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{{short description|Web-based open-source IRC client written in Java}}
{{Infobox Software
| name                   = PJIRC
| logo                   =
| screenshot             =
| caption                =
| collapsible            =
| author                 =
| developer              = Philippe 'Plouf' Detournay
| released               = {{Start date|2002|05|31}}
| repo                   = {{URL|https://sourceforge.net/projects/pjirc/}}
| programming language   = [[Java (programming language)|Java]]
| operating system       =
| platform               = [[Java SE]]
| size                   =
| discontinued           = yes
| genre                  = [[IRC client]]
| license                = [[GNU General Public License]]
| website                = {{URL|pjirc.com}}
}}
'''Plouf's Java IRC''' ('''PJIRC''')<ref name="pjirc about">{{Cite web |url=http://www.pjirc.com/about.php |title=PJIRC: About |access-date=2011-04-05 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715090657/http://www.pjirc.com/about.php |archive-date=2011-07-15 }}</ref> is a web-based [[open-source software|open-source]] [[IRC]] [[IRC client|client]] that is written in [[Java (programming language)|Java]].<ref name="Piccard">{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZZU95ZdQ908C&pg=PP1 |title=Securing IM and P2P Applications for the Enterprise |last1=Piccard |first1=Paul |last2=Brian Baskin |last3=George Spillman |last4=Marcus Sachs |date=May 1, 2005 |publisher=Syngress |isbn=1-59749-017-2 |edition=1st |page=431 |chapter=Common IRC Clients by OS}}</ref> Any [[web browser]] that supports the [[Java Runtime Environment]], or an alternative Java interpreter, can use the [[Java applet|applet]].<ref name="irc hacks">{{Cite book |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MbHAnBh9AqQC&pg=PA341 |title=IRC Hacks: 100 Industrial-Strength Tips & Tools |last=Alex |first=North |date=2004-07-27 |publisher=[[O'Reilly Media]] |isbn=0-596-00687-X |editor-last=Mutton, Paul |edition=1st |location=[[Sebastopol, CA]] |pages=340–342 |chapter=Hack 90: Other Ways to Connect to IRC}}</ref> Many [[IRC network]]s have a public installation of the applet for their network.<ref name="Piccard" />
Philippe Detournay, the initial and main contributor, has stopped working on the project since 2005.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}} However, the website forum is still frequently used and moderated by the administrators.{{citation needed|date=January 2013}}
== Features ==
Unlike many other [[Java applet]] IRC clients, PJIRC supports [[Direct Client-to-Client|DCC]] connections,<ref name="Piccard" /> and can be run in application mode, without the need of either [[website]] or browser, though still requiring some form of [[Java Runtime Environment]].<ref name="pjirc about" /> Text highlighting, UTF-8 encoding, nickname autocompletion, auto-linking of nicknames, channel names and URLs, customization through the use of [[Plug-in (computing)|plug-in]]s, limited [[Scripting language|scripting]] using [[JavaScript]], and GUI aesthetic customization are supported.<ref name="pjirc about" />
PJIRC can be embedded on a website as a general purpose IRC client, or with optional customization to connect to a particular server and channel, with certain specified commands permitted to users.<ref name="irc hacks" />
Language support uses external language files, and includes Albanian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Chinese, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, Spanish, Estonian, French, Galician, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Polish, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Swedish, Turkish, and Ukrainian.<ref name="dltran">[http://www.pjirc.com/downloads.php?p=0&c=1 Downloads:Translations] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110807184625/http://www.pjirc.com/downloads.php?p=0&c=1 |date=2011-08-07 }}. pjirc.com. Retrieved 2011-07-12.</ref>
== See also ==
{{Portal|Free and open-source software}}
* [[Comparison of IRC clients]]
* [[Web chat]]
== References ==
{{reflist|2}}
== External links ==
* {{Official website|http://www.pjirc.com}} {{dead-link|date=February 2020}}
* {{Freshmeat|pjirc|PJIRC}}
* {{SourceForge|pjirc|PJIRC}}
{{IRC clients}}
[[Category:IRC clients]]
[[Category:Free IRC clients]]
[[Category:Instant messaging clients programmed in Java]]
[[Category:Cross-platform free software]]
[[Category:Free software programmed in Java (programming language)]]
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