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KiwiIRC

Hosted-anywhere modern web IRC client

Chat & Communication ★ 990 stars Medium setup Apache-2.0

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.

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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

Is KiwiIRC secure?

OSV.dev has no published security advisories for KiwiIRC'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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