inspircd mit Homebrew, apk, apt, Nix installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage
• Repository
• Upstream-Dokumentation
• Paketmanager-Seite

Befehle und Aliase

• inspircd
• inspircd-testssl

Projektgeschichte

The official website footer dates InspIRCd copyright back to 2002. The project describes itself as created from scratch to be stable, modern, and lightweight, with a fully modular design that lets operators choose which server features to load.

The GitHub repository records the public source tree under the inspircd organization, while the README directs operators to tagged v4 releases for server deployments. The v4 documentation marks the 4.0.0 release in 2024 and documents major changes across cloaking, extended bans, logging, operators, regular expressions, services, spam protection, TLS, and module behavior.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The official site says InspIRCd is trusted by over 1000 networks and names HybridIRC, Snoonet, and Teranova as examples. That makes the package more than a library formula: it is infrastructure software used to run public or private IRC networks.

Distribution is multi-channel. The README points to source builds, Debian/RHEL/Ubuntu/Windows packages, Docker images, and distribution packages; Homebrew packages the tagged source release for macOS and Unix-like users who want the daemon from a package manager.

Wie es verwendet wird

The common use is running an IRC server with selected modules, server links, operator accounts, TLS, services integration, flood controls, and optional IRCv3 capabilities. The documentation is organized around installation, configuration, commands, channel modes, extended bans, user modes, modules, exemptions, server notices, and change logs.

The project warns that some distribution packages may carry modifications or lag security updates, which is unusually direct packaging guidance and important for daemon operators.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

InspIRCd matters to package nerds because it combines old Internet daemon packaging with modern C++ build, module, TLS, Windows, Docker, and service-management concerns. It is the kind of formula where version choice, config examples, init/service integration, and security notices matter.

It also represents the IRCv3-era continuation of IRC server packaging: a server that keeps compatibility with long-standing IRC operations while adding capabilities such as WebSocket subprotocol support, richer logging, extended bans, SASL-related behavior, and services changes.

Zeitleiste

• 2002: Official site copyright begins for InspIRCd contributors.
• 2012: GitHub repository created under inspircd/inspircd.
• 2024: InspIRCd 4.0.0 released with documented v4 changes and breaking-change guidance.
• 2026: v4.11.0 release documented in the v4 change log.

Related projects

• InspIRCd is related to IRCd software, IRCv3 specifications, IRC services packages, Docker server images, TLS libraries, and other modular IRC server families used by network operators.

Quellen

• https://docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log/
• https://docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/
• https://formulae.brew.sh/api/formula/inspircd.json
• https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd
• https://www.inspircd.org/