ngIRCd: Next Generation IRC Daemon

ngIRCd

ngIRCd is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server for small or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). It is easy to configure, can cope with dynamic IP addresses, and supports IPv6, SSL-protected connections as well as PAM for authentication. It is written from scratch and not based on the original IRCd.

The name ngIRCd means next generation IRC daemon, which is a little bit exaggerated: lightweight Internet Relay Chat server most probably would have been a better name :-)

Advantages

Why you should be using ngIRCd? For these and other reasons:

well arranged (lean) configuration file
simple to build/install, configure and maintain
supports IPv6 and SSL
no problems with servers that have dynamic IP addresses
freely available, modern, portable and tidy C-source
ngIRCd is being actively developed since 15 years

ngircd --help

ngIRCd 22.1-IRCPLUS+SYSLOG+ZLIB-x86_64/unknown/linux-gnu Copyright (c)2001-2015 Alexander Barton (<alex@barton.de>) and Contributors. Homepage: <http://ngircd.barton.de/> This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. -f, --config <f> use file <f> as configuration file -n, --nodaemon don't fork and don't detach from controlling terminal -p, --passive disable automatic connections to other servers -t, --configtest read, validate and display configuration; then exit -V, --version output version information and exit -h, --help display this help and exit

Simplicity

ngIRCd supports a whole range of platforms: Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, but ngIRCd also runs on Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and other Unices.

After the installation of ngIRCd, which is executed via packet installation or configure-make-make-install, and once you have edited the ngircd.conf, you can get started after 5 minutes – only a few lines need adapting, the rest is purely optional.