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<h2 style="margin-bottom: 5px;">Introducing DMDirc</h2>

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 <p>DMDirc is a cross-platform IRC client written in Java. Its features include:</p>

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   <h3><img src="/site-assets/feature-icons/page_edit.png" alt="A page with a pencil">Free as in speech</h3>
   <p>The DMDirc source code is available for anyone to download and modify</p>
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   <h3><img src="/site-assets/feature-icons/money_pound.png" alt="Pound sign">Free as in beer</h3>
   <p>DMDirc doesn't and will never cost anything to download or use</p>
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   <h3><img src="/site-assets/feature-icons/cog.png" alt="Cog">Actions system</h3>
   <p>Execute commands when certain events happen, without using a scripting language</p>
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   <h3><img src="/site-assets/feature-icons/brick_add.png" alt="Brick with a plus sign">Easily extendible</h3>
   <p>Support for plugins, themes and packs of actions to easily extend and customise the client</p>
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   <h3><img src="/site-assets/feature-icons/colour_wheel.png" alt="Colour wheel">Colourful chat</h3>
   <p>Support for both mIRC and hex colours, as well as bold, italics and more</p>
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   <h3><img src="/site-assets/feature-icons/tux.png" alt="Tux, the linux penguin">Cross platform</h3>
   <p>Works on Windows, Linux and OS X — anywhere that can run Java!</p>
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   <h3><img src="/site-assets/feature-icons/lightbulb.png" alt="Lightbulb">Intelligent behaviour</h3>
   <p>Intelligent tab completion and link detection makes life easier</p>
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   <h3><img src="/site-assets/feature-icons/add.png" alt="Plus sign">And much more&hellip;</h3>
   <p>This isn't all! Why not try DMDirc to see what it can do?</p>
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