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Weechat-Android vs Glowing Bear: catalog facts
Weechat-Android	Glowing Bear
Best for: WeeChat users who want to reach their IRC session from Android	Best for: WeeChat users who want to reach their IRC session from a phone or browser
Free Free and open source under the Apache-2.0 licence.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Android	Web, Self-hosted
Gives mobile access to a persistent WeeChat session Conversations stay on your own WeeChat instance All 3 strengths for Weechat-Android Gives mobile access to a persistent WeeChat session Conversations stay on your own WeeChat instance Open source	Access your WeeChat session from any device with a browser Embeds images, videos and other linked content All 3 strengths for Glowing Bear Access your WeeChat session from any device with a browser Embeds images, videos and other linked content Leaves all IRC handling to WeeChat
Requires WeeChat running with a relay on a remote machine Not a standalone IRC client	Requires a running WeeChat instance with a relay configured Relay must be set up with encryption for safe use over the internet
Downloadable app	Web application, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: Apache-2.0	License: GPL-3.0
Not stated if an account is needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Weechat-Android github.com/ubergeek42/weechat-android/wiki f-droid.org/packages/com.ubergeek42.WeechatAndroid Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Glowing Bear glowing-bear.org github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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