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Openfire vs Visual IRC 2

A side-by-side look at Openfire and Visual IRC 2. For an in-depth review of either product, follow the links below.

Openfire

Openfire

Social & Communications

Openfire is an open source instant messaging and chat server. It uses the XMPP protocol and can be configured to work with many chat clients such as Spark, Pidgin, and Web clients. It is written in Java and has features like group chat, messaging archive, and plugins.

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Visual IRC 2

Visual IRC 2

Social & Communications

Visual IRC 2 is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client for Windows that provides a graphical user interface. It allows connecting to IRC servers, joining channels, private messaging, file transfers, scripting, and other IRC features.

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