
Networks such as Libera Chat, tilde.chat and Ergo started offering gamja instances. Support was added for many of the usual IRC commands, STATUSMSG, incoming INVITE messages and CHATHISTORY TARGETS (to avoid missing direct messages coming from other users), labeled-response, draft/event-playback and notification tags (multiple messages from the same user will only produce a single notification). Things added include support for WEBIRC spec, interface translation support, better user experience for +i (invite only) channels, support for connection profiles and chat input field sent messages/commands history.Ī new UI was added for network management, mobile support was improved and user mode displaying in channels was added. Many of these include support for persistent history, so there is some overlap with the bouncer category.Ĭonvos - Mojolicious in the backend and Svelte in the frontendĬonvos had a very active period with 50 releases.
IRC CLIENT FOR MAC ANDROID
Revolution IRC – Android client with Material designĪ release was made with a crash fix. The client was made public, but is not yet available in app stores. KiwiIRC mobile - iOS and Android version of the popular web client, built using NativeScript-Vue The experimental cross-platform desktop application got a new release with Apple Silicon support. In their new releases, IRCCloud’s Android and iOS apps received stability improvements and minor fixes. IRCCloud - Connect to any IRC server out there, and even Slack workspaces The UI got a facelift for dropdowns and text inputs. On-demand chat logs for network channels and private chats were added. Support was added for 3.2 SASL authentication and various fixes were made to capability negotiation. Mobile clients KiwiIRC Mobile screenshotĪppIRC - iOS/Android client for The Lounge instancesĬolloquy - an advanced IRC, SILC & ICB client for macOS and iOS IRC Definition Files got documentation for ERR_LINKCHANNEL and BOT ISUPPORT token as well as a bunch of fixes. UTF8ONLY ISUPPORT token defines a way for servers to advertise that they only allow UTF-8 on their network.ĬHATHISTORY TARGETS allows listing direct message conversations.īot Mode lets clients mark themselves as bots and lets other clients see them as bots. It also supports relaying messages to channels on other networks, implementing the still unpublished RELAYMSG spec. The network provides always-on, chat history and multiclient functionality out of the box, without the need to set up your own bouncer.

Ergo now offers a network intended for production use. Palaver ❤️ ErgoĪ cool collaboration story during this period is Palaver iOS app working with Ergo daemon (formerly known as Oragono) in order to build a new standard on push notifications for IRC (Ergo issues 15 discuss the topic). Let’s look at the happenings in the IRC ecosystem during the first half of 2021. This article is dedicated to the Finnish rap group Lyömättömät, who use IRC to interact with the audience of their national radio show.

IRC technology news from the first half of 2021 | Ilmari Lauhakangas Ilmari Lauhakangas IRC technology news from the first half of 2021
