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.
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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!
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
Said about The Lounge as an alternative
evertheylen Continuation of the same project
Shout Tags
- theme-selector
Recent user activities on The Lounge
- ssbarnea Upvoted a comment on The LoungeAwesome piece of software - FOSS Irccloud alternative
- ssbarnea reviewed The LoungeVery 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.
- ssbarnea liked The Lounge
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.
Reply written 9 months ago
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.