports Em-LAN Facebook, Gadu-Gadu, ICQ / MRA, IRC Internet Relay Chat, Jabber XMPP, MinecraftDynmap, Omegle, Sametime, SkypeWeb, Steam, Tox, Twitter, and VKontakte. Linux is not a natively supported operating system, but Miranda is known to run on Linux under Wine. PluginUpdater is responsible for keeping your Miranda up-to-date. It checks for updates for all installed plugins and other components like icon sets and langpack regularly (depending on its settings) and performs updating automatically.

Bot Sentry is a Pidgin (libpurple) plugin to prevent Instant Message (IM) spam. It allows you to ignore IMs unless the sender is in your Buddy List, the sender is in your Allow List, or the sender correctly answers a question you have predefined.

[ Please read https://sourceforge.net/p/darkbot/news/2014/01/darkbots-revitalization/ ] Darkbot is a portable IRC chat robot written in the C language that can be taught responses to user inquiries, and even have conversations with them. Darkbot was originally created by Jason Hamilton as an aid for help channels on Intenet Relay Chat.

X-Chat is an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) program for Linux and Windows.

A pidgin plugin that allows user to assign global hotkeys (e.g. Ctrl+Alt+g) for togglling buddy list and reading queued message. When "Toggle List" hotkey is enabled, it makes the buddy list hidden from your taskbar and task switcher (similar to ICQ).

AutoHome(Automatic Home Management System) to schedule Television,DVD,and any Infrared based devices(Roboraptor and RoboSapien)to work automatically.Can Send(transmit)/Recieve Remote Control Signals, launch EXE files in Computers/PC .It uses USBUIRT.

Eggdrop is the most advanced IRC robot available. It has been under development since December 1993, and unlike most other bots, it is still regularly updated.

Rich Features IRC Services, the project is resumed 2010

WinLop is a port of the linux version of Lopster to Windows. See lopster.sourceforge.net for more details.

Scripts and hub mods written to enhance OpenDCHub. The Hub-Security script filters unregistered users by country, and adds op commands and security features. Statistical and fun scripts are also available. Future development will shift towards ODCH mods

AMXBot is an irc bot mainly coded for QuakeNet but useable on other IRC networks, it is coded in C/C++ and use a script system called Small (same as AMXMod and AdminMod) very similar to C.

A varity of IRC related services from: SMSServ Anope Modules/Modified Anope(AbAnope) to Unreal Modules/Modified Unreal(AbUnreal) to an IRC based RPG with addon packs, and web items: AbBash & PeerWars irc.abducted.us #abducted - http://dev.abducted.us

Aetos is the most aesthetically correct IRC bot ever. It is a creation of a seriously overfeatured IRC Bot with (God beware) dynamic module support written in C. There are endless possibilities with this IRC automaton.

Anope Services are built off of the original Epona code written by Lara which is built off of IRC Services. These services have advanced the original Epona code and include new features such as Modules, Mysql, and Defcon Mode.

Anthro and Eminence's IRC client: An AJAX-based IRC client with a web service and server daemon.

Ariesbot, is an ircbot, which will be able of doing basic bot functions such as op/deop/kick/ban/moderate. Plus being able to Wu-Ftpd scans, cgi/php scans port scans, subnet scans and scan for vuln version of apache to nosejob.c.

Automated File Retrieval (AFR) is a plugin for X-Chat written in C. AFR is a queue-based file retrieval utility that can download files from many different types of file servers on IRC.

Ayttm is an instant messenger program, supporting various protocols such as MSN, Yahoo, AIM, Jabber, and more. It is the heir of the Everybuddy project, and aims to continue improving the program and addressing its shortcomings.

An automated IRC trivia bot. Features an advanced string matching algorithm designed to match answers phonetically.

An original bruteforce-based encryption/decryption system. BBE was originally conceived to chat with encrypted text on IRC. mIRC and X-Chat support BBE via script addon. BBE can also encrypt MIME encoded files. Blowfish encryption is currently supported.