Quassel IRC
Quassel IRC is an open-source, self-hosted app in the IRC & XMPP category, licensed GPL-2.0 and written mainly in C++. It has 792 GitHub stars and its last commit was on Jun 27, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 792
- Forks
- 226
- Open issues
- 0
- Commits, last 12 months
- 1
- Last commit
- Jun 27, 2026
- Latest release
- 0.14.0Jan 1, 2022
- Created
- Dec 4, 2012
- License
- GPL-2.0Open source
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Project health
MaintainedMaintained: last commit Jun 27, 2026.
| Last commit | Jun 27, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 1 |
| Latest release | 0.14.0 (Jan 1, 2022) |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 |
| Releases, all time | 8 |
| Open issues | 0 |
| Open pull requests | 24 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Dec 4, 2012 |
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About Quassel IRC
Distributed IRC client, meaning that one (or multiple) client(s) can attach to and detach from a central core.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/quassel/quassel.
Topics
- quassel
- irc
- irc-client
- bouncer
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Is Quassel IRC free and open source?
Yes. Quassel IRC is open-source software released under the GPL-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 Quassel IRC with Docker?
Quassel IRC does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (C++), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Quassel IRC?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Quassel IRC include ejabberd, The Lounge and Weechat.
Is Quassel IRC actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Quassel IRC was on Jun 27, 2026 with 1 commits in the past twelve months. The latest release is 0.14.0, published Jan 1, 2022. It had 0 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Maintained" as of Oct 26, 2026.