IRCd Comparison
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This is an up to date IRCd comparison for all actively developed IRCds. We may also add another comparison table including older inactive IRCds purely for historical purposes, so check back later.
This page is a work in progress, so if an active IRCd isn't yet listed, then please add it to the talk page.
Also, please feel totally free to amend or update anything that you think needs updating!
IRCd information
IRCd | Author | Based on | First released | Latest stable release | License | Programming Language | Permissions Scheme | Protocol | Website |
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Bahamut | DALnet Coding Team | Hybrid/DreamForge | 1999 | 2.0.3 | GPL | C | 2.8+Flags | TS5 | [1] |
Charybdis | The Atheme Project | Ratbox IRCd | 2005 | 3.3[1] | GPL | C | IAPCM | TS6 | [2] |
Hybrid | Hybrid Dev Team | irc2.8 | 1997 | 7.3.1[2] | GPL | C | Flags | TS6 | [3] |
InspIRCd | InspIRCd Development Team | Written from scratch | 2002 | 2.0.8[3] | GPL | C++ | IAPCM | TS6 (modified) | [4] |
ircu | Undernet Coder Committee | irc2.7 | 1991 | u2.10.12.14 | GPL | C | 2.8+Flags | P10 | [5] |
Nefarious | Evilnet Development on AfterNet | ircu 2.10.11.07 | 2004 | u2.10.11.07+Nefarious(1.3.0) | GPL | C | 2.8+Flags | P10 (with extensions) | [6] |
ShadowIRCd | jdhore | Charybdis | 2003 | 6.3.2.1 | GPL | C | IAPCM | TS6 | [7] |
UnrealIRCd | UnrealIRCd Team | EliteIRCd (potvin) | 1999 | Unreal3.2.9 | GPL | C | 2.8+Flags with primitive roles | DreamForge/TS5 with extensions | [8] |
IRCd comparison
IRCd technical information
Operating System | Technical Information | |||||||||||||
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IRCd | BSD | Linux | Mac OS | Windows | Client SSL | Host Cloaking/Hiding | IPv6 | Linking SSL | Modularity | Remote Includes | IRCv3 CAP | IRCv3 STARTTLS | IRCv3 SASL | Zip Linking |
Bahamut | (2.0+) | |||||||||||||
Charybdis | (3.5+) | |||||||||||||
Hybrid | (in contrib) | |||||||||||||
InspIRCd | (1.2+) | |||||||||||||
ircu | ||||||||||||||
Nefarious | ||||||||||||||
ShadowIRCd | [technote 1] | |||||||||||||
UnrealIRCd | [technote 2] | [technote 2] | [technote 2] |
Notes:
IRCd features
Channel access modes | Features | ||||||||||
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IRCd | Half-op mode % | Admin mode & | Founder mode ~ | Channel Types | CGI:IRC/WebIRC | Channel censoring | Connect flood detection | Channel flood prevention | DNSBL | Oper prefixing | Spamfilter |
Bahamut | # | ||||||||||
Charybdis | & # | ||||||||||
Hybrid | & # | [featnote 1] | |||||||||
InspIRCd | # | ||||||||||
ircu | & # | ||||||||||
Nefarious | & # | ||||||||||
ShadowIRCd | # | ||||||||||
UnrealIRCd | # |
Notes:
- ↑ Available via contributed code/module
Services/ext services compatibility
IRC Services | Extended Services | |||||||
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IRCd | Anope | Atheme | Ratbox Services | X3 | BOPM | Denora | Janus | Omega |
Bahamut | ||||||||
Charybdis | ||||||||
Hybrid | ||||||||
InspIRCd | ||||||||
ircu | ||||||||
Nefarious | ||||||||
ShadowIRCd | ||||||||
UnrealIRCd |
Most used IRCd's
As of September 2012, the 5 most used IRCd's monitored by SearchIRC are[4]:
- UnrealIRCd - 835 servers
- InspIRCd - 254 servers
- Charybdis - 85 servers
- ShadowIRCd - 37 servers
- Nefarious - 32 servers
- This ranking counts all versions of the same software as one.