IRCd Comparison

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This is an up to date IRCd comparison for all actively developed IRCds. We may also add another comparison table including older inactive IRCds purely for historical purposes, so check back later.

This page is a work in progress, so if an active IRCd isn't yet listed, then please add it to the talk page.

IRCd information

IRCd Author Based on First released Latest stable release License Programming Language Protocol Website
Bahamut DALnet Coding Team Hybrid/DreamForge 1999 2.0.3 GPL C TS5 http://www.dal.net/?page=Bahamut
Charybdis The Atheme Project Ratbox IRCd 2005 3.3[1] GPL C TS6 http://www.atheme.org/project/charybdis
InspIRCd InspIRCd Development Team Written from scratch 2002 2.0.8[2] GPL C++ TS6 (modified) http://inspircd.github.com
ircu Undernet Coder Committee irc2.7 1991 u2.10.12.14 GPL C P10 http://coder-com.undernet.org/
Nefarious Evilnet Development on AfterNet ircu 2.10.11.07 2004 u2.10.11.07+Nefarious(1.3.0) GPL C P10 (with extensions) http://evilnet.sourceforge.net
ShadowIRCd jdhore Charybdis 2003 6.3.2.1 GPL C TS6 http://shadowircd.net
UnrealIRCd UnrealIRCd Team EliteIRCd (potvin) 1999 Unreal3.2.9 GPL C DreamForge/TS5 with extensions http://www.unrealircd.org

IRCd comparison

IRCd technical information

Operating System Technical Information
IRCd BSD Linux Mac OS Windows Client SSL Host Cloaking/Hiding IPv6 Linking SSL Modularity Remote Includes SASL Zip Linking
InspIRCd Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick
ircu Green tick Green tick Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Green tick Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark
Nefarious Green tick Green tick Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Green tick Green tick Red Cross Mark Green tick Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark
UnrealIRCd Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Red Cross Mark Green tick

IRCd features

Channel access modes Features
IRCd Half-op mode % Admin mode & Founder mode ~ CGI:IRC/WebIRC Channel censoring Connect flood detection Channel flood prevention DNSBL Oper prefixing Spamfilter
InspIRCd Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick
ircu Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark
Nefarious Green tick Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Green tick Red Cross Mark Green tick Red Cross Mark Green tick Red Cross Mark Green tick
UnrealIRCd Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick

Services/ext services compatiablity

IRC Services Extended Services
IRCd Anope Atheme Ratbox Services X3 BOPM Denora Janus Omega
Bahamut Green tick Green tick Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Green tick Green tick Red Cross Mark Green tick
Charybdis Green tick Green tick Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Green tick Green tick Green tick Red Cross Mark
InspIRCd Green tick Green tick Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick
ircu Red Cross Mark Green tick Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Green tick Green tick Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark
Nefarious Red Cross Mark Green tick Red Cross Mark Green tick Green tick Green tick Red Cross Mark Green tick
ShadowIRCd Green tick Green tick Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Green tick ? Green tick Red Cross Mark
UnrealIRCd Green tick Green tick Red Cross Mark Red Cross Mark Green tick Green tick Green tick Green tick

Most used IRCd's

As of September 2012, the 5 most used IRCd's monitored by SearchIRC are[3]:

  1. UnrealIRCd - 835 servers
  2. InspIRCd - 254 servers
  3. Charybdis - 85 servers
  4. ShadowIRCd - 37 servers
  5. Nefarious - 32 servers
  • This ranking counts all versions of the same software as one.

References