WeIRCd

While most users perceive it as an outdated service, the truth is that Internet Relay Chat provides several advantages that modern communications lacks. For starters, IRC is decentralized and hence, it is not controlled and limited by a given entity. Anyone can set up their own server and use it however they like.

A second noteworthy benefit of IRC clients is privacy, as channels and servers can be configured to accept users based on an invitation or a secret code, for instance.

The indirect perk of the approach is that users have the freedom to discuss information or debate topics without having to worry about being tracked. Alternatively, administrators can ban the IP addresses of users who do not respect the formal or informal rules of the server.

WeIRCd is a lightweight piece of software that comes provides you with a graphical interface so that setting up and administering your own chat server is smoother and faster. Consequentially, you can save time and energy since you no longer need to edit the config file manually via a third-party text editor.

Then again, it is important to note that the program does not support linking to other servers and that some of the features that are displayed in the interface have not been implemented. To put it simply, the utility solely supports one IRC service, namely the one that it already integrates.