Comparison of Internet Relay Chat daemons

Last updated August 04, 2020

The following tables compare general and technical information including the differences in feature sets between popular IRC daemons. Grey entries in the list represent supposedly unmaintained daemons.

Servers

IRC daemon	Creator/network	Basis	Programming language	First public release	Latest version (numeric 351)	Software license
Asuka^[1] ‹See TfM› ^{[ failed verification ]}	QuakeNet Dev Team	ircu	C	Unknown	1.2.1 (now replaced by snircd)	GPL
Bahamut^[2]	DALnet	DreamForge, IRCD-Hybrid^[3]	C	1999^[4]	bahamut-2.1.5	GPL
bIRCd^[5]	DAMnet	DreamForge^{[ citation needed ]}	C	1999	bIRCd-2.1.0rc4	GPL
beware ircd^[6]	beware	from scratch	Delphi	Unknown	beware1.6	GPL
Charybdis^[7]	atheme.org (nenolod, jilles, dwr, gxti)	ircd-ratbox^[7], IRCD-Hybrid, ircu, ShadowIRCd^{[ citation needed ]}	C	2005	charybdis-4.1.2^[8]	GPL ^[9]
dancer-ircd^[10]	freenode	Hybrid 6^[11]	C	1999	? (replaced by hyperion)^[11]	GPL
Elemental-IRCd^[12]	^[13]	ShadowIRCD	C	2007	6.6.5	GPL2
DreamForge^{[ citation needed ]}	DALnet	irc2.8.mu3	C	1994 (dal), 1997? (df)	? (replaced by bahamut)	GPL
Faerion IRC Server^[14]	vhex	DreamForge	C, C++	2003	1.17.7.1^[15]	GPL
FoxEye (ircd module)	Andriy Grytsenko^[16]	from scratch	C	2011(draft), 2016(working)	0.12.1^[17]	GPL2
hyperion^[11]	freenode	dancer-ircd 1.0.35+pre2^{[ citation needed ]}	C	2005	? (replaced by ircd-seven)^{[ citation needed ]}	GPL
IgniteIRCd^[18]	Lloyd Dilley^{[ citation needed ]}	ircd-hybrid 6.3.1	C	2004	0.9.41 (now unmaintained)	GPL
InspIRCd ^[19]	InspIRCd Development Team	from scratch	C++	2002	3.7.0^[20]	GPL
ignitionServer^[21]	The Ignition Project	Pure-IRCD (VB6 version)^{[ citation needed ]}	Visual Basic	2004	ignitionServer-0.3.6-P1^[22]	GPL ^[23]
IRCd ^[24]	Jarkko Oikarinen, IRCnet ^[25]	from scratch	C ^[26]	1988	2.11.2^[27]	GPL v1
ircd-hybrid^[28]	ircd-hybrid Development Team,^[29] Rizon, OFTC, EFnet	irc2.8^[30]	C ^[30]	1997^[30]	8.2.29^[31]	GPL ^[32]
ircd-ratbox^[33]	Aaron Sethman, Lee Hardy, EFnet	Hybrid 7-rc1	C	2002	ircd-ratbox-3.0.10	GPL
ircd-seven	freenode	charybdis 3.1.x/trunk	C	—	stable	GPL
ircu ^[34]	Undernet Coder Committee	irc2.7^[35]	C ^[36]	1991	u2.10.12.14^[34]	GPL
ithildin^[37]	Chip Norkus	from scratch	C	2006	1.1^[38]	BSD ^[39]
miniircd^[40]	Joel Rosdahl	from scratch	Python	2003	1.3^[41]	GPL
Nefarious IRCu	Evilnet Development, AfterNET	ircu2.10.12.14	C	2004	u2.10.12.14+Nefarious(2.0.0)	GPL
ngIRCd^[42]	Alex Barton	from scratch	C	2001^[43]	ngircd-24^[44]	GPL
OfficeIRC Server	Office IRC Inc, Paul Heinlein	from scratch	VB.NET	2006	2.2	Proprietary
Oragono	Daniel Oaks, Oragono Contributors	Ergonomadic	Go	2016	2.0.0	MIT
PleXusIRCd	Rizon, thaprince, static	Hybrid 7.2.3	C	2005	hybrid-7.2.3+plexus-3.0.1(20090612_0-523)	GPL
ProvisionIRCd^[45]	Sirius, Y4kuzi	from scratch	Python3	2006	2.0	GPL
pureIRCd	Dennis Fisch aka Diligent	from scratch	C	2002	Unknown	GPL
RockIRCd^[46]	Mike Chambers	from scratch	QuickBASIC ^[47]	2009	1.0.0-testing	GPL
RubIRCd^[48]	Lloyd Dilley	from scratch	Ruby	2013	0.1a-maiden voyage	GPL
ShadowIRCd^[49]	Taros, jdhore, jilles, nenolod	Charybdis^[49]	C	2003	6.3.3	GPL
snircd	QuakeNet	ircu2.10.12^[50]	C ^[50]	Unknown	1.3.4a^[1]	GPL ^[50]
solid-ircd	Toshi Morita, Juan Baez,Gabriel Baez	Bahamut	C	2004^[51]	solid-ircd 3.4.8	GPL
Synchronet IRCd^[52]	Randy E. Sommerfeld	from scratch	JavaScript	2003	SynchronetIRCd-1.3a(1.151)	GPL
TR-IRCd ^[53]	Yusuf Iskenderoglu, Ekim Engin, Dimitris Ginosatiris, Maksut Cagil, Burak Cifter	Hybrid 7 and Bahamut	C	1999	5.6.1	GPL
UltimateIRCd	ShadowRealm Creations	DreamForge 2.8	C	2001	3.0.2 ^[54](now unmaintained)	GPL
UnrealIRCd ^[55]	UnrealIRCd Team	EliteIRCd (potvin)^[56]	C	1999	4.2.3^[57]	GPL
Viagra IRCd^[58]	Chris Schiffner	Titan	C	2003	1.3.3 (now unmaintained)	GPL
WeIRCd	Eloxoph IRC Network^[59]	from scratch	C	2007	0.8.2 (now unmaintained)	GPL
Pocosi^[60]	Chris Williams, Hinrik Örn Sigurðsson	POE::Component::Server::IRC^[61]	Perl	2003	0.02 (1.53 of POE::Component::Server::IRC)	Artistic

