# IRC Clients

[IRCv3 capable clients](https://ircv3.net/software/clients) are strongly recommended for accessing our network, but any IRC client that supports direct SSL connection and SASL auth is supported.

### Mobile clients

For Android, [Goguma](https://sr.ht/~emersion/goguma/) is well supported and recommended. It can be installed easily for free via [F-Droid](https://f-droid.org/en/packages/fr.emersion.goguma/).

Goguma can also be [found on the Apple store for iOS](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/goguma-irc/id6470394620).

Please let us know if you have other good suggestions.

### Web-clients

We offer unauthenticated access via an easy to use [KiwiIRC webclient](https://irc.f-hub.org/kiwiirc/#support) that also supports IRCv3 history. This is ideal if you want to share a link to a channel somewhere externally like this: ```https://irc.f-hub.org/kiwiirc/#support```.

You can also use our [Gamja client](https://irc.f-hub.org/gamja/#support) for the more authentic IRC experience.

### Desktop clients

Sadly there are not a lot of desktop IRC clients that support the advanced IRCv3 features already. But if the client supports ZNC bouncers, that gives at least partial functionality.

A somewhat decent choice is [Halloy](https://halloy.chat/).

For TUI clients [Senpai](https://git.sr.ht/~delthas/senpai/) is a good choice as it supports many modern IRCv3 features.

### XMPP and Matrix clients

Since our IRC network offers [first-party gateways for XMPP and Matrix](https://wiki.f-hub.org/books/chat-network/page/gateways-for-xmpp-and-matrix), you can also use any client for these federated networks to connect with your external account from another server. For XMPP we recommend using the cross-platform desktop client [Gajim](https://gajim.org/).