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I've been extremely happy with The Lounge (https://thelounge.chat/ https://thelounge.chat/) as a modern, web-based IRC client. It's successfully replaced a deca
by callahad 8y ago
I've been extremely happy with The Lounge (https://thelounge.chat/ https://thelounge.chat/) as a modern, web-based IRC client. It's successfully replaced a decade of ZNC and WeeChat acting as bouncers for irssi, Textual, and X-Chat.
- It's a PWA, so I can add it to my homescreen on Android just like any other native app (and I find the UX better than most native Android IRC clients).
- It supports Web Push notifications, so I find out when I've been mentioned, even without the client running locally.
- It remembers and restores state across restarts.
...and it turns out that's basically all I wanted. I wonder if the network hosting its own instance of such a capable client would be enough for new users to get going?
- lol768 8y ago>...and it turns out that's basically all I wanted. I wonder if the network hosting its own instance of such a capable client would be enough for new users to get going? This is what we do on EsperNet (https://webchat.esper.net/ https://webchat.esper.net/), for what it's worth - using a forked version of The Lounge with some minor changes. It works reasonably well, but we do have to run it in public mode which limits some of the advantages (e.g. the bouncer-like behaviour). With that said, it's a well made application and is a big improvement upon CGI:IRC and Iris. xPaw and astorije are great, too.