Operating system support

The operating systems the daemons can run on without emulation; also supported I/O facilities for network sockets (see IRCd for further information).

IRC daemon	Windows	DOS	Mac OS	Linux	BSD	Solaris	HP-UX	AIX	select()	poll()	epoll ^[62]	kqueue ^[63]	threads	RT signals^[64]	/dev/poll^[65]	Windows IOCP^[66]	Solaris IOCP^[67]
Bahamut	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
bIRCd	Yes	No	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Yes	Yes	No	No	Unknown	No	No	No	No
Charybdis	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes
ConferenceRoom	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	No	Yes	Yes	No
FoxEye ircd	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
InspIRCd^[68]^[69]	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
IRCD^[70]	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
ircd-hybrid	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
ircd-ratbox	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
ircu	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
ithildin	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Unknown	No	No	No	No
miniircd	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Nefarious IRCu	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
ngIRCd^[71]	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No
OfficeIRC Server	Yes	No	Yes	Emulated	Yes	No	No	No	Unknown	Unknown	No	No	Unknown	No	No	Yes	No
Oragono	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
PleXusIRCd	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Yes	Yes	No	No
pureIRCd	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Unknown	No	No	No	No
RockIRCd	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Unknown	No	No	No	No
RubIRCd	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No
ShadowIRCd	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	Yes
snircd	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	No	Yes	No	No
solid-ircd	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	No	Yes	No	No
Synchronet IRCd	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	No	Yes	No	No
UnrealIRCd	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No
WeIRCd	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	No	No	No	Unknown	No	No	No	No

Technology

Various networking and IRC technology implemented to date.

IRC daemon	Modularity	Remote includes	IPv6	Client SSL	SSL linking	Zip linking	Hostmasking, cloaking	Services integration (built-in services)	LDAP authentication	IRCX support	SASL support	SASL EXTERNAL support	Server protocol
Bahamut	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	TS5 with extensions
bIRCd	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	RFC 1459 and TSpre8
beware ircd	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	P10
Charybdis	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	TS6 with extensions
ConferenceRoom	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Proprietary, binary
FoxEye ircd	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	RFC2813 with extensions, split-free network
InspIRCd	Yes^[72]	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	custom^[73]
IRCD	No	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	RFC 2813 with IDs
IRCD-Hybrid	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	TS6
ircd-ratbox	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	TS6
ircu	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	P10
ithildin	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	Module-dependent
miniircd	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Nefarious IRCu	No	No	2.0+	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	2.0+	2.0+	P10 with extensions
ngIRCd	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	RFC 2813
OfficeIRC Server	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Compatible with DreamForge and UnrealIRCd
Oragono	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No
PleXusIRCd	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	No	No	TS5/TS6
pureIRCd	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
RockIRCd	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
RubIRCd	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Partial	No	No	No	No	TS5 with extensions
ShadowIRCd	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	TS6 with extensions
snircd	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	P10 with extensions
solid-ircd	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	TS5 with extensions
Synchronet IRCd	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	TS5 with extensions
UnrealIRCd	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Module	No	Yes	Yes	DreamForge/TS5 with extensions
WeIRCd	Partial	No	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	Yes (module)	No	No	No	No	No

Features

IRC server features, mostly extensions to RFC 1459. Probably also implementations of RFC 2810, RFC 2811, RFC 2812, RFC 2813, and possibly IRCX.

