UnrealIRCd is an IRC server, serving thousands of IRC networks since 1999.
It is used both by experts and beginners alike. It offers a strong focus on modularity, an advanced and highly configurable configuration file.
This is free and open source software.
Features include:
- Module support: full freedom to load specific features or not. There are more than 150 modules available including channel modes, user modes, extended bans and user & oper commands.
- Advanced anti-flood and anti-spam systems: Spamfilter, channel mode +f, DNS Blacklists (DNSBL), AntiRandom, connection throttling based on reputation.
- Highly configurable configuration file
- Extensive documentation.
- SSL/TLS encrypted client and server connections, with secure defaults and a lot of configuration options.
- Channel Owners (+q) and Channel Admins (+a).
- Channel Half-ops (+h).
- Advanced banning through extended bans, including but not limited to: timed bans (that are removed after X minutes), allowing/exempting by services account name, certificate fingerprint, etc.
- Text filtering via a “swear filter” user/channel mode (+G) and per-channel text filter via the ~T extban.
- Channel linking (+L).
- Hostname cloaking (+x).
- Color blocking and stripping (+c/+S).
- Vhosts.
- DCCDeny.
- Cross-platform support – runs under Linux, FreeBSD, Mac OS X, and Windows.
Website: www.unrealircd.org
Support: Documentation, GitHub Code Repository
Developer: Bram Matthys (Syzop) and others
License: GNU General Public License v2.0
UnrealIRCd is written in C. Learn C with our recommended free books and free tutorials.
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