Welcome to the official web site of jIRCd! Please browse through this site to find all of the information you need about jIRCd. If you can't find what you need here, please contact me via the Support page.

What is jIRCd?

jIRCd is an Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server program (daemon). It allows for IRC clients to connect to and chat on an IRC network to which the server is linked. jIRCd is loaded with features, and it is one of the few Java-powered IRC servers in existance. Because it is powered by Java, jIRCd can run on just about any computer in the world. For more information on Java, see the Why Java page on this site.

Where can I get it?

For the latest releases of jIRCd, please visit the Downloads page. The latest release version in addition to development versions will always be posted there.

Latest News

April 3, 2006 - Version 0.6.4 released. Localization support - uses geo-IP to provide localization for individual users!

April 30, 2005 - Version 0.6.2 released. Basic ChanServ servlet, and partial IRCX support added.

October 9, 2004 - Version 0.5.0 released. JMX support added! You can now register jIRCd as an MBean in a MBean server.

May 10, 2004 - Thanks to the newest member of the team, Mark Hale, we have released the first beta version of jIRCd! You can download the source code for verson 0.4.0 at Downloads.

Nov 15, 2003 - The first alpha version, 0.1.1, is now available! You can download the GPL-licensed source under Downloads.

Nov 15, 2003 - I have now made jIRCd open-source software under the GNU General Public License, and I'm now hosting this site and quite a few other services (notably CVS) on sourceforge.net.

Feb 25, 2003 - Development on the web site for jIRCd has begun. I expect to have it up and running within a few days.

Feb 22, 2003 - Programming on jIRCd has begun!