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motd

Native IRC chat with history, themes, soju and ZNC support.

  • Completely free
  • Android
  • Open source

Overview

motd is a messaging mobile app, available on Android.

Features described in its F-Droid listing and in its GitHub repository: full-text search, code completion, themes and dark mode.

Services and protocols mentioned: IRC.

Overview written by LicitPro from the documentation published by the authors and the cited sources; we have not tried the resource ourselves.

Excerpts that establish this information
  • “A native Android IRC client with a Telegram-style chat UI.” — GitHub, 10 November 2026
  • “Local message history and full-text search across chats or within one conversation, with jump-to-message” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Replies, reactions, typing indicators, nick autocomplete, and slash commands, depending on server capabilities” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026
  • “Material You dynamic color, curated themes, light, dark and AMOLED modes, adjustable text sizes, and message styles” — F-Droid, 10 November 2026

At a glance

All of motd is free: no feature is locked behind a paid plan, and its code is open.

Its licence (GPL-3.0+) is a copyleft open source licence: you may use, study, modify and redistribute it, including commercially; modified versions must keep the same licence.

Strengths

  • Open source code
  • No advertising
  • Commercial use allowed

Sources and checks

  • Facts collected from F-Droid (credit card, source code, publisher, licence, free status, platforms, ads, commercial use, version) —
  • Last technical check: 6 November 2026
  • Description from F-Droid — F-Droid (citation courte)

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