DMDircthe intelligent IRC client
Introducing DMDirc
DMDirc is a cross-platform IRC client written in Java. Its features include:
Free as in speech
The DMDirc source code is available for anyone to download and modify
Free as in beer
DMDirc doesn't and will never cost anything to download or use
Actions system
Execute commands when certain events happen, without using a scripting language
Easily extendible
Support for plugins, themes and packs of actions to easily extend and customise the client
Colourful chat
Support for both mIRC and hex colours, as well as bold, italics and more
Cross platform
Works on Windows, Linux and OS X — anywhere that can run Java!
Intelligent behaviour
Intelligent tab completion and link detection makes life easier
And much more…
This isn't all! Why not try DMDirc to see what it can do?
Latest news: DMDirc 0.6
Edit: It was recently brought to our attention that the OS X version previously released contained a bug that prevented the client from starting. This bug has now been fixed in the version available from Google code, we urge OS X users who previously downloaded and tried to use this version of DMDirc to try again with the fixed version.
After a long period of testing we have finally released DMDirc 0.6, and we think this is the best version of DMDirc to date with over 250 feature additions, bug fixes and other changes, including:
- Themes system revamp to allow multiple themes to be loaded at a time
- Completely redesigned Actions Manager and Actions Editor dialog (see our previous coverage of these)
- New installer for OS X
- The Linux installer can now be used for BSD-like OSs that have Java pre-installed
- The Linux installer can now be used on Open Solaris
- The automatic updater can now update plugins
As of DMDirc 0.6 we now support running on more platforms than before: we have installers for Linux, BSD, Solaris, OS X and Windows, as well as a standalone Jar file for any other platforms that we don’t currently provide an installer for.
Users of DMDirc 0.5.6 (or the recent unstable releases) should be prompted by the updater (if enabled) to update to the latest version of DMDirc. Alternatively, you can visit our downloads page to grab the latest version yourself.
With DMDirc 0.6 (finally!) released we are looking forward to our next release, DMDirc 0.6.3. This will include support for SOCKS proxies, improved support for SSL Servers, a nicer looking Preferences dialog, server lists and more.
As always, we welcome bug reports and feature requests on our issue tracker, irc channel or as comments on this post.