IceChat IRC Client

Welcome to the IceChat Web site. IceChat is a popular IRC (Internet Relay Chat) Client that can be used in Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP/2003/Vista and also Windows 7. It has been tested on 64bit versions of XP, Vista and Windows 7 as well. IceChat is a very user friendly program that can be setup in a matter of a minutes. IceChat is capable of connecting to multiple servers and channels all at once, with ease, so you can easily chat with your friends in your favorite channels.

For those people that wish to do more then just chat with IceChat, there are numerous different ways to customize the look and feel of IceChat. It starts with simply changing a theme, to writing your own scripts and making your own custom popups, using the IceChat Editor. The built-in VBS (Visual Basic Scripting) script engine is powerful and can be made to do just about anything, and even allowing users to create their own activeX dll's for advanced scripting solutions.

IceChat has some unique features that set it apart from other similar programs. Most users truly enjoy the built in Emoticons. But for those select few that do not, this feature can be disabled. The Favorite Server Tree is truly fantastic, and because IceChat is built around its multi-server capabilities, it is an essential part of IceChat that makes it that much easier to use.

IceChat was first being developed in 2000, and has gone through many changes in its interface, design, and of course its many features. it is currently in the stage of a total re-write and a Beta version should be available in the early part of 2010.

IceChat is FreeWare, meaning anyone can use it, at no cost.

The main IceChat Support channel is located on Quakenet (irc.quakenet.org) in the #icechat channel. The IceChat 2009 Support channel is located on Quakenet in the #icechat2009 channel.

This web site was started November 11, 2003, and most recently updated in May 2010.
The forums remain with the SMF system, and the main website is using Wordpress.

RC2 has been released today, with many updates and fixed from RC1. The plugin framework has finally reached a stage of stability, and more plugins can finally be made.

Because if the major changes to the plugin engine, no actual update will be available internally to IceChat 9, the full install will need to be downloaded to update to this version. Further releases should not have this problem.

We would like to thank everyone for submitting any bug reports and testing out RC1 to help make RC2 more stable.

Stayed tuned for Plugin Additions, and thank you all again, for trying out IceChat 9.

We have added a new Download Section called Archives, which contain older versions of IceChat, ranging from IceChat 3.73, IceChat 4.x and IceChat 5.x, and IceChat 7.x

If you wish to have a little nostalgia and look at some older versions, you are welcome to look around.

Please be aware that the IceChat 7 downloads will interfere with your Current IceChat 7.70 settings, so you will want to back up settings if you don’t wish to lose them.

Enjoy, and have a few laughs. Some of the older versions are quite funny to look at.

IceChat 9, formally known as IceChat 2009, has released its first truly stable release today, as release candidate 1.

There have been huge improvements to the plugin engine, and that is still currently being refined. The next few upcoming versions should have the core of the plugin engine completed. The plugins folder has been moved from the AppData folder to the Program Files\IceChat\Plugins folder to allow unloading and reloading of plugins on the fly.

To download IceChat 9 RC1, click on the Downloads button on the top menu, and select the IceChat 9 section.

Some more minor fixes added for the Nick list, where it was losing host’s at times.
Also, channel modes should behave better now on some networks.
Other then those 2 main fixes, just some minor updates for stability.

IceChat 2009 Beta 5.2 was released with mainly changes to the Plugin Engine. This will allow for greater flexibility to the Plugin Engine. We should start seeing more Plugins created for IceChat 2009, and a download section will be added to the website for Plugins.