FWIW TheLounge [1] and Convos [2] can front-end an IRC server giving it much of the look of a modern client and also chat persistence when using TheLounge in pr

FWIW TheLounge [1] and Convos [2] can front-end an IRC server giving it much of the look of a modern client and also chat persistence when using TheLounge in private mode. The trade-off in my opinion is scalability. With a bog standard IRCD I can handle tens of thousands of clients per node. Adding web persistent increases memory usage. [1] - https://github.com/thelounge https://github.com/thelounge https://thelounge.chat/ https://thelounge.chat/ [2] - https://github.com/convos-chat/convos/ https://github.com/convos-chat/convos/ https://convos.chat/ https://convos.chat/