KVIrc
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KVIrc is a graphical IRC client for Linux, Unix, Mac OS and Windows. The name is an acronym of K Visual IRC in which the K stands for a dependency to KDE, which became optional from version 2.0.0. The software is based on the Qt framework and its code is released under a modified GNU General Public License.
KVIrc is a graphical IRC client for Linux, Unix, Mac OS and Windows. The name is an acronym of K Visual IRC in which the K stands for a dependency to KDE, which became optional from version 2.0.0. The software is based on the Qt framework and its code is released under a modified GNU General Public License.
Development
Szymon Stefanek began the development of KVIrc in 1998 and released the first public version in 19991. The software had a strict dependency on the KDE libraries and was available only on the Linux operating system. The interest of the free software community grew quickly, the client was included in several Linux distributions, and additional developers joined the project, forming the informal KVIrc Development Team. Since the KDE libraries were still in an early development stage, their interface was changing very frequently and it became hard for the developers to follow them. Moreover, there was strong interest in porting KVIrc to Windows, where KDE wasn't available. As a response, the strict dependency on KDELibs was gradually weakened and, in version 2.0.0, officially dropped. Partial KDE integration is still available as a compile-time option. KVIrc 3.0.0 was released in 20041 with the support for Linux and Windows platforms. A preliminary Mac OS port followed in the same year. As of July 2025, the latest stable release is 5.2.8 Quasar.
Distribution
KVIrc is included in these Linux distributions: Ubuntu, Debian, Gentoo Linux, Arch Linux, OpenSUSE, Mageia and Red Hat Enterprise Linux/Fedora. Other Linux systems are supported via community-contributed binary packages and build scripts. KVIrc is also available for Microsoft Windows 2000 / XP / Vista / 7, Mac OS X and FreeBSD.
See also
Comparison of Internet Relay Chat clients
Notes
References
Further reading
External links
Official Russian site Portable KVIrc, a version of KVIrc suitable for portable storage devices
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