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Atheme IRC Services

Modular IRC services framework for large networks

Chat & Communication ★ 429 stars Hard setup ISC

Atheme is a set of IRC services designed for large and highly scalable IRC networks. It provides account registration, channel management, and a flexible modular architecture.

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Key features

  • Scales to large networks
  • Modular service design
  • Account and channel management
  • Used by historic IRC networks

Strengths

  • Released under the ISC license
  • Written in C
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM

Is Atheme IRC Services secure?

1 known vulnerability affects Atheme IRC Services's latest release (v7.2.12) according to OSV.dev; the most severe is rated high.

Affecting v7.2.12

AdvisorySeveritySummary
CVE-2024-27508HighAtheme 7.2.12 contains a memory leak vulnerability in /atheme/src/crypto-benchmark/main.c.
  • Most recent fixed advisory CVE-2022-24976, published 2022-02-13 (1704 days ago), fixed in 7.2.12

Source: OSV.dev, checked 2026-10-14. How this is measured.

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