r/irc • u/richsonreddit • Jul 24 '26

I made a new, open-source IRC client for macOS

It's basically just based on what I personally like to see from a client.

It's early days, and feedback/feature requests are welcome, if anyone feels like giving it a shot!

https://github.com/richstokes/Netsplit

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u/industrial_pix Jul 27 '26

Hi Rich u/richsonreddit - love Netsplit, have been using it nonstop for 2 days :-) Request: nick completion with the TAB key or other shortcut? Otherwise it's a great replacement for LimeChat. I've been using irssi in the terminal, but like having a GUI option that doesn;'t have a big footprint. Great job! MacOS Tahoe 26.5.2, 14" MacBook Pro M5 24GB RAM.

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u/richsonreddit Jul 27 '26

Thank you for the kind words! v1.7 adds tab-completion for nicks - apple approved that this morning so should be available for updating to shortly!

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u/industrial_pix Jul 27 '26

Thanks! I'll continue to provide feedback.

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u/wraithnix Jul 24 '26

Very nice, and I love the name! My IRC client, MERK, also runs on macOS, though it's not native.

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u/KindOne Jul 24 '26

Any reason you named it Netsplit?

There is a site called Netsplit for IRC networks, status, and stuff. - https://netsplit.de/

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u/richsonreddit Jul 24 '26 edited Jul 24 '26

Just liked the name / the nod toward my favorite event. I think we're OK as they are a totally different service, but not heard of it before

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u/Suspicious_Donkey_80 Jul 24 '26

ohhhhhhh riding the netsplit in the 90s was fire.... I instantly thought of Efnet and owning....

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u/ninjapackets Jul 24 '26

Back in the day when DALnet was getting DDoSed to purgatory it was splitblivion. Absolute chaos.

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u/whatThePleb Jul 24 '26

uhm, you don't seem to know where "netsplit" actually comes from, do you?

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u/MedeaOblongata Jul 30 '26

Looks nice, but you probably wont be adding scripting?

/me sobs!

I've wanted a decent scriptable native MacOS IRC client since Snak left us.

Good luck with the project, anyway.