https://lemmy.dbzer0.com/post/1239735 - my previous IRC write-up from 3 months ago.
Been using AdiIRC for about a week now and everything works as good or better than mIRC.
I do recommend a different color scheme thou. https://dev.adiirc.com/projects/adiirc/boards/6
I use hexchat, always have.
On desktop, I used to use Pchat some years ago before moving on to Hexchat, can’t imagine using else.
It’s good to know that other options exist.