I’ve been enjoying chatting on IRC and was wondering if anyone has any relevant experience with any bouncers?

I tried setting up ZNC but could not get any clients to work with it.

I finally settled on soju with goguma as client, but since no up-to-date Docker container existed, I had to create my own Dockerfile for that.

For now, it’s only available on my LAN (proxied through nginx), and am uncertain if exposing it externally is a good idea (I already have a VPN, but prefer to expose services if it’s safe to do so).

  • just_another_person@lemmy.world
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    13 days ago

    IRC is pretty dated and dead. The only people still using it are die hards, for the most part.

    Matrix is probably the new IRC, XMPP close second. There is literally no reason to keep using IRC except habit.

    If you’re looking for a more community based experience, get into mesh hubs or something.

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      13 days ago

      We all have our own opinions :)

      Can you give more details about mesh hubs? A quick search only returns stuff related to wifi.