There is support for Redis as session store and an authorization middleware. Public development started in April 2021. irc-hybrid-client – Single user hybrid client using JavaScript frontend and Node.js/Express backend Additions include commands /whowas, /list and /away, improved /query, support for MONITOR, chghost, websocket, extended-join, account-notify, WHOX, SASL EXTERNAL, draft/extended-monitor, draft/account-registration with a UI to register and verify accounts, support for irc:// links, auto-joining channels upon reconnect and allowing bouncers to customise their shown name by setting NETWORK in ISUPPORT. Lots of activity and two beta releases for 1.0.0. Convos - Mojolicious in the backend and Svelte in the frontendĪdditions include handling of irc:// links, support for raw messages, /away command, progress bar for uploads, file management in frontend, IRC colours and text formatting and many UI improvements. Many of these include support for persistent history, so there is some overlap with the bouncer category. Palaver - advanced client for iPhone and iPadĪ release was made with bug fixes and minor usability improvements.
The Android app got support for Android 12 and improvements to stability. The iOS app got smarter regarding background tasks and progress was made on the experimental support for macOS Catalyst. IRCCloud - Connect to any IRC server out there, and even Slack workspaces CoreIRC – Android clientĬompatibility with Ergo ircd was improved, eight colour schemes were added, sixteen character set options were added to the server configuration screen and message log storage functionality was added. Many code cleanups were made and build instructions were added. Communi for Sailfish - The first and foremost IRC client for Sailfish OS Mobile clients Colloquy - an advanced IRC, SILC & ICB client for macOS and iOSĬapability negotiation was optimised and some smaller fixes were made.
Val reports that the docs now cover nearly all meaningful parts from the RFCs. Modern IRC Client Protocol received numerous additions and improvements from many contributors after Val from Limnoria was made editor. IRC Definition Files got clarifications to chanmodes.
The IRCv3 Working Group published a spec round-up in November 2021, including new drafts for WebSocket, Client batches, Account registration and Extended monitor. The site was originally created in 2006 and it provides statistics for a curated selection of IRC networks. IRC Driven, a site indexing IRC networks was relaunched. One point of the endeavour is to drive improvements in the whole IRC ecosystem.
Sourcehut folks launched an IRC bouncer service for the paying users of their software forge. Thanks to Val for the support, it was fun to write it! I wanted to make it more maintainable, so I reimplemented it as a Limnoria plugin. I have been using a custom bot to welcome newcomers to the various LibreOffice contributor channels. Baby’s first Limnoria plugin and other notable world events IRC technology news from the second half of 2021 | Ilmari Lauhakangas Ilmari Lauhakangas IRC technology news from the second half of 2021Īs we continue to irc our way through the apocalypse, let’s look at the happenings in the ecosystem during the second half of 2021.