Got a Ubuntu Dedi, what do I use to host an IRC chatroom for my community? reddit / irc ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shubbler · 2016-01-01 21:20 Title ^^ Is there any free software out there that I can use to host a chatroom? People can then just go to www.nameofcommunity.com/chat and talk there without having to download any clients? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 24cal · 2016-01-01 23:07 Ya there are a few. I've used UnrealIRCD in the past. pretty easy to set up. If you just want to host a room, you might consider just registering a channel on an existing network though. A lot less hassle if you aren't the sys admin type. EDIT: also, you don't need a dedicated server for it. You could easily run this on a cheap VPS ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shubbler · 2016-01-01 23:48 Yeah, I got a personal VPS, and a Dedi for my Community, dw, I didn't just buy the Dedi for the IRC xD ---------------------------------------------------------------------- liquoranwhores · 2016-01-02 00:01 I'd recommend using an existing IRC network. It'll be much more reliable and easier to manage than hosting your own. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shubbler · 2016-01-02 00:01 Right, ok. Thanks :D ---------------------------------------------------------------------- rubinlinux · 2016-01-02 00:58 You don't need to host your own server to do this. You can get embeddable Web based irc clients that just connect to an existing IRC network. For example AfterNet has one you just cut and paste some js code. Check the website. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MeowWhat · 2016-01-02 02:45 If you want to link people to irc without having them download a client then pick a server (reddit has its own) and have them use https://kiwiirc.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Shubbler · 2016-01-02 02:46 Can I host this on my Server? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- MeowWhat · 2016-01-02 03:00 I think you should just go look and see what it is if you're confused on what I said. Also someone else mentioned here to use an existing server and I'm going to second that. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- aedinius · 2016-01-02 04:15 And also easier to get new members. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saber_UK · 2016-01-02 11:00 Full disclosure: i'm a contributor to the software mentioned in this comment. Hi, i'd recommend using [InspIRCd](http://www.inspircd.org) combined with [Anope](http://anope.org) to run your network. In my opinion InspIRCd is much better than the alternatives because we have a mature and well tested feature set which has been developed over many years. In fact, every single major feature in UnrealIRCd 4.0 has been supported by us for years! You can customise exactly what you want in your configuration file and anything you don't want isn't loaded by the server. We also have a very friendly support channel and don't make you go through a shitty degrading test before giving support unlike certain other softwares. :) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DStoo · 2016-01-02 14:37 Unless you *really* want to run an IRC network, I would suggest creating a channel on another network. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 24cal · 2016-01-02 19:26 You don't really need to "host" anything for this venture. It would be advisable that you don't for simplicity sake. You should maybe just idle the channel you set up and spread a kiwi irc link to your community. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- alchzh · 2016-01-11 00:26 Yes you can. It's on github ---------------------------------------------------------------------- j4jackj · 2016-01-24 02:19 "bla 4.0 bla" well unreal4 is based on Insp, aye? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Saber_UK · 2016-01-29 23:37 No, they abandoned that for some reason and decided to try to fix their horrible existing codebase.