ergo

None of these is actually true with IRCv3: - client/server communication is IRC-over-TLS by default when using modern servers, e.g. Ergo, but afaik also Libera/OFTC/etc support TLS [1] - Ergo comes with a built-in bouncer, you get all the history according to whatever Ergo has set as retention [2] - client have now support file uploads too [3] [1]: https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/blob/master/docs/MANUAL.md#... [2]: https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/blob/master/docs/MANUAL.md#... [3]: https://halloy.chat/guides/filehost

It doesn't support any linking at present: https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/blob/stable/docs/MANUAL.md#...

I've been running Ergo for the past year for my friends/family chat. I went this route because of the ease of hosting, very low resource requirements and a protocol and codebase that I feel I can understand and debug if needed. The v3 chathistory support and the always-on[1] multi-client[2] features paired with modern clients (like Goguma) go a long way at providing a modern chat environment. Most others on the server don't even know that they are using IRC. The built-in websocket support is another key feature for me since it lets me to provide a web client just by serving some static files (I use Gamja for this). [1] always-on: https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/blob/master/docs/USERGUIDE.... [2] multiclient: https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/blob/master/docs/USERGUIDE....

Not to be confused with ergo, the ircd[0] nor with ergo, the cryptocurrency[1] [0] https://github.com/ergochat/ergo [1] https://github.com/ergoplatform

You can configure some IRC servers to mask all IPs by default, for instance the Ergo IRCv3 server does so automatically: https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/blob/master/docs/MANUAL.md#...

This isn't inherent to IRC; some servers support sending history when you are back online: * https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/blob/master/docs/USERGUIDE.... * https://docs.inspircd.org/3/modules/chanhistory/ * https://www.unrealircd.org/docs/Channel_history

> The whole protocol you would have to build around IRC to achieve client agnosticity would arguably be more complex than IRC itself. You don't have to build a new protocol. The Ergo IRCd supports multiple clients connecting to the same account (and using the same nick) at the same time using the regular IRC protocol: https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/blob/master/docs/USERGUIDE....

I set one up on my basement server when the pandemic hit for my church, since Zoom's free meetings were limited to 45 minutes. I was able to allow Jitsi to run as a web app on phones, but people complained that it ate through their batteries fast and caused them to get hot. They went back to meeting in person outdoors, and didn't need it. I turned it off after about a month, and haven't needed to look into it again. IRC + Jitsi could work for a lot of people, but there's still enough trust in big centralized platforms for people to be satisfied with them. https://github.com/ergochat/ergo https://github.com/kiwiirc/kiwiirc https://github.com/kiwiirc/plugin-conference

I originally thought this had something to due with the IRCd written in Go also named Ergo https://github.com/ergochat/ergo

I played around with Ergo and Kiwi IRC some months ago. https://github.com/ergochat/ergo https://github.com/kiwiirc/kiwiirc

Here are my biased recommendations ;-) a. Ergo [1] as the server for a greenfield setup b. Gamja [2] and Goguma [3] ) as clients c. Soju [4] as a bouncer for non-Ergo networks [1] https://github.com/ergochat/ergo [2] https://sr.ht/~emersion/gamja/ [3] https://sr.ht/~emersion/goguma/ [4] https://sr.ht/~emersion/soju/

Some do save them to disk: * https://www.unrealircd.org/docs/Channel_history * https://docs.inspircd.org/3/modules/chanhistory/ * https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/blob/master/docs/MANUAL.md#... And they are not niche servers; UnrealIRCd and InspIRCd are the top two in terms of deployments according to https://www.ircstats.org/servers

You might like Ergo, which has a built-in bouncer that supports playback and channel relays out of the box: https://github.com/ergochat/ergo