CoreIRC Go

Aureolin

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About this app

Basic features
Secure IRC connections
Connect to several Internet Relay Chat (IRC) networks over SSL for encryption and added security.

IRCv3 SASL and NickServ authentication
Authenticate to configured servers with SASL PLAIN, SASL EXTERNAL or SASL SCRAM-SHA-256, or just using plain old NickServ.

Client-to-client protocol
Support for common CTCP messages: ACTION, CLIENTINFO, DCC, FINGER, PING, TIME, and VERSION.

Modern design for Android
Designed following the latest Material design principles for the best user experience possible.

Pro Features
Purchase the full version from https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=co.aureolin.coreirc and gain access to the following features.
• Auto Commands. Automatically send commands to a server upon successfully establishing a connection.
• DCC File Transfers. Download all file types directly to your device or SD card storage.
• Robust Notification System. Never miss a message by setting up custom notification rules.
• Fun Extras including a System Information script and a Now Playing script.

Other features
• Background connectivity using Android services
• Command autocomplete
• Channel list
• Character sets
• Chat logging with on-demand log file creation
• Chat message storage
• Ignore lists
• IRC v3 CAP 302, cap-notify, message-tags, setname
• IRC v3.1 account-notify, away-notify, extended-join, multi-prefix
• IRC v3.2 account-tag, batch, chghost, echo-message, invite-notify, labeled-response, Monitor, msgid, server-time, userhost-in-names
• IRC / mIRC colour support
• Network editor with multiple servers
• Nick autocomplete
• Proxy connection
• Raw commands using /quote
• Timestamps
• UI themes
• and more

Do you have feedback or feature requests that you'd like to share? Chat with us on #coreirc at irc.coreirc.com, or visit https://chat.coreirc.com in your web browser.

You can also post your issue or bug reports and feature requests to https://bitbucket.org/aureolinco/coreirc/issues

Ratings and reviews

Just downloaded this app and was able, after some confusion, to connect to a server and join a channel. The UI could stand to be made more intuitive. In addition, I might be missing it, but the description of this app says it has support for IRC colors, but I don't see any way to add those to messages. I'm probably a little spoiled from mIRC and AndroIRC, but this and a simple way to add formatting (italics, bold, etc.) to words in a message prior to sending would be welcome additions.

Couple of minor issues but it does the job. Coming from RevolutionIRC which has stalled development, CoreIRC is similar, but with some improvements. The URL preview is nice, especially if you are used to it in modern apps like Messages or Slack. Took a star off because of 2 niggles: 1. When switching back to CoreIRC, the keyboard is automatically shown if the message input box is focused. 2. The channel history is not kept scrolled to the bottom when bringing up the keyboard or switching to it.

A bit confusing to connect to a network at the first time. Will be easier and faster if we can ommit "#" on /join command. And more convenient to list user by swipping from right to left than click the "i" icon on the far above, hard to reach area. Whois result is also faster to read if you put it in the current channel (not in the network tab).

What's new

Added
• Battery optimisation option to access the device's battery optimisation settings in order to prevent random disconnects.
• POST_NOTIFICATION permission request for Android 13+.

Fixed
• Improved compatibility and support for Android 13.
• Improved compatibility and support for Android 14.
• Crash bug when trying to save or load ignore lists.