# Install ircd-hybrid with Homebrew, apt, Nix, pacman High-performance secure IRC server. Version 8.2.47 via Homebrew; verified from local package data. ## Install ```sh sudo av install brew:ircd-hybrid ``` Additional install commands: ### macOS - Homebrew (100%): ```sh brew install ircd-hybrid ``` Evidence: local Homebrew formula metadata ### Linux - Debian apt (92%): ```sh sudo apt install hybrid-dev ``` Evidence: Debian stable package indexes: hybrid-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz - Nix (92%): ```sh nix profile install nixpkgs#ircd-hybrid ``` Evidence: nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ir/ircd-hybrid/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - pacman (92%): ```sh sudo pacman -S unrealircd ``` Evidence: Arch Linux sync databases: unrealircd from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz ## Package facts - **Package key:** brew:ircd-hybrid - **Package manager:** Homebrew - **Package manager page:** - **Version:** 8.2.47 - **Source summary:** High-performance secure IRC server - **Homepage:** - **Repository:** - **Upstream docs:** - **License:** GPL-2.0-or-later - **Source archive:** - **Generated:** 2026-07-08T07:18:31+00:00 ## Executables - ircd (cli) - ircd (alias) ## Dependencies - jansson - openssl@3 ## Uses from macOS - libxcrypt ## Install behavior - Post-install hook: not defined - Service: declared - Caveats: You'll more than likely need to edit the default settings in the config file: $HOMEBREW_PREFIX/etc/ircd.conf - Bottle: available on arm64_linux, arm64_sequoia, arm64_sonoma, arm64_tahoe, arm64_ventura, sonoma, ventura, x86_64_linux ## Freshness - Page generated: 2026-07-08 - Package-manager version: 8.2.47 - Local data: ok - Upstream repository: https://www.ircd-hybrid.org/ - info: No package-manager update timestamp was available. - info: Release/tag comparison is only available for GitHub repositories. ## Project history and usage ircd-hybrid is a long-running IRC server daemon descended from the EFnet-side TimeStamping daemon family. The project matters historically because it sits at the junction of IRC network politics, daemon protocol experimentation, and the operational needs of public IRC networks. ### Project history The official history traces ircd-hybrid to the 1996 split that separated the original IRC network into EFnet and IRCnet, with TimeStamping used as a technical answer to nickname and channel collisions after netsplits. Hybrid grew from Taner's 2.8 +th extension, then Jon Lusky's 1997 project based on 2.8/th.v5a.3, later known as 2.8/hybrid-2. The project released hybrid builds through 1997, with version 5 arriving in September 1997 and hybrid-6 in December 1998. The 1999 ircd-hybrid 7 branch deliberately rewrote and reorganized large parts of the 2.8-derived code, adding cleaner I/O, event and hook machinery, dynamically loaded modules, a block-oriented configuration format, OpenSSL link support, and other operator-facing features. ### Adoption history The project history says hybrid became the most popular IRC daemon on EFnet around 1998, and that the h6 branch was still used on EFnet years later. That gives the package unusual weight for an IRC daemon in Unix package indexes: it was not just a reference implementation, but an operationally deployed daemon in one of IRC's defining networks. Homebrew, BSD ports, Debian-family packages, and other package collections have carried ircd-hybrid because running an IRC server remains a classic Unix daemon task: install a package, edit the server configuration, and supervise a long-lived network service. ### How it is used Operators use ircd-hybrid to host IRC networks or individual IRC servers. Its package shape is traditional Unix daemon software: an `ircd` executable, configuration under the package prefix, reference documentation, and service-management glue supplied by the operating system or package manager. ### Why package nerds care For package maintainers, ircd-hybrid is the sort of package that exposes the old-school IRC server maintenance surface: config-file compatibility, module loading, TLS support, daemon lifecycle, and distro-specific defaults all matter. Its long EFnet lineage also makes version history more meaningful than a simple upstream changelog. ### Timeline - 1996: The EFnet/IRCnet split made TimeStamping behavior a central IRC daemon design issue. - 1997: Jon Lusky started the hybrid line from the 2.8/th code, and hybrid saw its first public releases. - 1998: hybrid-6 shipped and the project became widely used on EFnet. - 1999: Developers began the ircd-hybrid 7 rewrite branch. - 2003: ircd-hybrid 7.0 was released after the long rewrite cycle. - 2005: ircd-hybrid 7.1 completed much of the cleanup intended for the 7 branch. - 2014: The GitHub project page was created as a public development surface alongside the project's own site