Solanum
IRCv3 server daemon used by Libera.Chat
Solanum is an IRCv3 server daemon descended from the Charybdis lineage. It is the software that powers the Libera.Chat IRC network and is suitable for running large IRC infrastructures.
Key features
- Powers Libera.Chat
- IRCv3 protocol support
- Scales to large networks
- Charybdis-derived codebase
Strengths
- Released under the GPL-2.0 license
- Written in C
- Tiny footprint — runs in 128 MB RAM
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