Comparison of Internet Relay Chat bots

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The following table contains general and technical information about a range of Internet Relay Chat bots (IRC bots).

General

IRC Bot	Primary developers	Software license	Operating system	Programming language	First public release	Latest version	Notable features	Website
Cinch	Dominik Honnef, Lee Jarvis	MIT	Unix-like	Ruby	0.3.2	1.1.3	Threaded	[1]
Darkbot	Jason Hamilton, juice	GPL	Unix-like	C	?	?	?	[2]
Eggdrop	Eggheads	GPL	Unix-like	C	?	1.6.21	?	[3]
EnergyMech	Proton	GPL	Unix-like	C	?	?	?	[4]
FoxEye	Andriy Grytsenko	GPL	Unix-like	C	Jan 2011 (beta)	0.9b10	Multithreaded, multinetworked. Encoding choosed per user or network. Extendible by plugins, can be used as client or whatever. Currently supported scripts: Lua, Tcl.	[5]
Gambot	Derek Hoagland	GPL	Unix-like	Perl	2011-1-1	1.0	Framework for creating bots. Messages handled completely asynchronously. Extensible in any programming language. Can be updated without reconnecting, restarting, or reloading.	[6]
Gozerbot	Bart Thate	BSD	Unix-like	Python	?	0.9.1.3	IRC and XMPP bot; can be bridged with Google Wave; development discontinued[1]	[7]
guppy	team; nicknamed 'G24'	GPL	Cross-platform	Python	2011-03-20	0.3.x	easy to install, modular structure	[8]
Ibid	Jonathan Hitchcock, Michael Gorven, Stefano Rivera	GPL3, core under MIT	Unix-like	Python, Twisted in IM protocols	0.1.0	0.1.1	Twisted engine allows connecting to multiple IM sources, including IRC, XMPP, SILC, Campfire, NMDC	[9]
Infobot	Kevin Lenzo	Artistic License	Unix-like	Perl	?	?	?	[10]
JSONBOT	Bart Thate	MIT	Unix-like	Python	Apr. 2010	0.7	Beta	[11]
JZBot	Alexander Boyd, Maximilian Dirkmann, James Stoker	LGPL	Cross-platform	Java	?	?	?	[12]
Lambdabot	Andrew J. Bromage et al	MIT	Unix-like	Haskell	1.0	4.2.2.1	Many plugins; usable offline as a Haskell development tool; embeddable in GHCi	[13]
Mozbot	Ian Hickson, Chris Crews	MPL	Cross-platform	Perl	?	?	?	[14]
Pbot	Weaver/Solo	Freeware	Windows	mIRC Script	?	?	Channel protection bot, written as mIRC script	[15]
PircBot	Paul Mutton	GPL	Cross-platform	Java	?	?	Framework for creating bots	[16]
phenny	Sean B. Palmer	EFLv2	Unix-like	Python	?	?	?	[17]
pmxbot	YouGov, Jamie Turner, Chris Mulligan	MIT	Unix-like	Python	?	?	Designed to be extensible for a work IRC network	[18]
Q-bot	Q-bot	Freeware	Windows	C#	?	?	Plug-in function	[19]
Ruby-rbot	ruby-rbot	GPL	Unix-like	Ruby	?	?	?	[20]
Schongo	Selig, Posiden, Wil	?	Cross-platform	Python	?	?	Focus on simplicity, highly extandable module system, rapid development cycle	[21]
Supybot	Jeremiah Fincher, James Vega and others	BSD	Cross-platform	Python	0.30	0.83.4.1	Many plugins, SSL, multiple networks support, (un)loading plugins, threads, configuration registry, standardized command syntax, argument parsing	[22]
Yauib	Julien Palard	Simplified BSD	Cross-platform	Python	2011-03-22	?	Plugins can be written in any language	[23]
VikingBot	Tor Henning Ueland	GPL-3.0	Linux/Unix	PHP	--	2011-08-26	Simple PHP based IRC bot with support for secure IRC servers and plugin support	[24]

References

1. ^ gozerbot development discontinued; official blog post