and repository links. ### Related projects - ircd-hybrid is related to the original IRC daemon line, EFnet daemon variants, IRCnet-era protocol decisions, and HOPM, the Hybrid Open Proxy Monitor maintained under the same project umbrella. ### Sources - - - ## Security Notes broad file, network, media, or database tool signal. formula declares a Homebrew service. - **Geiger risk:** orange / medium - broad file, network, media, or database tool signal - formula declares a Homebrew service ## Configuration and credential file locations These source-backed paths show where this package keeps local settings or durable credentials. Automic Vault can use them as review targets for secret scanning, migration, and command approval. ## Configuration files - Unix: ${prefix}/etc/ircd.conf, ${prefix}/etc/modules.conf ## Source Database Details - **Source Database:** Homebrew formula API - **Tap:** homebrew/core - **Full Name:** ircd-hybrid - **Version Scheme:** 0 - **Revision:** 0 - **Conflicts With:** expect, ircd-irc2 - **Bottle Stable Root URL:** - **Deprecated:** no - **Disabled:** no - **Keg Only:** no - **URL Keys:** stable ## Other Package-Manager Records - Debian apt - hybrid-dev - 1:8.2.46+dfsg.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: hybrid-dev from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | high-performance secure IRC server - development files | https://www.ircd-hybrid.org/ - Debian apt - ircd-hybrid - 1:8.2.46+dfsg.1-1: normalized package name match | Debian stable package indexes: ircd-hybrid from https://deb.debian.org/debian/dists/stable/main/binary-amd64/Packages.xz | high-performance secure IRC server | https://www.ircd-hybrid.org/ - Nix - ircd-hybrid: normalized package name match | nixpkgs package indexes: pkgs/by-name/ir/ircd-hybrid/package.nix from https://api.github.com/repos/NixOS/nixpkgs/git/trees/master?recursive=1 - Ubuntu apt - hybrid-dev - 1:8.2.43+dfsg.1-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: hybrid-dev from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | high-performance secure IRC server - development files | https://www.ircd-hybrid.org/ - Ubuntu apt - ircd-hybrid - 1:8.2.43+dfsg.1-1build2: normalized package name match | Ubuntu 24.04 LTS package indexes: ircd-hybrid from https://archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/dists/noble/universe/binary-amd64/Packages.gz | high-performance secure IRC server | https://www.ircd-hybrid.org/ - pacman - unrealircd - 6.2.5-1: installed executable or alias match | Arch Linux sync databases: unrealircd from https://geo.mirror.pkgbuild.com/extra/os/x86_64/extra.db.tar.gz | Open Source IRC Server | https://www.unrealircd.org ## Related links - [Secret-risk packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/secret-risk-packages/) - Has protected-tool coverage, approval-gate, or non-low Geiger security signals. - [Terminal utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/terminal-utilities/) - Matched terminal and command-line workflow metadata. - [Networking and protocol packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/networking-protocol-tools/) - Matched network, protocol, or remote-service metadata. - [Homebrew utility packages](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew-utility-packages/) - Matched Homebrew package provider. - [openssl@3](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/openssl-3/) - Runtime dependency declared by Homebrew. - [inspircd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/inspircd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, daemon, irc, networking, server. - [znc](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/znc/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: chat, cli, irc, networking, server. - [ngircd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ngircd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: chat, cli, irc, networking, server. - [tinyproxy](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/tinyproxy/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, daemon, networking, posix. - [ahcpd](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/ahcpd/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, daemon, networking. - [bind](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bind/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: cli, networking, server. - [bitlbee](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/bitlbee/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: chat, cli, irc, networking. - [catgirl](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/catgirl/) - Shares av.db curated category or tags: chat, cli, irc, networking. - [freeradius-server](https://www.automicvault.com/pkg/brew/freeradius-server/) - Local metadata places this package in an adjacent workflow. 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