A new version of KVIrc Portable has been released by PortableApps.com. KVIrc is an IRC chat client packaged as a portable app. KVIrc is a free portable full-featured IRC client packaged as a portable app, so you can chat on the go. It's packaged in PortableApps.com Format so it can easily integrate with the PortableApps.com Platform. And it's open source and completely free.
Update automatically or install from the portable app store in the PortableApps.com Platform.
Features
KVIrc is an IRC client that features:
- Full GUI Based configuration
- MDI floatable windows
- Built-in help browser
- Themes support (all configurable by GUI or scripting)
- Pseudo-transparency support (up to the desktop on KDE)
- Drag & Drop toolbar editing
- Activity Notifier Pop-Up
- Status bar with Applet support
- Unread text marker
- Multiserver connection
- Notify lists (yes, WATCH is supported)
- Ignore lists
- Registered users database
- Lag meter
- Configurable logging
- Standard DCC CHAT and SEND (with resume) support
- Extended DCC types: VOICE, RSEND, GET, RECV
- DCC CHAT over SSL
- DCC bandwidth limit (ability to set it "on the fly")
- Built-in scripting language interpreter (scalars, arrays and hashes; aliases; popups; events; scriptable toolbars; Perl support; Ability to translate scripts; Objects support in scripting language: yes, now you can do OOP)
PortableApps.com Installer / PortableApps.com Format
KVIrc Portable is packaged in a PortableApps.com Installer so it will automatically detect an existing PortableApps.com installation when your drive is plugged in. It supports upgrades by installing right over an existing copy, preserving all settings. And it's in PortableApps.com Format, so it automatically works with the PortableApps.com Platform including the Menu and Backup Utility.
Download
KVIrc Portable is available for immediate download from the KVIrc Portable homepage. Get it today!
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Comments
Restores Windows 7/8 64-bit Support
This release restores support for Windows 7 and 8 64-bit. The publisher now has a Qt5 version and I've switched to that.
Recheck Version
Hey John,
The version you published breaks the Qt dark mode that the developers have fixed in the past. Pulling their latest build from here restores it on my Win10 install: https://github.com/kvirc/KVIrc/releases/tag/5.2.10
Qt5 doesn't properly handle host themes, but Qt6 does - so you'll need to handle that somehow as the Qt6 build is the official build that works and this puts the PA build out-of-band with official.
-Gizmo
Probably Not
I'm honestly more concerned with compatibility than dark mode on our end. Ditching Windows 7 and 8 to allow dark mode seems a bad trade off. Or maybe I'll make it a dual pack or a separate legacy version.
Dual pack
I think dual pack makes the most sense. Qt5 is also almost a year past EOL at this point, so building with it has its own inherent security risks for an internet application, it's probably wise to bundle those who want win7/8 (both past eol) with the EOL version of Qt that shouldn't be deployed anymore. You already still have a legacy download for 5.2.0 for 32-bit, this feels like a good option to split here.