HydraIRC 0.3.160

HydraIRC is a new IRC application, written in C++ using such modern programs as Visual Studio 7 and WTL/ATL for a super fast, streamlined and efficient software.
HydraIRC features a nice looking, intuitive, and highly customizable GUI, dockable windows, MDI client area, event based core (with user definable events), DLL plugin SDK, multi-server support, and more.
HydraIRC is NOT a script, plugin or any other kind of add-on for mIRC. In fact its got nothing to do with mIRC at all.
Main features:
- Written in C++ using modern tools (Visual Studio 7)
- Uses WTL/ATL for a Super fast, streamlined and efficient program!
- Uses XML for all config files, very minimal registry usage
- Dockable tabbed auto-hidable windows, tabbed MDI client area.
- Event based core (with user definable events)
- Nice looking, intuitive GUI, no skinnable ugly rubbish.
- Supports connecting to an unlimited number of servers
- Reliable server/network reconnects
- Supports private messages and Query windows
- Supports DCC chat and File transfer
- DCC File resumes with rollback and same-file checking.
- Nick Completion (in Server, Channel, DCC and Query windows!)
- FServe functions built in (e.g. auto-requeue on disconnect + more)
- User identities (username, nick list, etc) can be assigned on a per-server/per-network basis
- A user profile can store multiple identities.
- Highlighting can trigger events.
- Audio Mute function!
- Command profiles (a bunch of commands that are given to be run one after the other)
- Auto-Connect on startup list lets you connect to multiple servers on startup
- Auto Connect Command profiles can be attached on a per-server/per-network
- Auto Join Command profiles can be attach to channels on a per-network basis.
- User list icons denoting ops/voice, etc.
- Remembers nicks on a per-server or per-network basis, can auto-update the user profile automatically.
- Supports all known text style codes (colors, italics, bold, underline, etc)
- Supports changing fonts via control codes
- Toggleable channel userlists with additional dockable user list that shows the current channels users
- DLL Plugin SDK.
- Scripting via way of DLL Plugins. (You can make plugins that can run scripts written in any scripting language!)
Note: HydraIRC is free for private use.