HexDroid IRC vs < polycule >
Side-by-side comparison of two open source alternatives
HexDroid IRC
HexDroid is a modern, lightweight IRC client for Android that lets you connect to your favourite IRC networks, join channels, chat with friends, and stay up to date with a clean, fast Material Design UI.Features:Multiple network support - connect to several IRC networks simultaneouslyIRCv3 capabilities - message-tags, server-time, echo-message, SASL authentication, and moreTLS/SSL support - secure connections with optional client certificatesAuto-connect and auto-join - automatically connect to networks and join channels on startupSASL authentication - PLAIN, EXTERNAL (client cert), and SCRAM-SHA-256 mechanismsPost-connect commands - run custom commands after connectingCharacter encoding support - auto-detect or manually set encoding (UTF-8, windows-1251, etc.)Nick highlighting and notifications - get notified when someone mentions youChannel and private message loggingIgnore list - filter out unwanted messagesLag indicator - monitor connection qualityClean Material Design 3 interfaceHexDroid is free and open source software, licensed under GPLv3.
< polycule >
Features keyboard optimized accessibility focussed development no matrix.org ! fast and efficient terminal style design cross-platform
| Feature | HexDroid IRC | < polycule > |
|---|---|---|
| License | GPL-3.0-only | EUPL-1.2 |
| Install sources | GitHubIzzyOnDroid | F-Droid |
| Categories | MessagingBrowser | SMSMessagingBrowser |
| Features | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking | Ad-FreeOpen SourceNo Tracking |
| Platforms | Android | Android |
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