Familiar IRC feel
Tabs, channels, user lists, topics, and sane keyboard behavior that feel like an IRC client instead of a social media fever dream.
GTK3 IRC client • classic roots • current releases
ZoiteChat modernizes IRC without losing what made it good.
Download the latest stable build, track the current pre-release, jump into the docs, and stop making users hunt through GitHub like raccoons in a dumpster.
Stable
zoitechat-2.17.4
Feb 3, 2026
Pre-release
zoitechat-2.18.0-pre6
Mar 30, 2026
Why people use it
Built for people who still care how an IRC client feels.
ZoiteChat stays fast, readable, and practical while still moving forward. No neon sludge, no mystery meat interface, no “modernization” that removes the useful parts.
Better theming
ZoiteChat is improving IRC with GTK3-focused theming, cleaner visual consistency, and less conflict between app and system styling.
Active pre-releases
Stable users get dependable builds. Testers can grab the latest pre-release without digging through tags, because life is short.
Current downloads
Stable and pre-release builds, pulled directly from GitHub releases.
Stable release
2.17.4
What's New in 2.17.4! STS handling now persists server policies, enforces upgrades more consistently, and falls back to current ports when needed. Windows build workflow updated (MSYS2 setup changes) and OpenSSL trust s…
Pre-release
ZoiteChat 2.18.0~pre6
Fixes Applied app theme CSS to the menubar consistently across the app. Restored horizontal separator lines in menus. Improved Windows installer VC++ redistributable handling by failing loudly when missing and using the…
Setup, usage, and everything else at docs.zoitechat.org.
Send new users to the docs, not to a random GitHub thread from six months ago where everyone is half-angry and wrong.
Open documentationKeep up with ZoiteChat development.
Browse the source, follow releases, join discussions, or point Linux users at the unofficial Snap package when that fits their setup better than manual downloads.
Community package: the Snap build is unofficial and maintained outside the main release pipeline.