An open source IRC server (ircd) with full IRCv3 support, TLS, cloaking, and anti-flood and anti-spam systems, running on Linux, macOS and Windows.
528+1 this week157CGPL-2.0Well maintainedUpdated 7 hours ago
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Best open-source IRC clients, servers and bouncers (2026)
These projects cover IRC web clients, servers, and bouncers, where a bouncer stays connected to IRC servers for you and buffers messages while you are away. When choosing, decide whether you want a self-hosted web interface, a full server you run for your own network, or an intermediary that keeps you online. The Lounge is a modern, responsive, self-hosted web IRC client that stays connected while you are offline; ZNC is an advanced bouncer that lets you reconnect with any client; Ergo is a modern IRC server written in Go that combines an ircd, a services framework, and a bouncer in one daemon.
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A free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server for small or private networks, written in C.
584+2 this week84CGPL-2.0Updated 14 days ago
A high-performance IRCv3 chat server for UNIX-like and Windows systems, written in C++.
1.4K+3 this week281C++No licenseWell maintainedUpdated 7 days ago
ZNC is an advanced IRC bouncer that stays connected to IRC servers on your behalf, buffers messages, and lets you reconnect with any client.
2.1K+1 this week411C++Apache-2.0Well maintainedUpdated 6 days ago
Convos is a multiuser chat application that runs in the browser, currently supporting the IRC protocol.
1.2K+1 this week93GoArtistic-2.0Updated 2 days ago
A modern IRC server written in Go, combining an ircd, a services framework, and a bouncer in one daemon.
3.4K249GoMITWell maintainedUpdated 6 days ago
A modern, responsive, self-hosted web IRC client that stays connected to IRC servers while you are offline.
6.4K+5 this week790TypeScriptMITWell maintainedUpdated 2 days ago