When comparing IceChat vs Kiwi IRC, the Slant community recommends IceChat for most people. In the question“What are the best IRC clients for Windows?” IceChat is ranked 12th while Kiwi IRC is ranked 17th.
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Pros
Pro Capable of connecting to multiple servers and channels all at once
Pro IceChat is a very user friendly program that can be setup in a matter of minutes
Pro Beautiful interface
Kiwi's default interface is aesthetically modern, while keeping a classic two-column layout with chat window on the left and nicklist on the right. Unlike many other interfaces, a considerable amount of effort has been spent on making it easy on the eyes.
The interface offers common customization options including time format changes, choice of system messages and choice of laying out channels in a tabbed or list manner.
Pro Free and open source
Kiwi IRC web client is available for free licensed under GPL with source available on GitHub.
Pro Embeddable
Code can be generated that allows embedding the IRC client within a website.
Pro Available in multiple languages
Kiwi's front-end is available in more than 20 languages including Polish, Romanian and Russian.
Cons
Con Notifications don't time out
Notifications pop-ups have to be closed manually each time, they don't disappear on their own after a set amount of time.