Anope
Anope | |
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Programming language: | C[1] |
Platform: | Linux, BSD, Apple OS X, Windows |
Status: | Active |
Based on: | Epona[2] |
Latest release: | 1.8.6(stable)[3] & 1.9.4-p1 & 1.9.5[4] |
Homepage: | http://www.anope.org |
Anope is a services package which was first released in 2003 and is based on Epona and contains common services bots such as OperServ, NickServ, ChanServ, HostServ, BotServ, MemoServ.[2] Anope is one of the most common and popular services for IRC, it is commonly used alongside UnrealIRCd[5] aswell as InspIRCd. It has the capability to load a variety of modules to enhance the services.
There are two latest development releases of Anope, 1.9.4-p1[6] and 1.9.5[7], which among other things, includes its own dnsbl module.[8]
Features
Anope's NickServ supports nickname grouping and also has an optional password retrieval feature. Nicknames may be protected from being taken by other users.
Services
Defcon system
Anope has a defcon system can be used to implement a pre-defined set of restrictions to services useful during an attempted attack on the network to secure the services which is explained here.
HelpServ
A skeleton service used to serve help files. (Removed in Anope 1.9.1+)
Supported IRCds
- Bahamut
- Charybdis
- DreamForge
- Hybrid
- InspIRCd
- Plexus
- PTLink
- RageIRCd
- Ratbox
- ShadowIRCd
- Solid IRCd
- UltimateIRCd
- UnrealIRCd
- ViagraIRCd