bIRC — A New Native IRC Client for Mac

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By John GruberJul 25, 2026, 11:39 am168 ptsTrending
For a long time the best native Mac IRC client was Textual, but although Textual still works, it’s been sunset by the author. Not to fear, however. Fredrik Blank just launched bIRC: Creating an IRC client in 2026 is not something that will pay the bills : ) It would be just for the joy of programming. But the…

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