Mango for Mac, iPhone & iPad

Your IRC, thoughtfully at home.

Name: Mango IRC
Price: 4.99 USD

Mango keeps the directness and openness of IRC, then gives it a thoughtful, native home. Connect to several networks, catch up with IRCv3 history, and keep your setup in sync across Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

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Mango 3.1 is available now on the App Store.

$4.99 USD · Universal purchase · Family Sharing

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Designed for IRC

Modern where it matters. Still unmistakably IRC.

Mango handles the protocol depth underneath so conversation stays calm, quick, and readable.

Modern IRC

The IRC you know, with the capabilities you expect.

SASL authentication, server time, message tags, batches, history, replies, and bouncer-aware connections. Mango negotiates support with each network instead of pretending every server is the same.

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Apple native

One client across Mac, iPhone, and iPad.

Native chat rendering, keyboard navigation on Mac, and adaptive layouts on iPhone, iPad, and iPhone Duo. Networks and selected settings sync through iCloud.

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Mango 3.1

Catch up without waiting for a cold start.

Mango 3.1 restores a compact local cache quickly, then asks capable servers or bouncers for earlier conversation as needed. Read markers and server-supported push keep you oriented across devices.

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Customise

A quieter palette, or entirely new abilities.

Choose built-in palettes or install free themes. Mango 3.1 includes sandboxed Grove extensions with explicit permissions, keeping customisation visible and under your control.

Explore themes Browse extensions Read the docs

Media in the conversation

Images, video, and audio stay with the message.

Rich link previews, inline video and YouTube playback, audio waveforms, custom emoji, and image-link stickers. Choose plain URLs when you prefer no remote fetching. Mango Uploads adds a file library with a Mango Account.

Find your place

Search, mentions, threads, and pins.

Search retained messages, jump between matches, collect mentions, and follow reply threads. Keep useful messages pinned on compatible servers. History and push depend on your server or bouncer and setup.

Explore all features and requirements

Themes

Pick a temperament.

The built-in palettes are tuned for long conversations, not novelty. Try one here — the whole site and preview follow — or browse the theme store.

Open the theme store

Story

Same name, same citrus. Nothing else carries over.

Mango first shipped in 2012, written in Objective-C and OpenGL for a very different Mac. It remained on the App Store for fourteen years while the platform changed around it.

Mango 3 started again from first principles. A new Swift and SwiftUI app, a reusable IRC engine, and modern IRCv3 support. The legacy code stayed behind; the name, the colour, and the affection for IRC did not.

Ready?

Take your IRC with you.

$4.99 USD, once. One universal purchase covers Mac, iPhone, and iPad, with Family Sharing. Regional prices may vary.

Your purchase includes access to Mango Account: use a passkey to join the Mango IRC Network, manage files with Mango Uploads, and fetch supported remote content privately through Mango Proxy. Account creation and service rules apply.

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Live App Store rank

Mango 3.1 is available now. TestFlight is for trying upcoming updates; request access on the Support page.

Coming soonMatrix is coming to Mango very soon. IRC stays right where it is; Matrix joins it in the same thoughtfully designed client.