Glasstual

Meet Glasstual

IRC, at home
on the Mac.

A fast, customizable IRC client for macOS Tahoe, with modern IRCv3 features and a proper native interface.

Download latest release macOS 26+, Apple silicon View source

Signed and notarized. Free and open source.

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Native AppKit IRCv3 ready Signed and notarized BSD licensed

Comfortable in a crowd

The useful parts of modern chat, without leaving IRC behind.

Modern IRC, properly supported

Replies, reactions, typing indicators, message history, read markers, SASL, server-time, and more. Glasstual negotiates the capabilities your server offers.

Lines or Bubbles

Pick the compact IRC layout or a conversation view inspired by Messages. Both follow your Mac's appearance and accent colour.

Your app, your rules

Fine-tune alerts, highlights, behaviour, inline media, text, and themes. Power users can go further with CSS, JavaScript, Swift, and AppleScript.

Make it yours

Set up chat your way.

Choose how chat looks, what earns your attention, and how Glasstual behaves on each network. The defaults get you connected quickly.

Style

Conversation style

miraMorning. Did the history sync?
foxYep, picked up right where I left off.
miraPerfect.
Match system appearance
Show timestamps

Built for macOS

Familiar from the first launch.

Glasstual main window in light appearance Glasstual main window in dark appearance
Channels, conversation, and member list stay close at hand.
Glasstual welcome window in light appearance Glasstual welcome window in dark appearance
A short first run gets you connected.

The conversations in these screenshots come from a loopback-only demo network. No real accounts or messages are shown.

Ready when you are

Come back to IRC.

Glasstual runs on macOS Tahoe and later on Apple silicon.

Download latest release Signed and notarized