Beacon
mIRC came back. For Mac.
Built in Rust. Skinned in glass. Scripted in Lua.
ONLINE — 7
OPERATORS — 5
~ vexi (you)
@ Linear
@ Nebula
@ Caelum
@ Vesper
VOICED — 1
+ paul
USERS — 1
· kathy
Built for power users
Multi-Network
Connect to unlimited IRC networks with TLS. Auto-reconnect with channel rejoin.
SASL Auth
SASL PLAIN + NickServ fallback. Auto-identify on every connect.
WHOIS Panel
Slide-out user info with address book notes integration.
DCC Transfer
Send and receive files with inline progress bar.
Lua Scripting
Full scripting engine — the mSL replacement. Coming soon.
Owner Modes
Full +q/+a/+o support with multi-prefix and operator tools.
Beacon is mIRC reborn for macOS. Built in Rust. Skinned in glass. Scripted in Lua. Multi-network, multi-user, with a web client for when you're not at your desk.
Everything you'd expect. And more.
Connection
✓ Multi-network with TLS
✓ SASL + NickServ auto-identify
✓ Reconnect + channel rejoin
✓ irc:// deep link handling
Chat
✓ Nick completion (Tab)
✓ Message history recall
✓ IRC bold / italic / underline
✓ Desktop notifications
Transfer
✓ DCC file send + receive
✓ Inline progress bar
✓ Direct TCP connection
✓ Save to ~/Downloads
Users
✓ WHOIS panel + address book
✓ Notify list (online alerts)
✓ Ignore list + favorites
✓ Multi-prefix (+q +a +o +v)
Channel Ops
✓ Owner / admin / op modes
✓ Channel modes + bans
✓ Excepts + invite lists
✓ Flood protection
Tools
✓ Daily message logging
✓ Keyboard shortcuts
✓ Channel list browser
✓ Away status (/away /back)