A round up of working group activity since Nov 2024, including ratification of the reply tag, websockets, and other updates.
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The IRCv3 working group. Modernising the oldest proven protocol for group chat.
Also, check out the latest review of updates to the wider IRC ecosystem https://www.ilmarilauhakangas.fi/irc_technology_news_from_the_second_half_of_2025/
IRC technology news from the second half of 2025
I have to start this edition of IRC news by addressing a worrying trend affecting software development globally. If you are wondering, why your project is no longer listed, one reason might be excessive use of gen AI in development. If I see a bunch of AI-driven mega-commits, I lose trust in your development process and can’t in good conscience write about your project. The chances of getting your project covered here increase by not using gen AI, by having an AI policy and writing informative commit messages. For transparency in general, it would be nice, if developers always disclosed gen AI use in commit messages or at least clearly mentioned in the readme that gen AI has been used.
Libera ChatMore IRCv3 on Libera! https://libera.chat/news/new-and-upcoming-features-3
We might not have posted much of late, but luckily, Ilmari Lauhakangas has been continuing his brilliant series of twice yearly IRC news updates. Here's the latest post from July in case you missed it.
https://www.ilmarilauhakangas.fi/irc_technology_news_from_the_first_half_of_2024/
IRC technology news from the first half of 2024
There is a head-spinning amount of IRC news to share again. The big ticket item for this season is the release of InspIRCd v4.0.0 server software after five years of development. They have a nice overview of the biggest changes. Protocol specifications A work-in-progress REDACT command was added, to be used for moderation and retracting accidentally sent messages among other things. Documentation Modern IRC Client Protocol docs received updates and clarifications related to KICK, TOPIC and CHANTYPES.
We missed doing one of these last year, but here's the latest round up of IRCv3 spec activity, including the long-awaited re-launch of a revamped draft for metadata.
A summary of our activites for 2021/2022
An IRCv3 spec round-up for 2020/2021.
https://ircv3.net/2021/11/17/spec-round-up
Lots of new drafts, ratified specs, and interesting things bubbling away on the roadmap. Thanks to all the contributors and implementors!