Microsoft Comic Chat
| Microsoft Comic Chat | |
|---|---|
 Microsoft Chat version 2.5 | |
| Original author | Microsoft |
| Developers | David Kurlander, Microsoft Research Virtual Worlds Group |
| Release | August 13, 1996 |
| Final release | 2.5
/ March 1999 |
| Written in | C++ |
| Operating system | Microsoft Windows |
| Platform | IA-32 |
| Available in | Multiple languages |
| Type | IRC client |
| License | Proprietary, MIT license (since July 16 2026) |
| Website | microsoft |
| Repository | |
Microsoft Comic Chat (later Microsoft Chat) is a graphical IRC client created by Microsoft, first released with Internet Explorer 3.0 in 1996. Comic Chat was developed by Microsoft Researcher David Kurlander, with Microsoft Research's Virtual Worlds Group and later a group he managed in Microsoft's Internet Division. On July 16, 2026, Microsoft released Comic Chat as open-source.