The Lounge
The Lounge is a web IRC client that you host on your own server. This is the official, community-managed fork of @erming's great initiative, the Shout project.
Cost / License
- Free
- Open Source
Application type
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Git
- Cloudron
- Node.JS
- npm
Features
Properties
- Support for Themes
Features
- Multiple Account support
- Dark Mode
- IRC
- Live Push Notifications
- Web-Based
- Preconfigurable auto-connect
Tags
- theme-selector
The Lounge News & Activities
Recent News
- IanDorfman published news article about The Lounge
Version 4 of The Lounge cross-platform self-hosted IRC client releasedThe Lounge, a cross-platform, self-hosted Internet Relay Chat client that incorporates modern featu...
Recent activities
- cloudly-chat liked The Lounge
- K0RR added The Lounge as alternative to SSH Chat
- breekachuchan liked The Lounge
The Lounge information
Developed by
The LoungeLicensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free product.Written in
Alternatives
14 alternatives listedSupported Languages
- English
AlternativeTo Category
Social & CommunicationsGitHub repository
- 6,066 Stars
- 727 Forks
- 324 Open Issues
- Updated
What is The Lounge?
The Lounge is a web IRC client that you host on your own server. It's the official, community-managed fork of @erming's great initiative, the 
Shout project. This fork aims to be community managed, meaning that the decisions are taken in a collegial fashion, and that a bunch of maintainers should be able to make the review process quicker and more streamlined.
What features does it have?
Multiple user support Stays connected even when you close the browser Connect from multiple devices at once Responsive layout — works well on your smartphone .. and more!
Comments and Reviews
Very stable project. My only wish about it it would be too see more active development (more releases). If you have more than 30-40 channels it may be bit inconvenient to use.
Awesome piece of software - FOSS Irccloud alternative
Yeah, and with far better uptime than irccloud. I used to pay for irccloud and due to numerous outages, including one that was like 24h, I switched to thelounge. I have no love for running my own services due to lack of time, but in this case it was needed, uptime on irc is critical for me as that is my work IM.