The Lounge
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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.
License model
- Free • Open Source
Application type
Country of Origin
- International
Platforms
- Mac
- Windows
- Linux
- Online
- Android
- iPhone
- Chrome OS
- Windows Phone
- iPad
- Self-Hosted
- Git
- Cloudron
- Node.JS
- npm
Features
The Lounge News & Activities
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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
- K0RR added The Lounge as alternative to SSH Chat
- breekachuchan liked The Lounge
The Lounge information
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The LoungeLicensing
Open Source (MIT) and Free product.Written in
Rating
Average rating of 4.5Alternatives
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Social & CommunicationsGitHub repository
- 5,929 Stars
- 711 Forks
- 310 Open Issues
- Updated Jun 17, 2025
Comments and Reviews
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.
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.