Question

I’m looking for a decent Java IRC client library that supports connecting to an IRC server through a socks proxy. Any recommendations?

Answer 1

You should be able to just do

System.setProperty("socksProxyHost","{proxy host IP}");
System.setProperty("socksProxyPort","{proxy port}");

just before you open the IRC connection and then

System.setProperty("socksProxyHost", null);
System.setProperty("socksProxyPort", null);

after the connection has been established to undo it. That SHOULD work for even PircBot.

Let me know if it works.