@tyil >There's web chats available so you don't need to install any software either.
JavaScript in a browser is the installation of software, albeit temporarily (ironically the temporarily part makes it worse instead of better).

But I'm sure someone has written a pure HTTP POST/GET irc client, where you just refresh to get the new messages.

@baleine There is nothing more unwelcoming than proprietary malware; https://stallman.org/discord.html