Robust IRC
Robust IRC is an open-source, self-hosted app in the IRC & XMPP category, licensed BSD-3-Clause and written mainly in Go. It has 194 GitHub stars and its last commit was on May 24, 2026 (data as of Oct 26, 2026).
GitHub stats
- GitHub stars
- 194
- Forks
- 9
- Open issues
- 6
- Commits, last 12 months
- 2
- Last commit
- May 24, 2026
- Latest release
- No releases
- Created
- Jan 10, 2015
- License
- BSD-3-ClauseOpen source
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Project health
MaintainedMaintained: last commit May 24, 2026.
| Last commit | May 24, 2026 |
|---|---|
| Commits, last 12 months | 2 |
| Latest release | No GitHub releases |
| Releases, last 12 months | 0 |
| Releases, all time | 0 |
| Open issues | 6 |
| Open pull requests | 0 |
| Good first issues | 0 |
| Contributing guide | No |
| Security policy | No |
| Created | Jan 10, 2015 |
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About Robust IRC
IRC without netsplits. Distributed IRC server, based on RobustSession protocol.
Description adapted from awesome-selfhosted (CC BY-SA 3.0). Source code: github.com/robustirc/robustirc.
Topics
- go
- golang
- irc
- raft
- raft-consensus-algorithm
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Is Robust IRC free and open source?
Yes. Robust IRC is open-source software released under the BSD-3-Clause 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 Robust IRC with Docker?
Robust IRC does not list an official Docker image. It installs natively (Go), so follow the install steps in its README or look for a community-maintained container.
What are the best alternatives to Robust IRC?
Popular self-hosted alternatives to Robust IRC include ejabberd, The Lounge and Weechat.
Is Robust IRC actively maintained?
The most recent commit to Robust IRC was on May 24, 2026 with 2 commits in the past twelve months. It had 6 open issues on GitHub. appsgit's project-health label for it is "Maintained" as of Oct 26, 2026.