Colloquy2.4.3

macOS 10.13.6… It’s the beginning of the end. The IRC parts seem to work, but I can’t customize the channel styles anymore. If you click on a color, the color picker never appears. If you try to change the background image, the dialog box never appears. I suppose I could try finding a .plist somewhere and editing the values manually, but that’s a chore.

macOS 10.13.6… It’s the beginning of the end. The IRC parts seem to work, but I can’t customize the channel styles anymore. If you click on a color, the color picker never appears. If you try to change the background image, the dialog box never appears. I suppose I could try finding a .plist somewhere and editing the values manually, but that’s a chore.

Linkinus seems to have gone away and Colloquy would be a good replacement but it downloads epub and mobi formats as garbage. Unless I am missing something.

"iTunes got an error: Can't get class of file track id XXXXX of user playlist id XXXXX of source id XXXXX." Their bug tracker is dead, Trac considered very 00's, time to upgrade. Get that shit up at Github or something, seriously.

I've been a big fan of Colloquy for some time, it's always been a far more polished product than its competitors. Sadly, since switching to Mavericks it's been highly unstable and the developers behind Colloquy aren't known for their updates. Time to find an alternative :-(

I really love this application but you would think that after all of these years of non-functioning search and find features that they would either fix them or remove them from the interface. I thought there was something wrong with my computer until I saw all of the complaints and tickets on the developer's site. Kind of disappointing as search/find are kind of important for an IRC client that can store thousands of lines of text. Everything else is great, it's easy on the eyes, works well, and is stable.

Good stuff, recommended, happy camper. Why not distribute through Apple App Store? :)

I have SNAK but this is a very nice and reliable Irc application. It seems smooth and is supported by SMUG.It is a rather simple IRC client and is easy for beginners to use.

Please note that the 2.4 update is Lion only. You can still download 2.3 on the developers homepage if you still have refused to downgrade from Snow Leopard to Lion.

Long-standing bugs remain unfixed, leaving Growl broken since 2009 and closing windows extremely buggy and unreliable. Developers are rude to users contacting them. Project is essentially abandoned. I would look for an alternative.

I've long been using the IRC prog in the SeaMonkey browser package to access my favourite trivia quiz - irc-//dalnet/#trivia But no more since I discovered Colloquy. For the non-nerd user such as I this is just perfect, I love it. Its ease of use has opened up the world of IRC for me. Thanks very much!

I was a die hard X Chat Aqua user after years of using BitchX in UNIX. I tried Colloquy when it first came out and -- first whatever reason, didn't like it. It seems to have matured since then and merged the classic IRC interface with a genuinely Mac feel. It's become my default IRC client now, and I suspect it uses less resources than X Chat Aqua did.

This is, for me, the only usable free IRC client on the mac. It's like the Safari of IRC clients, completely native and at home on the OS, where-as others feel like poorly done translations. It's had its share of bugs and stability problems in the past, but the current versions have been smooth sailing for me for a while now. There's always room for improvement in most any software. I give it 4/5, definitely in the best of its class.

This application is amazing, the price can't be beat, and it's packed with cool features. Low on memory usage too, the "automate" on connect has always proven very useful for me. Also the stability has always been rock solid for me. Thank you for this, and keep up the good work. _NG

Stability in the current version is gone. if system looses network connectivity the application crashes. Also private messages are no longer opening a new tab. Having to resort back to older build.

Stability in the current version is gone. if system looses network connectivity the application crashes. Also private messages are no longer opening a new tab. Having to resort back to older build.

Use it daily, still my favorite IRC client!

I take it back -- This doesn't even deserve three starts. Just had to trash my prefs because Colloquy keeps crashing on launch. SILC support is barely functional. Buddy lists don't work right. Iconography in the Connections window is insane... I still have no idea how to tell if something is connecting or not. What on earth is the lightning bolt arrow supposed to mean? Garbage garbage garbage! I'm going back to irssi.

Colloquy is a mixed bag. On the plus side, it looks nice, works nice (mostly) once you have it set up, and most importantly for me, it has SILC support. Unfortunately, it has a number of issues. Appearance preferences usually do not update unless you restart the app. There's a bug in tab handling if you use the tabbed window mode (dragging a new tab to the left side jumps it to the right). It crashes on me once a day or so. It doesn't give much indication of how a connection attempt is going, especially on startup. It keeps creating a transcripts folder even though I have logging disabled. Etc etc... If you need SILC, this is definitely your best bet as nothing else exists beyond irssi-silc or gaim. If you don't need it, well... it is still probably your best bet. Just get used to the annoyances. It's a shame there isn't a more solid IRC client for the Mac. I'd happy pay $15-25 for one if there was.

It looks nice, and is easy enough. But it is so slow... When I write the application hang for like 5-6 seconds, maybe like one or two times each minute. Not good enough, totally useless for me.

The app is nice, though it should be easier to switch views (tab-based view, drawer-based view, etc). However, what is a problem is the amount of cpu-cycles this puppy draws. In Activity Monitor it jumps up and down, crossing the 65% level (on a 2GHz Core Duo)! Come on, that's an IRC app (and I am talking about being connected to _one_ server, and _four_ channels at a time; not like 20 servers, and 80 channels). Bottom line: this app warms up my Macbook Pro more than Safari under heavy use; comparable to Aperture preparing some slideshow-previews, or stuff. I dont think that's acceptable.

