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{{Infobox Software
| name                   = HydraIRC
| logo                   = [[Image:HydraIRC-logo-32x32.png]]
| screenshot             = [[Image:HydraIRC-main.png|250px]]
| caption                = HydraIRC IRC client
| developer              = Dominic Clifton
| latest_release_version = 0.3.160 
| latest_release_date    = [[May 04]], [[2007]]
| operating_system       = [[Microsoft Windows]]
| genre                  = [[IRC client]]
| license                = [[Proprietary]]
| website                = http://www.HydraIRC.com
}}

'''HydraIRC''' is an [[Internet Relay Chat]] client for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], created in June 2002 and developed by Dominic Clifton.

==History==
Stemming from discontent with other client offerings at the time, Dominic originally coded HydraIRC as an IRC client for personal use. It is loosely based on the design of [[Bersirc]]. Due to how quickly it matured into a usable client, Dominic soon released it to the public. Since then, interest has grown in the client due to its quirky quit messages and grass-roots promotion.

==Development==
HydraIRC is coded in [[C++]] and uses the [[Windows Template Library]]. Patches are accepted and approved only by Clifton.

The client is released under a non-[[Open Source Initiative|OSI]] approved "limited-use source" license.  One can request access to the source through the website.

==Current features==
*DCC chat and file transfers
*Supports multiple server connections
*Dockable floating tabbed windows
*Autohiding windows
*DLL plugins
*Channel monitoring
*Message logs
*Event viewer
*Themes
*Color schemes
*Buddy groups
*Audible and visual notifications
*[[Regular expression]] highlighting
*Favorites

==Future plans==
Dominic released tentative plans for version 0.4 to developers in [[December 2004]].
*Scripting support (Using [[ActiveScript]])
*[[IPv6]] Support
*[[Unicode]]
*Encryption/[[Secure Sockets Layer|SSL]] support

==Criticism==
*A self-promotional quit message is used by default when the user disconnects from a server, and can only be overridden manually upon quit. This is stated in the FAQ, which explains the quit messages will be non-configurable until version 1.0 has been released.<ref>http://www.hydrairc.com/wiki/wakka.php?wakka=FAQ&v=17ha</ref>
::e.g. ''<code>(Quit:  HydraIRC -> http://www.hydrairc.com <- 100,000+ downloads can't be wrong)</code>''

*Slow development over the last two years.<ref>http://www.hydrairc.com/index.php?page=news</ref>

==See also==
*[[Comparison of IRC clients]]

== References ==

{{refs}}

==External links==
*[http://www.hydrairc.com/ HydraIRC website]
*[http://www.hydrairc.com/index.php?page=developers HydraIRC limited-use source license]
*[irc://irc.efnet.info/hydrairc Official IRC channel]
*[http://www.hydrairc.com/wiki/wakka.php?wakka=HomePage HydraIRC Wiki]
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