IRC bots run automated tasks on IRC channels, and sometimes for the network.

In order to connect to IRC, you will need a client to connect with. Here you will find popular IRC clients for different operating systems and different methods (GUI, CLI, etc).

IRC Scripts are usually addons you can use for various IRC clients, such as mIRC.

IRC Servers, also known as IRC Daemons (IRCd), is the software that runs IRC Servers. Here you will find several different IRCd’s maintained and widely available.

IRC Services, initially started by DALnet, provide services to users, channels, and IRCops. Common services are NickServ, ChanServ, MemoServ, OperServ, HostServ, and many others.