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Welcome to the official site of the ircd-hybrid development projects! Here you’ll be able to find everything you’ll need to get started in hosting your own IRC server as well as support.

We hope that you enjoy ircd-hybrid and continue to use it for many years to come.

In case you’re also looking for an IRC services package, we strongly recommend the Anope IRC Services.

» Latest STABLE release of ircd-hybrid: 8.2.47

Noteworthy changes in version 8.2.47 (2025-04-04)

• The general::max_away_length configuration directive has been added, allowing
  servers to specify the maximum length of a AWAY message that the server will
  accept from a client.
• The general::disable_dns configuration directive has been added, allowing
  servers to disable DNS lookups
• K-lines, D-lines, X-lines, and RESVs are no longer stored in binary database format.
  These entries are now stored in JSON format using libjansson.
• The general::ident_timeout configuration directive has been added, allowing
  servers to specify how long to wait for Ident replies

» Latest STABLE release of HOPM (hybrid open proxy monitor): 1.1.10
– Noteworthy changes in version 1.1.10 (2021-01-30)

• Timers have been changed to use monotonic time instead of wall-clock time
• Fixed broken build with LibreSSL

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