The best looking, most mac-like IRC client available for OSX. I love the customisability of Colloquoy. There are some nice themes from Adium that would look good in IRC. Some features I would like to see in the next version. -fserve support, !triggers and stuff. -handle the user list in a draw like Conversation with the Sidebar Window interface. -set colour of your name. (maybe you can do this already?) -Fix file transfer. If you clear a finished transfer, the feedback of the remaining downloads stops updating even though the file is still DL. If you want to refresh you have to keep clicking the clear button. Otherwise it is a pleasure to use.

I love this app! Keep up the good work.

Pretty good, still a bit rough around the edges. For example, it slowed to a crawl and eventually crashed when I was in a room of 200+ users. But definitely one of the best free IRC clients for OS X.

the dcc section is since the tiger-version totally corrupted! continued files dont work after finish!!!

best irc client ever! but i miss an option to auto continiue!

Seems tolerably fast now. This is certainly nicer looking than MacIrssi, but I'll likely be switching back once/if that's fixed for Tiger

If you're using 10.4, you'll probably run into crappy problems that are only fixed by repeatedly deleting preferences. The nightlies work correctly on 10.4. Get it here: http://www.colloquy.info/downloads/nightly.zip It does have a lingering bug with certain applescripts, but seems otherwise okay.

Great. Finally a easy to use, clear, clean and simple irc client. Yesss!!

Very, very well done. That says it all...

fast,sleek,efficient, best irc client i've ever tried.

Best IRC and SILC client for the platform. And the only one that looks like it belongs on the platform. Developer: good job.

so where is the Jaguar version 1 ??

In time, this will be the application all other IRC-Clients are measured against - on any platform. I have been grabbing the nightly builds of this app for a while now, and are pleased to see it is being actively developed. The way it takes advantage of core osx technologies should be an inspiration for all developers out there - from the usage of Growl notification-bezels to the styling by xslt/css. The applescript-library of this app is huuge. While some IRC poweruser might still find it a bit lacking in a few areas, i think this one deserves the 5 stars in all areas. Last but not least, it is open source, so you can checkout the code by SVN your self if you think you can contribute.

in lager rooms colloguy is extreamly slow... uselessly in lage rooms

I don't know what happens to this application, but now is extremely low, after using it a few minutes. Hope the authors fix this problem. All other things are fine.

Best one out there. thanks for not forgetting about 10.2 users

Looks to be shaping up nicely, and I recommend it to any OS X user new to IRC, but it's still lacking in a few important respects, enough to still seem a bit too 'basic' to those who've been using IRC for years. Make scripting a wee bit easier, have better online documentation (especially where scripting is concerned), and better integrate server-consoles (currently, they don't follow the themes one uses, and they also seem to lack certain things I consider vital, like ping-times and notification on reception of ping.) For now, I'm sticking with X-Chat Aqua, but I can see myself switching to Colloquy when the time comes.

I think this is the best IRC client out there by far. Its user interface is simply sexy and all the commands are intuitive. Keep up the good work!

Damn nifty IRC client... Good to see the speed improvements, since that is/was the main thing keeping me using MacIrssi.

Very nice client! Easy to use, lots of options, and very nice interface! I used X-Chat Aqua before, and I recommend this software over X-Chat Aqua. The price is also very nice. ;)

I've been using IRC for years and years, and more years. Before I "switched" to Mac a year and a half ago, I had always used Xircon for IRC. I always liked the feel of it more than mIRC and others. Once I started using OS X, I found that X-Chat was very similar to Xircon, so I stuck with that. I had seen Colloquy around the 'net a few times, but I always ignored it, figuring I'd feel the same way about it that I felt about mIRC during my Windows days. I finally decided to try out the nightly build of it out of pure curiosity. Well, I'm a changed man. Thanks to its extreme level of customization, I was able to get it working and looking exactly the way I wanted. Once I felt comfortable using it, I started discovering how unique of an IRC client it truly is. From the buddy list to the alerts to the CSS/XSLT based customization, Colloquy is amazing. It's not just the best IRC application I've used, but it's one of the best applications I've seen on OS X period. That's saying a lot. To top it all off, it's free and open-source. I can't thank the developers enough for working so hard to create Colloquy. It's amazing as is, and I can't wait to see how it continues to evolve. They'll definitely see a donation from me soon! Make sure to grab the newest nightly build ( http://colloquy.info/downloads/nightly.zip ) and some third-party styles for it ( http://colloquy.info/community/index.php?ColloquyStyles )!

Colloquy is great, but after a while, whenever I press "Connect", the icon just grays out, and then does nothing...

IP's and server messages can be shown by opening the console window, and you can highlight the topic by "Get Info"-ing on a channel. :)

Colloquy is a great program; however 2B101 is a somewhat old build and missing a lot of features. Get the latest build at http:/​​/​​colloquy.info/​​downloads/​​nightly.zip instead.

Good stuff, xenon :-)

Can not disable the join «who is»... Mega flooding

My favourite client in terms of ease of use. Has nice features, but also sorely lacks others. Is more aimed at a newer IRC user. My bad points: Lacks support for many irc commands, does not allow topic text to be selected, doesn't show IPs or other server messages. Multiple chat windows can get cluttersome.

other than lack of dcc chat, this works just fine. But the DCC chat thing is kind of frustrating.

Great Design, a little lacking in features.