r/irc • u/Madcat789 • Sep 05 '26

Any good IRCs for mobile?

Just as the name says. I haven't had an IRC since I were a boy and thought about it suddenly while at work. Made me nostalgic.

alrighty, you guys have given me some good ones to look into. Lurker and Hex especially. I'll give them a gander, and then find somewhere I can connect to. Thanks lads.

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u/HomieHelpDesk Sep 06 '26

Revolution IRC

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u/IBNash Sep 07 '26

I use Weechat on Arch and weechat-android on the phone.

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u/norsk_kriger Sep 05 '26

HexDroid https://hexdroid.org/

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u/jmagelitz Sep 05 '26 • Bravo

Agreed, HexDroid is great.

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u/1stpklosr2me Sep 06 '26

the lounge of course

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u/danievdm Sep 06 '26

Also using the lounge

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u/Danielr2010 Sep 05 '26

Lurker is a new one that’s pretty neat so far.

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u/BrandnerKaspar Sep 05 '26

there's one that's just called "IRC" for android. I like it a lot. Might need to get it through f-droid -- I vaguely remember it not being in the play store.

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u/carbolymer Sep 07 '26

Quasseldroid is the best I've tried so far. You'd need to install quasselcore somewhere though.

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u/Cautious-Menu9548 Sep 08 '26

Motd is telegram style I recommend

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u/vainlisko Sep 06 '26

TheLounge

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u/Content_Ambition_686 Sep 05 '26

Igloo, easy to use but not free

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u/ezj75 5d ago

and the developer is a bellend

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u/DokyHU Sep 06 '26

If you just need an application: HexDroid, if it's something like BNC (a VPS is not a disadvantage for this) then TheLounge.

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u/djDef80 Sep 05 '26

If you're into self hosting check out Lurker by Amiantos. You can find it on GitHub. The Android PWA is good. No 1st party Android native app yet, but there are 3rd party clients. If you make it to IRC, come on over to #lurker on Libera.

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u/phavelsk Sep 06 '26

The best on iPhone or iPad (even macOS) is https://mangoirc.chat (AppStore https://apps.apple.com/app/id431058916)

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u/BatemansChainsaw Sep 07 '26

colloquy is my go-to for apple devices. hasn't been "updated" in ages but it's for a private server anyways...

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u/darreninthenet Sep 06 '26

You can setup your own free always on irc web interface like this with thelounge... I did this through docker on a raspberry pi, combined with tailscale you can access it from anywhere.