KiwiIRC
Hosted-anywhere modern web IRC client
KiwiIRC is a fully featured IRC client that runs in the browser and can be embedded into any website. It includes a webircgateway component for self-hosting your own embeddable IRC chat.
Key features
- Embeddable web IRC widget
- Themeable interface
- Plugin system
- Works without browser plugins
Pros & cons
Strengths
- Released under the Apache-2.0 license
- First-class Docker support for quick deployment
- Written in Vue
- Tiny footprint — runs in 128 MB RAM
Trade-offs
- IRC-only
- Needs gateway for direct connections
KiwiIRC replaces
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