Quassel IRC is a modern, cross-platform, distributed IRC client based on the Qt
framework.

Distributed means that one (or multiple) client(s) can attach to and detach from
a central core that stays permanently online -- much like the popular
combination of screen and a text-based IRC client such as WeeChat, and similar
to (but much more featureful than) so-called BNCs. Re-attaching your client will
show your IRC session in the same state as you left it in (plus whatever
happened while you were gone), and this even when you re-attach from a different
location. In addition, Quassel IRC can be used like a traditional client, with
providing both client and core functionality in one binary. This so-called
"Monolithic Client" completely hides the distributed nature, so for a purely
local installation, Quassel IRC can be setup very easily.
