Summary

The Lounge is a free, open-source IRC client that provides high-quality communication within an open-source community. It supports themes and plugins that enhance user experience. The project is completely free to use, meaning developers can contribute code, design, or distribute their work without paying royalties. This open-source model allows anyone interested in building a custom server or IRC client to integrate it into their own network environment or community channels. By adopting this license, teams get full copyright ownership of the software while ensuring community control over how the tool functions in their local or public IRC instances.

Title

Modern Self-Hosted Web IRC Client — The Lounge

Description

The Lounge is a free, open-source, self-hosted web IRC client. Always connected, responsive on any device, with push notifications, file uploads, and multi-user support.

Keywords

client, lounge, themes, community, modern, support, works, free, open, source, license, user, docs, home, getting, upgrade, usage

NS Lookup

A 75.2.60.5

Dates

Created 2026-04-15

Updated 2026-04-15

Summarized 2026-04-15