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This was previously discussed in the IRC Channel on Freenode. None of the people that have contributed have shown interest in taking over the project. And the majority of the community we have don't know their way around JS/Node outside of installing it on their server.
I would be interested. I know node. Discuss?
I am all for using an open source alternative to Slack. But IRC is not it. What we need is a modern, open standard for persistent group chat ala Slack, with security features. I am not saying sit down and draft papers, writing code that can become a standard is fine. Maybe Mattermost is it, I don't know.
If a team was willing to take it over (should the current owner allow), it would require a substantial investment of time.
Would the current owner // maintainer be open to the possibility of monetisation of a particular feature set // plugin system ? Something like own-cloud, whereby you could purchase a monetisation version to which you could have paying clients on your deployment.
While the free version would not have this particular feature.
Thoughts ?
Edit: The paid feature may also have the associated mobile app also etc. You'd be surprised the interest and community you would accumulate with a financial incentive.
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And https://www.irccloud.com One obvious difference is that IRCAnywhere is a discontinued product!
Homepage states: "IRCAnywhere is designed to be an open source alternative to paid services such as IRCCloud"
Reminds me of http://quassel-irc.org/ which is not really a beauty but is working good enough for me at the moment. (I'm just a user, not related to the project in any way)
I mean no disrespect here when I say that I have tried IRC anywhere and it is quite good, but as I'm sure you're aware the code maintainability is limited at best. There are workarounds, hacks and shortcuts taken here and there. Im not saying a full rework would be required but there are some of the fundamental issues to be taken care of. If a team was willing to take it over (should the current owner allow), it woul…
As I've mentioned to other people in the thread, if you throw me an email at the address in my HN profile, I will gladly forward it / your questions.
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Another is that irccloud is not free!
well, there's a free tier that lets you keep 2 connections + irccloud's server. you just have to keep a web browser open somewhere to avoid the 2 hour timeout. but yea ive always felt their $5 / month plan was a little overpriced. for mobile irccloud's app is fantastic. i dont know if any of these solutions mentioned here even has one
I don't think the price point would change my mind either way, but sometimes that convenience is alluring.
Anyone know of anything like this that integrates well with ZNC?