Brian Swetland6d ago

I'm starting to think ergo (server) + halloy (desktop) / goguma (mobile) makes a credible alternative to discord for small community textual chat, based on some recent experiences.

At least this combo of IRCv3 servers and clients has a pretty high level of "just works" (not needing a bouncer, handles multiple simultaneous connections from different clients, history/state survives disconnects, basic image attachments / url unfurls / reactions, etc).

#IRCv3 #Halloy #Goguma

The Starlight NetworkMay 28
announcement for everyone hanging out on the Starlight IRC Network!

halloy has had a new release, which among other improvements brings support for both replies and profile metadata, like avatars, pronouns, a link to your site and more.

Additionally, since we last updated y'all, they've adopted a No-AI policy.

so, one step closer to a "discord replacement" for many :D

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Halloy

Halloy is an open-source IRC client written in Rust, with the iced GUI library. It aims to provide a simple and fast client for Mac, Windows, and Linux platforms.

Show threadDamian YerrickMay 28

@wyatt Unless I'm missing some recent development, major IRC networks don't appear to offer services that would help IRC replace proprietary chat platforms. These include a bouncer, file drop, and pastebin.

#IRC #IRCv3

quaffMay 28

Dear #IRC fans, there's another huge release of #Halloy today! Hit your update buttons to get version 2026.7 🙌

New #IRCv3 support in this release: reply, redact, metadata, websockets, network icons and bot mode!

Lots of great new features and fixes, especially if you're on a server that can support them 😏

Check out the full changelog:
https://github.com/squidowl/halloy/releases/tag/2026.7

Release 2026.7 · squidowl/halloy

Added: Support for IRCv3 reply client tag Support for IRCv3 draft/message-redaction Support for IRCv3 metadata display-name, avatar, pronouns, homepage, color, status keys IRCv3 bot mode support, ...

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Show threadquaffMay 25

@dansup I highly encourage and recommend this!

Lots of open source projects are on Libera which has some nice modern #IRCv3 features. But if you run your own ergo server, you can have even more like chathistory (without needing a bouncer!), reacts and replies! And of course if you use the client, Halloy, you'll get quite a nice user experience as well ❤️

https://ergo.chat
https://halloy.chat

#IRC #IRCv3 #Halloy

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Show threadRamSDRAdmin (R3DHX)Apr 18

И снова о IRCv3: вышел Ergo 2.18.0
https://github.com/ergochat/ergo/releases/tag/v2.18.0
Случайно заметил, когда по некоторым записям пробегал. Жаль, что под armV7 не было собрано, а у меня лишняя железка на солнечной панельке запитана... Пришлось самому, дел на 2 минутки.

В этом сервере нельзя в линковку серверов. Но, честно говоря, не представляю как это отрабатывает в случае нетсплита.

#irc #ergo #ircv3 #selfhosted

Release v2.18.0 · ergochat/ergo

We're pleased to be publishing v2.18.0, a new stable release. This release adds support for PostgreSQL and SQLite as history backends, expands the HTTP API, and includes bug fixes and minor improve...

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#ircpuzzlesApr 9

Five people have completed ircpuzzles, will you be one of them?

https://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2026/04/2026-april-fools-live/

#IRC #ircpuzzles #Puzzle #Puzzles #April #AprilFools #AprilFoolsDay #AprilFool #competition #April1st #IRCv3

2026 April Fool's Puzzle Competition Is Now LIVE

We are happy to present the 2026 #ircpuzzles April Fool's Puzzle Competition on Libera.Chat! The theme this year is nature! To begin, please join #ircpuzzles-2026-afpc-01 with key "nature" Most IRC clients should let you join with the command: /join #ircpuzzles-2026-afpc-01 nature Please join us in #ircpuzzles on Libera.Chat …

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#ircpuzzlesApr 1

There is still time to jump in on the fun of ircpuzzles!

https://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2026/04/2026-april-fools-live/

#IRC #ircpuzzles #Puzzle #Puzzles #April #AprilFools #AprilFoolsDay #AprilFool #competition #April1st #IRCv3

2026 April Fool's Puzzle Competition Is Now LIVE

We are happy to present the 2026 #ircpuzzles April Fool's Puzzle Competition on Libera.Chat! The theme this year is nature! To begin, please join #ircpuzzles-2026-afpc-01 with key "nature" Most IRC clients should let you join with the command: /join #ircpuzzles-2026-afpc-01 nature Please join us in #ircpuzzles on Libera.Chat …

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#ircpuzzlesApr 1

ircpuzzles has just started!!!

https://blog.ircpuzzles.org/2026/04/2026-april-fools-live/

#IRC #ircpuzzles #puzzle #puzzles #IRCv3 #competition #April #AprilFools #AprilFool #AprilFoolsDay #Libera #LiberaChat @liberachat

2026 April Fool's Puzzle Competition Is Now LIVE

We are happy to present the 2026 #ircpuzzles April Fool's Puzzle Competition on Libera.Chat! The theme this year is nature! To begin, please join #ircpuzzles-2026-afpc-01 with key "nature" Most IRC clients should let you join with the command: /join #ircpuzzles-2026-afpc-01 nature Please join us in #ircpuzzles on Libera.Chat …

#ircpuzzles
quaffMar 21

PSA to y'all #IRC users: the latest release of #Halloy supports more #IRCv3 specs! Including `typing` (now on @liberachat too), and `+draft/react` & `draft/multiline` on servers that support (ergo.chat) them!

It's been very pleasant to use Halloy for IRC, so many nice quality-of-life features 🫶

Full changelog: https://github.com/squidowl/halloy/releases/tag/2026.5

Release 2026.5 · squidowl/halloy

Added: Setting to limit reaction display length (buffer.channel.message.max_reaction_display) and maximum length (buffer.channel.message.max_reaction_chars) Emoji and command picker entries are no...

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