Programs: messenger clients
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Messaging Services/Protocols
irc slack ssh-chat xmpp
giara mobile reddit client
IRC
Clients
irssi IRC client weechat IRC client hexchat gui IRC client polari gnome gui irc client (built on telepathy) empathy gnome gui irc client (built on telepathy) IRC Bouncers
znc login to znc, it stays logged into your session, ALWAYS Protocol Gateways
bitlbee XMPP etc to IRC biboumi IRC to XMPP
Slack
slack
XMPP
CLI
vimchat XMPP client GUI
pidgin skype