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Glowing Bear

Web front end for the WeeChat IRC relay

Chat & Communication ★ 981 stars Medium setup GPL-3.0

Glowing Bear is a web front end that connects to a WeeChat relay, giving the powerful WeeChat IRC client a modern browser interface. It supports notifications, themes, and mobile use.

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Key features

  • WeeChat relay front end
  • Browser-based IRC
  • Push notifications
  • Theme support

Pros & cons

Strengths

  • Leverages WeeChat power
  • Works on mobile browsers

Trade-offs

  • Requires WeeChat relay
  • IRC focused

Is Glowing Bear secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for Glowing Bear's repository. No known vulnerabilities is not proof of security: it means none have been publicly catalogued.

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

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