ZNC VS Kiwi IRC

Um if you need backlogging, as I noted, a Bouncer will provide. if they don't provide it for free hosting this on something like a digital ocean droplet can implement it, but then again, it can get expensive.

https://github.com/znc/znc

I've got a slew of different computers doing different things. All of them are networked together via Tailscale.

Ubuntu 22.04 Server for the host, everything else runs in LXC containers. This is all setup on ZFS.

- https://znc.in/ IRC bouncer

- https://caddyserver.com/ Caddy Webserver for a few personal websites

- https://github.com/AndroidKitKat/waifupaste.moe/ My personal pastebin

- https://transmissionbt.com/ Torrent client that I actually use for Linux ISOs. Primarily seed different versions of Ubuntu and the latest Arch. I am looking to seed other, lesser-seeded distros, too.

- It also runs Samba

A second, dedicated computer also running Ubuntu Server 22.04. It only runs https://pleroma.social for me and a few of my friends.

A third computer, this time an M1 Mac Mini that is my Plex box. It's running the latest version of macOS Ventura and runs all the *arrs and qBittorrent. It also runs Plex itself, because it's one of the only computers that I found that was low power enough but still supported hardware transcoding in Plex. I've been meaning to find a replacement for it running Linux + an AMD GPU (I have an rx470 sitting around somewhere), but no real good deals have turned up.

You can just run ZNC then connect to it on a local client like HexChat. Here at RapidSeedbox, we support Pidgin and I can say it's quite simple to use.

NOTE: the extent of my previous usage of a pie is running a ZNC bouncer over SSH for IRC server that I'm a part of and while I have plenty of background with 120+ volt electrical systems, this is my first electronic hardware project

> At that point you've just reimplemented a less-standard version of matrix with extra steps though.

There are IRCv3 specifications that allow this richer experience, and they are at least as standard as Matrix. Check out https://ergo.chat/ with modern clients like https://sr.ht/~emersion/goguma/ (Android), https://git.sr.ht/~emersion/gamja/ https://kiwiirc.com/ (web), or https://git.sr.ht/~taiite/senpai (TUI)

> but in practice using your enhanced server from an unenhanced client will always be painful

IRCv3 normally makes sure new specs don't make it worse for older clients. Could you give me some examples to see if we can fix that?

First try the web-based ones - https://kiwiirc.com/ - https://mibbit.com/

Un client en ligne : https://kiwiirc.com/ Un serveur français : https://www.epiknet.org/irc/

You can take a look at kiwi irc: https://github.com/kiwiirc/kiwiirc and configure the channels it joins.

Their IRC link is on their homepage. If you don't have an IRC client you can use https://kiwiirc.com/ in browser.

It depends. There's a lot of people on/around IRC who really like it (see libera and all the other networks), and yeah there definitely are people spinning up new smaller networks. Especially with things like https://sr.ht/~emersion/gamja/ and self-hosted https://kiwiirc.com/ , as well as really polished client experiences like irccloud, it's easier to convince people to join in.

Right now I'm working with a dev from libera on a client that aims to replicate a lot of things experience-wise from newer chat services. Hoping that with that, smaller self-contained servers can become more of a norm~ But for now, your best bets for finding activity are probably Libera and a couple of the other larger networks.

I use https://kiwiirc.com and it allows me to create a temporary account without an e-mail. I think you need an e-mail if you want to 'reserve' your name