+channels (In early IRCds, these were simply named channels. At least one modern IRCd (IRCD) uses the + prefix for modeless channels, i.e. no modes are supported other than +t, which is forced. Since no user can become a chanop, no topic can be set. This is described in RFC 2811.)
#channels ("+channels" were later replaced with "#channels" in version 2.7, numeric channels were removed entirely and channel bans (mode +b) were implemented.)
&channels (irc2.8, those that exist only on the current server, rather than the entire network)
!channels (irc2.10, those that are theoretically safe from suffering from the many ways that a user could exploit a channel by "riding a netsplit"; IRCds using timestamping provide (most of) this functionality on #channels)
%#channels (#channels whose name are in UTF-8 for IRCX)
%&channels (&channels whose name are in UTF-8 for IRCX)
%!channels (!channels whose name are in UTF-8 for IRCX)

IRC daemon	Channel types	Halfop support (+h %)	Admin/protect support (+a/+u &/!/*)	Founder/owner support (+q ~/.)	Operator prefixing^[74]	Advanced operator ACL	Operator "levels"^[75]	vHost via I-line (or equivalent)	i18n nicknames^[76]	RDBMS integration (SQL)
Bahamut	#	No	No	No	No	No	No	Partial	No	No
bIRCd	# &	No	No	No	No	No	No	Partial	No	No
Charybdis	# &	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
ConferenceRoom	# &	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Partial
FoxEye ircd	# & ! +	Module	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	No
InspIRCd	#	Yes	Module	Module	Module	Yes	Module	Yes	Module	Old versions: MySQL, SQLite & PostgreSQL: Authorization, Services Integration, Logging, Operaccess
IRCD	# & ! +	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
IRCD-Hybrid	#	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
ircd-ratbox	# &	No	No	No	No	No	No	Yes	No	No
ircu	# &	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	No	No	No
ithildin	#	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No
miniircd	+ # & !	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Nefarious IRCu	# &	Yes	No	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
ngIRCd^[77]	# & +	Yes^[78]	Yes	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No
OfficeIRC Server	# %# & %&	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial	Yes	Yes	Yes	Partial
Oragono	#	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
PleXusIRCd	# &	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	Unknown	Yes	Unknown	No
pureIRCd	#	No	No	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
RockIRCd	#	No	Yes	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Yes	No	Unknown	No
RubIRCd	#	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Yes	No	No
ShadowIRCd	# &	Yes	Yes	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No
snircd	# &	No	Yes	No	No	Yes	No	Yes	No	No
solid-ircd	#	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	Partial	No	No
Synchronet IRCd	# &	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
UnrealIRCd	#	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	Third party module (netadmins)^[79]	Yes, vhost block in conf	iso8859-1/2/7/8-I/9/16, windows-1250/1251, Multibyte	MySQL & PostgreSQL: Third party modules ^[80]
WeIRCd	#	Yes	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	SQLite in services module

IRC daemon	Connect-flood detection	Channel flood controls basic / advanced	Join throttling	Spamfilter regexp / glob	Channel censor IRCd config / chanop-controlled	Variable per-channel banlist size	Timed bans	DNSBL	CGI:IRC/WEBIRC host spoofing
Bahamut	Yes	Yes / No	Yes	No / No	No / No	No	No	No	Yes
bIRCd	No	No / No	No	No / No	No / No	No	No	No	No
Charybdis	Yes	No / No	Yes	No / No	No / No	Yes	Yes ^{[ citation needed ]}	Yes	Yes
ConferenceRoom	Yes	Yes / Yes	Yes	No / Yes	Partial / No	No	Partial	Yes	No
InspIRCd	Yes	Yes / Yes	Yes	Yes / Yes	Yes / Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
IRCD	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
IRCD-Hybrid	Yes	No / No	No	No / No	No / No	No	No	No	Yes
ircd-ratbox	Yes	No / No	No	No / No	No / No	No	No	No	Yes
ircu	Yes	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	No	No
ithildin	Module	No / No	No	No / No	No / No	No	No	Unknown	Unknown
miniircd	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
Nefarious IRCu	Yes	No / No	No	Yes / No	No / No	No	No	Yes	Yes
ngIRCd	No	No / No	No	No / No	No / No	No	No	No	Yes
OfficeIRC Server	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Unknown
Oragono	Yes	Yes / No	Unknown	No	No	No	Unknown	No	Yes
PleXusIRCd	Yes	No / No	No	No / No	No / No	No	No	Unknown	Unknown
pureIRCd	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown	Unknown
RockIRCd	No	Yes / No	No	No	No	No	No	No	Unknown
RubIRCd	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No	No
ShadowIRCd	Yes	No / No	Yes	No / No	No / No	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes
solid-ircd	Yes	Yes / No	Yes	No / No	No / No	No	No	No	Unknown
Synchronet IRCd	Yes	Yes / No	Yes	No / No	No / No	No / No	No	No	Unknown
UnrealIRCd	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes / third party module^[81]	No	Yes	Yes	Yes
WeIRCd	Partial	No / No	No	No / No	No / No	No	No	No	Yes

