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‎ Modern, responsive, cross-platform, self-hosted web IRC client

ircjavascriptwebircv3chattheloungenodejsvuejsirc-client
Verdict 78/100 health $4.13/mo cheapest, hetzner 2/5 setup difficulty 20050k docker pulls 1 open CVE Last release 18 days ago

Self-host Thelounge on hetzner CAX11 for $4.13/mo.

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Health score
78 /100
6-dim composite
Self-hosts from
$4.13 /mo
hetzner · CAX11
Difficulty
2 /5
Docker + read README
GitHub stars
6.2k
758 forks

About Thelounge

From the project's README at github.com/thelounge/thelounge. Lightly cleaned for readability; for the full source see the upstream repo.

Website • Docs • Demo • Docker Overview Modern features brought to IRC. Push notifications, link previews, new message markers, and more bring IRC to the 21st century. Always connected. Remains connected to IRC servers while you are offline. Cross platform. It doesn't matter what OS you

Health score breakdown

6-dimension composite. See methodology for formula and weights.

activity
76
maturity
100
community
89
security
85
sustainability
100
adoption
35

Adoption signals

Real-world usage data, pulled from each registry. The bigger the numbers, the more battle-tested the project.

SignalValueSource
GitHub stars 6.2k github.com/thelounge/thelounge
GitHub forks 758 github.com/thelounge/thelounge
Docker Hub pulls 20050k hub.docker.com / thelounge
NPM downloads (last month) 2.7k thelounge

Release & maintenance

Is this project actively maintained, or about to die? Check the recency of last commit and last release.

Project age10.2 yearssince Feb 2016
Last commit4 days agoMay 3, 2026
Releases shipped118last: 18 days ago
Security policySECURITY.mddeclared by maintainers
Funding links3declared by maintainers

Self-hosting cost across providers

Detected requirements: 4GB RAM, 40GB disk minimum. Cheapest plan per provider that meets the requirement.

ProviderPlanSpecsMonthly
hetzner CAX11 2c · 4GB · 40GB $4.13 USD Deploy →
vultr VC2 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5 USD Deploy →
linode Nanode 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $5.12 USD Deploy →
digitalocean Basic Regular 1GB 1c · 1GB · 25GB $6 USD Deploy →

Security advisories

1 known advisories tracked via OSV.dev. 1 currently open without a documented fix. Most recent: GHSA-g49q-jw42-6x85.

What people say on Hacker News

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