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Introducing DMDirc

DMDirc is a cross-platform IRC client written in Java. Its features include:

A page with a pencilFree as in speech

The DMDirc source code is available for anyone to download and modify

Pound signFree as in beer

DMDirc doesn't and will never cost anything to download or use

CogActions system

Execute commands when certain events happen, without using a scripting language

Brick with a plus signEasily extendible

Support for plugins, themes and packs of actions to easily extend and customise the client

Colour wheelColourful chat

Support for both mIRC and hex colours, as well as bold, italics and more

Tux, the linux penguinCross platform

Works on Windows, Linux and OS X — anywhere that can run Java!

LightbulbIntelligent behaviour

Intelligent tab completion and link detection makes life easier

Plus signAnd much more…

This isn't all! Why not try DMDirc to see what it can do?

Download DMDirc 0.6.7

DMDirc-0.6.7.jar, 2.1M

RSS Latest news: DMDirc 0.6.5

DMDirc 0.6.5 is now available for download. As usual, DMDirc 0.6.5 contains a huge raft of improvements and features from 0.6.4.

Some of the notable new features include:

  • Support for having more than one interface loaded – you can now have the main DMDirc client on your desktop as well as a web-based interface active
  • Improved encoding support – lines received from IRC servers are now stored in the correct encoding instead of being re-encoded later
  • Improved interface speed and reliability – we’ve removed support for MDI which improves the speed and reliability of the user interface
  • Rewritten Windows installer – we’ve recreated the Windows installer from scratch, providing an improved user experience and making our code base much easier to maintain in the future
  • New line indicator – if you scroll up in a channel window and someone speaks, we now show an indicator at the bottom of the window so you know you’re missing out

And of course, many smaller features and lots of enhancements and bug fixes. During the 0.6.5 development cycle we also made the decision to switch to using Jira to track our issues and features; this provides a set of release notes showing the bug fixes and improvements that have been made in 0.6.5 since we switched.

As always, we welcome feedback to #DMDirc on Quakenet, as a comment here, or to @DMDirc on Twitter. We hope you enjoy DMDirc 0.6.5!

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