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Charybdis IRCd

IRC server daemon for large networks

Chat & Communication ★ 230 stars Medium setup GPL-2.0

Charybdis is an IRCv3-capable IRC server daemon descended from ratbox, designed to power large IRC networks. It has been used as the basis for several other IRC server projects and is fully self-hostable.

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Key features

  • IRCv3-capable IRC server
  • Designed for large networks
  • Basis for other IRC daemons

Strengths

  • Released under the GPL-2.0 license
  • Written in C
  • Tiny footprint — runs in 64 MB RAM

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