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====== Chat from Your Browser ======

===== qwebirc =====

Our **[[https://www.afternet.org/qwebirc|qwebirc]]** client is the best way to chat on AfterNET from your web browser.

===== KiwiIRC =====

 * We're testing [[https://kiwiirc.afternet.org/|KiwiIRC]], a new web-based IRC client. [[https://kiwiirc.afternet.org/|Give it a try]] and let us know what you think!

===== Mibbit =====

Some users like [[http://embed.mibbit.com/?server=irc.afternet.org&channel=%23afternet|Mibbit]]. It supports multiple networks and has advertisements and frogs.

====== Connect with an IRC Client ======

Many IRC clients are available for different operating systems. Once installed, connect to **[[irc://irc.afternet.org/AfterNET|irc.afternet.org]]**. Here are some IRC clients we like:

  * Windows: [[http://www.mirc.co.uk|mIRC]], [[https://hexchat.github.io/downloads.html|heXChat]], [[http://www.kvirc.net/|KVIrc]], [[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/rt-messaging/chatzilla/|ChatZilla]]
  * Mac OS X: [[https://hexchat.github.io/downloads.html|Hexchat]], [[http://colloquy.info/|Colloquy]], [[http://www.kvirc.net/|KVIrc]], [[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/rt-messaging/chatzilla/|ChatZilla]]
  * Linux: [[https://hexchat.github.io/index.html|HexChat]], [[http://www.kvirc.net/|KVIrc]], [[http://www.mozilla.org/projects/rt-messaging/chatzilla/|ChatZilla]], [[http://konversation.kde.org/|Konversation]], [[http://www.irssi.org/|irssi]]
  * [[WP>Comparison_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients|Additional IRC clients]]