Open Source Perl IRC Clients

See https://pidgin.im/about/ for more information. Pidgin is an instant messaging program which lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat networks simultaneously. It runs on Windows, Linux, and other UNIX operating systems. Pidgin is compatible with the following chat networks out of the box: AIM, ICQ, Google Talk, Jabber/XMPP, MSN Messenger, Yahoo!, Bonjour, Gadu-Gadu, IRC, MXit, Novell GroupWise Messenger, Lotus Sametime, SILC, SIMPLE, MySpaceIM, and Zephyr. It is written in C and makes heavy use of GLib and GTK+. Finch is a command line instant messaging program. It also lets you log in to accounts on multiple chat network simultaneously, and it is compatible with the same chat networks as Pidgin. It is written in C and makes heavy use of GLib and ncurses.

pisg is a smart Perl script which generates nice looking statistics out from IRC logfiles. It's a funny thing for the users of your channel :)

Erwin is an IRC-bot in Perl, using POE, written with modularity and expandability in mind. Installing and configuring modules is very easy, compared to lots of other Perl bots where you have to read the source and add your own code in the various event loops. Adding additional functionality is as easy as writing a subroutine that returns something and configuring a regex to use that subroutine. By typing "!google keyword", for instance, "Google::Search" gets "keyword" as an argument, searches Google with that keyword and returns a couple of URLs. Further expandability can be achieved using "plug-ins". Plug-ins subclass "Erwin::Plugin", and can recieve and take control over various events. For example does the pastebin-plugin need the ability to take control over every line sent privately by some user, and e.g. a quiz module would need to get every single message sent to a channel while a quiz is going on.

Eggdrop is the most advanced IRC robot available. It has been under development since December 1993, and unlike most other bots, it is still regularly updated.

MoxQuizz is a multilingual IRC quiz/trivia bot for eggdrops, which acts as a game master. A question is posted to the channel and all chatter is searched for the answer.

Potbot is an IRC bot written in Perl. It it intended for aditional code to be added to produce a custom bot to do a certain job. It's code is modular to allow for easy additions. The bot is fully functional as it is, without any code additions.

XCN is an XChat script (written in Perl, of course) that queries DCC bots for their lists of served files and searches these lists based on user input. Effectively, making use of DCC bots rather Napsterlike.

XChat TTS script is an perl written XChat2 script that speaks out messages in irc channels, and more. It provides an interface to setup the functions or view the online help.

A bot written in perl with IRC roleplaying gamers as intended audience. This bot can simulate various RPG systems in the aspect of throwing dice for certain systems. It focuses on Shadowrun and the World of Darkness, but can be used for about any RPG

A Perl/CGI program to use IRC from a web browser without having to have access to an IRC port or Java (but it does need a frames compatable browser).

This project aims to produce a stable and capable irc server for use on small to medium sized irc networks.

IRC bot, written in Perl with mySQL log database. It can forward messages between 2 users, analyse the sentence, read joke from web and send them like a public messages, control to protect channels where it is with SPAM and Invite control.

Jarl is a Perl/Tk Client. It strives to provide full functionality with every aspect of the Jabber IM system. It currently supoprts messaging, chat, groupchat, ICQ, AIM, and IRC support.

PimpBNC is a powerful IRC bouncer (proxy/bnc) written in Perl. It supports modules (easy to write your own/change existing), most operatingsystems, IRC NAT'ing (nick sharing), builtin webserver (config, chat), +++. Runs on plain Perl 5, easy to inst

IRC bot written in Perl that can message a log of what happened while they were gone to people who left and returned shortly afterwards. It should be useful to people with unstable computers, or users of operating systems that need to reboot often.

mIRC Direct Connect (mDC) is a filesharing addon for mIRC and uses the Direct Connect application protocol (it works like direct connect!!). It works with mIRC32 v5.91 and above (also req. IE 4.x and above).

an internet chat++ server, providing access through many interfaces, currently planning to use the following: IRC(s), HTTP(s), ssh, telnet(s), msn, aim, yahoo, icq, jabber(s), and custom clients

Perl/Tk IRC Client available on most operating systems with perl/tk installed. Win32/Linux testing.

It is a bot for the chat of irc, written in perl language. He is simple in a management, tuning, and is crossplatform.. Every programmist will be able without difficulties to write the additional plugin. Bbot does not need additional modules for start.

Scripts and hub mods written to enhance OpenDCHub. The Hub-Security script filters unregistered users by country, and adds op commands and security features. Statistical and fun scripts are also available. Future development will shift towards ODCH mods

A varity of IRC related services from: SMSServ Anope Modules/Modified Anope(AbAnope) to Unreal Modules/Modified Unreal(AbUnreal) to an IRC based RPG with addon packs, and web items: AbBash & PeerWars irc.abducted.us #abducted - http://dev.abducted.us

AdmIRC is a webmin module for irc server administration. It provides a config interface and advanced security and linking automatism support. Currently UnrealIRCD 3.2 and the services Anope and Epona are supported. Subprojects: irc newsbot and java tools

Anna^ is a versatile IRC bot written in perl. Anna^ has a multitude of functions, including the ability to save small notes, quotes, haikus and more. She can also interact with various websites, like google and bash.org.

Suite of utilities to make running Anope IRC services on Linux easier. Includes a backup tool, management console, and startup scripts to start your server at boot and within 1 minute if it should crash.

Another IRC bot, not sure why you need another ircbot though. It's a perl bot in it's early stages of development. The goal is to create an IRC bot with easy support for additions in form of perl scripts.