What if we made 30+ years old IRC protocol feel like a modern messenger, with reactions, push notifications, and Telegram-like interface?
What if you could host your own chat on an open protocol and talk to your friends freely and independently of any platforms?
Meet javi! – a modern IRC client for iOS with full IRCv3 support, while remaining compatible with legacy IRC servers. And javi! network – an IRC network that supports all cool features of the javi! app.
Invented over 30 years ago, IRC peaked in the 2000s and laid the foundation for modern chats and messengers like Discord and Telegram. Today, it is still alive and brings back the feel of freedom of the early internet.
- Connect to any IRC server (including your own). If one server is blocked by some reason, simply switch to another one, or create your own private IRC server based on Ergo that no one else knows about – and talk to your friends freely.
- Full IRCv3 support with legacy server fallback
- Zero analytics, no ads, and no trackers
- Deleting a server hides your chat history; re-adding it restores access
- Private iCloud storage and full TLS encryption support
- Channels and Direct Messages
- Always-on connectivity: Receive messages anytime with full history sync (on javi! network or supported servers)
- Push notifications whenever a new message arrives
- Retro smileys! (turn them on in Settings)
Connect to javi! network using any client:
Server irc.smallhall.org
Port 6697 (TLS on)
If you want to support the development of the messenger, or say thank you, you can buy me a coffee