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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.
irc-hybrid-client- single user hybrid client using JavaScript frontend and Node.js/Express backend Hidden panels may automatically open in response to channel events and a rate limiter was added for invalid password attempts. The Lounge- modern web client utilising Node.js The linkifier was improved and expanded, a shortcut was added for navigating between channels with unread messages and the code base was refactored and cleaned up in many places. urChat screenshot ERC- an Emacs IRC client Improvements and additions include more flexible sending and displaying of prompt input and a querypoll fallback for the IRCv3 Monitor extension.
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