Overview
What is Visual IRC '97 (ViRC)?
is an extremely powerful, scriptable, and totally customizable IRC client that features real-time voice and video chat.
In depth
A closer look at Visual IRC '97 (ViRC)
Features of Visual IRC include: Internet Phone support; videoconferencing; JavaScript and VBScript support; support for IRCII-style attributes; color-coded channel events; automatic highlighting of URLs; the ability to join an unlimited number of channels; drag and drop nicknames; support for the DCC protocols for exchanging files with other IRC users; XDCC support for creating an IRC file server; SOCKS proxy support; an excellent WHOIS dialog; a server links view that shows a linked list of all servers currently connected to the IRC net you're on and displays the number of hop counts away each one is so you can rapidly find one close to you for a better connection; a favorite channels folder; a recently-visited channels folder; customizable toolbars; automatic nickname recall and completion for typed commands; command-line recall; multi-user support for LAN users; and much more.
Verdict
Should you download Visual IRC '97 (ViRC)?
Visual IRC '97 (ViRC) runs on
Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/Windows 10/11
and is available under the
Freeware
license
— the installer is 940 KB.
We’ve catalogued it under
Chatting and IRC.
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At a glance
Visual IRC '97 (ViRC) specifications
- Last updated
- Mar 12, 2025
- License
- Freeware
- Operating system
- Windows 95/98/Me/NT/2000/Windows 10/11
- File size
- 940 KB
- Price
- Free
- Page views
- 500
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