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Experiences self-hosting an IRC bouncer? (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 4 days ago by [email protected] to c/selfhosted

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I've been enjoying chatting on IRC and was wondering if anyone has any relevant experience with any bouncers?

I tried setting up ZNC but could not get any clients to work with it.

I finally settled on soju with goguma as client, but since no up-to-date Docker container existed, I had to create my own Dockerfile for that.

For now, it's only available on my LAN (proxied through nginx), and am uncertain if exposing it externally is a good idea (I already have a VPN, but prefer to expose services if it's safe to do so).

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[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago

While not exactly a bouncer, I like Quassel

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Maybe you can try The Lounge? It is somewhat different than an IRC proxy since it has a web client (that is always connected)

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago

The Lounge is how I got into IRC and it's very good! However, the web UI isn't that great on mobile, which led me to check out Android IRC apps and bouncers to sync everything across clients.

[–] solrize 2 points 4 days ago

I set up ZNC and got it working but it was a pain in the neck, took some trial and error, and the docs were confusing. Once I got it going I basically left it alone rather than try to clean up the situation.

[–] Pacmanlives 2 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Any reason to not just use TMUX and Weechat or irssi? I had sessions up for years when I was active in IRC

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 days ago (1 children)

None of those work on Android, which is where I'll probably be the most active.

I've seen weechat recommended elsewhere too, I'll probably use it as desktop client.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 4 days ago (1 children)

There's an Android client for Weechat:

https://github.com/ubergeek42/weechat-android/

[–] ogarcia 1 points 2 days ago

Or you can directly use Glowing Bear without installing anything.