Quassel IRC
The facts below are what the maker publishes about Quassel IRC, checked and dated. Our editors have not written about it yet.
Plans and prices
From Quassel IRC's own pricing page, checked 11 Oct 2026.
| Plan | Price | What it gives you |
|---|---|---|
| Quassel IRC | Free | Free software distributed under the GPL |
The facts
Each one read from Quassel IRC's own pages, with the date it was checked.
Where it runs
- Android client
- Quasseldroid is identified as the Android mobile client benefiting from improved core-side activity tracking and highlight rules.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Platforms
- The project says it develops and tests Quassel on Linux, Windows, and MacOS X; third-party mobile clients exist for Android and iOS.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Supported platforms
- Linux,Windows,macOSchecked 20 Sep 2026
What it does
- Channels
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
- Core connection security
- Quassel supports SSL encryption between clients and the core, which requires a PEM certificate for the core.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Data storage
- The downloads page says macOS packages and Windows builds do not support the PostgreSQL storage backend.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Interface
- The GUI includes dockable nick and topic bars, dockable channel and query buffers, and default or custom views.checked 11 Oct 2026
- IRCv3
- The 0.14.0 release highlights the addition of many IRCv3 capabilities.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Known limitation
- The project wiki lists DCC chat and file transfers as not supported.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Logging
- The project describes on-demand creation of log files in custom formats from the backlog.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Monolithic mode
- Quassel can combine client and core functionality in one binary for a local installation.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Other release features
- The 0.14.0 release also added HAProxy protocol support and Prometheus metrics support.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Persistent sessions
- One or more clients can attach to and detach from a central core that stays online, and reconnecting restores the session state and activity that happened while away.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Quassel IRC is a cross-platform, distributed IRC client based on the Qt framework.checked 11 Oct 2026
- Support
- The project invites questions and ideas in its #quassel community channel on Libera Chat.checked 11 Oct 2026
Money
- Free plan
- Yeschecked 20 Sep 2026
The company
- Maker
- The About page names the core development team as Manuel “Sputnick” Nickschas and Marcus “EgS” Eggenberger.checked 11 Oct 2026
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