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Operating system support

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Features

1. ↑  Unconfirmed.
2. ↑  Planned for a later version according to http://chatzilla.hacksrus.com/faq/#dcc.
3. ^a b c  Planned for a later version. IPv6 support is marked finished, though not included yet.
4. ↑  As of version 20050921.
5. ↑  Needs the OpenSSL dlls. See http://www.mirc.co.uk/ssl.html. ( pre-compiled dlls can found at http://m00.cx/ssl/)
6. ↑  Wrapper plugin available at http://users.skynet.be/jaguar/mircv6.html.
7. ↑  Any language which supports DCOP may be used for Konversation scripting. Virtually any language can be made to support Konversation scripting by executing the command line "dcop" program.
8. ↑  PJIRC can be an applet or run in Application mode.
9. ↑  DCC is not always successful at this stage.
10. ↑  ssh for PJIRC is available via a plugin

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See also

• Internet Relay Chat
• List of IRC clients
• List of instant messaging clients
• Comparison of instant messaging clients