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Add to SafariWhen comparing Smuxi vs CIRC, the Slant community recommends Smuxi for most people. In the question“What are the best IRC clients for Windows?” Smuxi is ranked 20th while CIRC is ranked 26th. The most important reason people chose Smuxi is:
It's possible to check and interact with Twitter's timeline, replies and direct messages from the Smuxi client.
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Pros
Pro Twitter integration
It's possible to check and interact with Twitter's timeline, replies and direct messages from the Smuxi client.
Pro Distributed
Smuxi offers an option to keep idling in a channel even when all front-end clients are closed. It's possible for a front-end client or multiple front-end clients to connect to a single server. This allows setting up an always on-line server that can be accessed from anywhere.
Pro Plugins and scripts can be written in any language
Pro Highly customizable interface
Pro Facebook chat, gTalk and Jabber integration
Smuxi has XMPP protocol support that allows integrating with Facebook chat, gTalk and Jabber.
Pro Theming support
Pro Caret mode
Caret mode allows navigating through messages (the output buffer) via keyboard.
Pro "One Identity" ability
Create a personal "bouncer" of sorts, using CIRC "/make-server" (/help make-server for more details) give you a connection so that you can using the same Ident/Nick from multiple devices.
Pro Mobile
Access it everywhere where Chrome is.
Pro Easy setup
Few clicks to install.
Cons
Con Poor script and plugin library
Smuxi's script and plugin library contains less than 10 entries.
