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matrix-appservice-irc

Node.js IRC bridge for Matrix

16Distinct people
29Mentions
1Explicit recommenders
508GitHub stars
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What to know before exploring

What it is

Node.js IRC bridge for Matrix

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Where it is used

No documented product use was verified in the last source check.

What people are saying

Matrix is great for bridging[0] between different chat applications. Personally I use it a lot to bridge to IRC, which is a great alternative to the older method of setting up…

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This week on Hacker News

Nov 8–Nov 15 UTC · Direct repository links and separately labeled related project stories. Indexed through 11/15/2026, 4:01:40 AM UTC.

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Mentions over time

HN mentions by year29 dated mentions

Observed mentions: 2015-11-02 09:10:20 UTC to 2025-10-21 18:11:51 UTC.

02462015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments20152016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 1 submissions, 0 comments2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 3 mentions; 0 submissions, 3 comments2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 2 mentions; 0 submissions, 2 comments2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 4 mentions; 0 submissions, 4 comments20202021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 2 submissions, 4 comments2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 6 mentions; 0 submissions, 6 comments2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC to 2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC (exclusive): 1 mentions; 0 submissions, 1 comments2025

Counts come from the repository’s dated source evidence. Index cutoff: 2026-11-02 08:16:59 UTC.

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20152015-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20162016-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC110
20172017-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC303
20182018-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC202
20192019-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20202020-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC404
20212021-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC624
20222022-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20232023-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC606
20242024-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101
20252025-01-01 00:00:00 UTC2026-01-01 00:00:00 UTC101

What Hacker News says

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For the record, there are no bad feelings on the Matrix side towards IRCv3 at all. The protocols are very different, and the design & architecture decisions in IRCv3 look fundamentally different to Matrix. In the end, Matrix is trying to be an openly federated object database with pubsub semantics - a standards-based decentralised encrypted Firebase, if you will. I really don't think that collides with IRCv3's aspirations, and we're looking forward to updating https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc with IRCv3 features as they land. We're also looking forward to IRCv3 stuff to add to https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-ircd, which is a Rust server which exposes an IRC listener for the entirety of Matrix. The open communications space has enough threat from silos like Slack and WhatsApp without in-fighting, and I'd hope t
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he communities can get along and support each other rather than the opposite. In terms of the line protocol - we all agree that HTTP+JSON is an inefficient baseline for Matrix. It's just a matter of time for someone to propose a proper binary transport (although HTTP2+gzipped JSON really isn't that bad, and works fine on dialup speeds). Luckily this thread has prompted a few people to offer to contribute one though, so perhaps we'll see some progress there at last :)
In Why Slack is inappropriate for open source communications
See https://matrix.org/ for all that. Riot is the flagship Matrix client, but there are many other alternatives in various states of development. For bridges that you can run on your on "homeserver" (if you indeed want to run your own server!), see https://matrix.org/docs/projects/try-matrix-now.html#applica.... If you use the matrix.org homeserver, they bridge with a number of IRC networks, including freenode and OFTC. The closest thing to an official list that I've seen is https://github.com/matrix-org/matrix-appservice-irc/issues/2....
In Easy XMPP: What are we doing here?

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