Goguma IRC client
Shares rank 3 of 4 IRC clients by recommenders
A free, modern IRC client that people recommend as the gold standard, including for use on iOS. No recurring complaints appear in the quotes.
A free, modern IRC client that people recommend as the gold standard, including for use on iOS. No recurring complaints appear in the quotes.
5 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 5
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: not recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: not recommended
- August 2026: recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 5 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Modern IRC client for mobile
“with a modern client (eg. https://codeberg.org/emersion/goguma )”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 in “IRCv3” “For clients, I'm using Halloy on my Mac and Goguma on iOS.”
Comment from 11 Oct 2026 in “IRCv3”
Other IRC clients people recommend
The three most recommended other IRC clients, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Microsoft Comic Chat | 22 | 9 | 71% | 2 | — | — |
| mIRC | 12 | 1 | 92% | 5 | 30 yrs3 owners | Approved |
| Goguma IRC clientThis page | 5 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
| Irssi | 5 | 2 | 71% | 5 | — | — |
What people said
All 5 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“For clients, I'm using Halloy on my Mac and Goguma on iOS.”
“Goguma is the gold standard”
“with a modern client (eg. https://codeberg.org/emersion/goguma )”
“Only reason I haven't been using laptops as servers and this solves it.”
“this looks awesome, ... this is a great way to save power with the same functionality”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.