Kiwi IRC
Kiwi IRC is an open-source, self-hosted app in the IRC & XMPP category, licensed Apache-2.0 and written mainly in Vue. It has 989 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Jun 19, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 989
- Forks
- 232
- Open issues
- 157
- Commits, last 12 months
- 8
- Last commit
- Jun 19, 2026
- Latest release
- v1.7.1Sep 13, 2023
- Created
- Dec 3, 2016
- License
- Apache-2.0Open source
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Project health
MaintainedMaintained: last commit Jun 19, 2026.
| Last commit | Jun 19, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 8 |
| Latest release | v1.7.1 (Sep 13, 2023) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 |
| Releases, all time | 6 |
| Open issues | 157 |
| Open pull requests | 37 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Dec 3, 2016 |
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About Kiwi IRC
Responsive web IRC client with theming support.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/kiwiirc/kiwiirc.
Topics
- irc
- web
- client
- messenger
- chat
- irc-client
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Is Kiwi IRC free and open source?
Yes. Kiwi IRC is open-source software released under the Apache-2.0 license, so you can self-host it at no cost. You only pay for the server it runs on, and some projects also offer an optional paid cloud plan.
Can I run Kiwi IRC with Docker?
Kiwi IRC does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Nodejs), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Kiwi IRC?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Kiwi IRC include ejabberd, The Lounge and Weechat.
Is Kiwi IRC actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Kiwi IRC was on Jun 19, 2026 with 8 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is v1.7.1, published Sep 13, 2023. It had 157 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Maintained" as of Oct 26, 2026.