Halloy - IRC Client
August 1, 2026 ยท View on GitHub

Halloy is an open-source IRC client for macOS, Windows, and Linux, focused on being simple and fast.
Documentation: halloy.chat
Join #halloy on libera.chat if you have questions or need help.
Installation
Halloy is also available from Flathub and Snap Store.
IRCv3 Capabilities
We strive to be a leading irc client with a rich IRCv3 feature set. Currently supported capabilities:
- account-notify
- away-notify
- batch
- bot mode
- cap-notify
- channel-context
- chathistory
- chghost
- echo-message
- extended-join
- invite-notify
- labeled-response
- message-redaction
- message-tags
- metadata
display-nameavatarpronounshomepagecolorstatus
- Monitor
- msgid
- multi-prefix
- multiline
- network-icon
- no-implicit-names
- react
- read-marker
- reply
- sasl-3.1
- server-time
- setname
- Standard Replies
- typing
- userhost-in-names
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Why?
Contributing
See the contributing guide to get started.
License
Halloy is released under the GPL-3.0 License. For more details, see the LICENSE file.
Code signing policy
Read our code signing policy.
Free code signing provided by SignPath.io, certificate by SignPath Foundation.
Contact
For any questions, suggestions, or issues, please open an issue on the GitHub repository.