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ZNC

Official repository for the ZNC IRC bouncer

Ergo. 1 alternatives to ZNC, in Go. Compare fit, licence, stars and the latest signed release.

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Tool	Fit	Stars	Licence	Terms	Self-hosted	Language	Latest	Last push
Ergo	Partial	3.4k	MIT	Open source	Yes	Go	v2.19.1	2026-10-13

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A modern IRC server (daemon/ircd) written in Go.

Built-in history playback covers the bouncer role without a separate process.

Language: Go
Licence: MIT
Stars: 3.4k
Latest: v2.19.1
Last push: 2026-10-13

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Language: C++
Licence: Apache-2.0
Stars: 2.1k
Last push: 2026-10-17