Textual
smuxi
Textual | smuxi | |
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8 | 2 | |
1,845 | 169 | |
0.1% | - | |
5.7 | 6.9 | |
8 months ago | 11 days ago | |
Objective-C | C# | |
- | GNU General Public License v3.0 only |
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Textual
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Is there anyone still maintaining a native IRC client for macOS?
Textual's source is on GitHub, and the most recent commit was only 4 months ago, so it appears it's still being worked on.
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Entitlement in Open Source
Textual¹ is open-source but sells the precompiled app. Keka² has the app available for free on GitHub but charges for it on the Mac App Store, to support development.
¹ IRC client for macOS: https://github.com/Codeux-Software/Textual
² Un/archiver for macOS: https://github.com/aonez/Keka
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Building Textual IRC Client
Textual is often the most recommended IRC client for macOS. You can buy it for $7.99 or you can simply build it from source. Let us look at how to do exactly that.
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Selling my own GPL software, part 1: a lot of hurdles
Textual is a good example of this working IRL for me. Their app is one of the best IMO IRC clients on MacOS, is open source [1] and is also sold on the App store and their site.
1. https://github.com/Codeux-Software/Textual#original-limechat...
2. https://www.codeux.com/textual
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Does M1 16 inch even have fans?
Textual: https://www.codeux.com/textual/
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Open Source Tax Software
Two quick examples: Keka and Textual[2] are both open-source and you can pay for them on the Mac App Store or by direct payment. The former gives you compiled builds either way, the latter only if you pay.
[1]: https://github.com/aonez/Keka
[2]: https://github.com/Codeux-Software/Textual
smuxi
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Is there anyone still maintaining a native IRC client for macOS?
Smuxi is mainly a Linux client but there is a Mac version. The news page is a bit outdated... but the Github page shows the latest release was just 3 months ago.
- Smuxi – An Open Source Client IRC, Twitter, XMPP, Campfire, JabbR
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