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↑ kqueue (FreeBSD since 4.1) - asynchronous event dispatch mechanism.
↑ "POSIX.4 Real Time Signals" (Linux since 2.4) - special class of Linux system signals used for notification of events on file descriptors. Deprecated in favour of epoll.
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↑ Operator prefixing: The ability for network staff (not channel ops, but ircd opers) to be denoted in a channel with a special prefix.^{[ citation needed ]}
↑ Operator "levels": protect "higher" opers from being killed and/or z, k, or g-lined by "lower" opers^{[ citation needed ]}
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Internet Relay Chat (IRC) is an application layer protocol that facilitates communication in the form of text. The chat process works on a client/server networking model. IRC clients are computer programs that users can install on their system or web based applications running either locally in the browser or on a 3rd party server. These clients communicate with chat servers to transfer messages to other clients. IRC is mainly designed for group communication in discussion forums, called channels, but also allows one-on-one communication via private messages as well as chat and data transfer, including file sharing.

An IRC operator is a user on an Internet Relay Chat network who has privileged access. IRC operators are charged with the task of enforcing the network's rules, and in many cases, improving the network in various areas. The permissions available to an IRC operator vary according to the server software in use, and the server's configuration.

IRCnet is one of the largest IRC networks with more than 60,000 users using it daily. An early 2005 record had approximately 123,110 users simultaneously connected to the network.

Internet Relay Chat services is a name for a set of features implemented on many modern Internet Relay Chat networks. Services are automated bots with special status which are generally used to provide users with access with certain privileges and protection. They usually implement some sort of login system so that only people on the access control list can obtain these services.

An IRCd, short for Internet Relay Chat daemon, is server software that implements the IRC protocol, enabling people to talk to each other via the Internet. It is distinct from an IRC bot that connects outbound to an IRC channel.

IRC scripts are a way of shortening commands and responding automatically to certain events while connected to an IRC network. There are many different scripting languages for different types of IRC clients: ircII, BitchX, XChat, mIRC, Visual IRC, Bersirc, and others have their own scripting languages, many of which share common features and syntax and therefore are easily portable from one IRC client to another.

The following tables compare general and technical information between a number of IRC client programs which have been discussed in independent published literature.

Transmission is a BitTorrent client which features a variety of user interfaces on top of a cross-platform back-end. Transmission is free software licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License, with parts under the MIT License.

MSN Chat was the Microsoft Network version of IRCX, which replaced Microsoft Chat, a set of Exchange-based IRCX servers first available in the Microsoft Comic Chat client, although Comic Chat was not required to connect.

This is a comparison of notable free and open-source configuration management software, suitable for tasks like server configuration, orchestration and infrastructure as code typically performed by a system administrator.

ircu is the IRC daemon software written for and used on the Undernet IRC network.

Rsyslog is an open-source software utility used on UNIX and Unix-like computer systems for forwarding log messages in an IP network. It implements the basic syslog protocol, extends it with content-based filtering, rich filtering capabilities, queued operations to handle offline outputs, support for different module outputs, flexible configuration options and adds features such as using TCP for transport.

LightDM is a free and open-source X display manager that aims to be lightweight, fast, extensible and multi-desktop. It can use various front-ends to draw User Interface, also called Greeters. It also supports Wayland.

A Web-based slideshow is a slide show which can be played using a web browser. Some web based slide shows are generated from presentation software and may be difficult to change. Others offer templates allowing the slide show to be easily edited and changed.

UnrealIRCd is an open-source IRC daemon, originally based on DreamForge, and is available for Unix-like operating systems and Windows. Since the beginning of development on UnrealIRCd c. May 1999, many new features have been added and modified, including advanced security features and bug fixes, and it has become a popular server.

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