# iQuassel for Quassel Cores

> Client for Quassel Core

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id566844252](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id566844252)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id566844252`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Woboq GmbH
- **Category:** Social Networking
- **Rating:** 3.40 / 5 (35 ratings)
- **Version:** 2.0.2
- **Last updated:** 2021-11-09
- **First published:** 2012-10-19
- **Size:** 1.81 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-23
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/iquassel-for-quassel-cores/id566844252)
- **Website:** [https://woboq.com/iquassel.html](https://woboq.com/iquassel.html)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://woboq.com/iquassel.html](https://woboq.com/iquassel.html)

## Description

Warning: This is not a standalone IRC client. It needs a Quassel Core running on a server and an account on it.

iQuassel is an iOS client for the Quassel IRC system.
You can use it to connect to a Quassel Core and chat with it on your favorite IRC channels.

Please note that iQuassel is not yet intended as a full replacement of the desktop client, but as a quick way to chat on your channels/queries from your device.

If you have any questions, please drop by on #woboquassel on irc.freenode.net 
Or use the issue tracker on https://github.com/woboq/iquassel/issues/

Features:
* For connecting to Quassel cores version 0.7.x to 0.12.x (possibly 0.13.x)
* TLS encryption to Quassel core
* ...and compressed connection
* Backlog fetching (Pull Down To Refresh)
* Copy/Paste
* Nick completion
* Open URLs in Safari
* Portrait and landscape mode (iPad only)
* Buttons for next/previous buffer
* Nick Coloring
* User lists in channels
* Hide Joins/Parts/Quits
* Background app refresh for private messages and channels (red app icon badge)

Icon by https://benjamindietrich.com/
Contributions by lowlyw https://github.com/woboq/iquassel

## Rankings

- #225,063 — Overall

## Review summary

Reviews show iQuassel is the only iOS Quassel client and generally usable, with backlog access. However, persistent issues overshadow it: read-state sync problems, missing/background notifications, unstable connections, a rough UI, and apparent lack of active maintenance. Some praise for backlog access and occasional fixes, but most point to reliability and feature gaps as major drawbacks.

### Pros

- Quassel support on iOS (the only iOS Quassel client).
- Generally functional and usable as a lightweight Quassel client.
- Backlog access/readability (you can read backlog)

### Cons

- Read state/last-read position not syncing correctly across the Quassel ecosystem.
- Notifications do not function or are not delivered in the background.
- Unreliable connectivity with frequent reconnections.
- Rough UI/UX and navigation; not well polished.
- App appears unmaintained with sparse updates.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id566844252)