A high-performance Internet Relay Chat (IRCv3) server for UNIX-like and Windows systems 🗣💬⚙️ For support visit #​inspircd on irc.​teranova.​nethttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.orghttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3mucawmelsk27We've updated our handle to use the official InspIRCd domain. Please report any docs that refer to the old one.30 Aug 2026 11:09 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mucawmelsk27https://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3msaxl2hnaq2gDo you maintain some software that uses InspIRCd? We have a new third-party software list you can add it to: https://docs.inspircd.org/software/ Let us know via this issue on GitHub: https://github.com/inspircd/docs/issues/28804 Aug 2026 11:59 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3msaxl2hnaq2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3mrzoh2hy5z2eOur support network (Teranova) has been updated to the latest InspIRCd and Anope.01 Aug 2026 14:27 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrzoh2hy5z2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3mrhrr76phn25Reminder: If you have a network with more than 10 human users that has been around for more than three months you can add it to our public networks page: https://www.inspircd.org/networks/25 Jul 2026 11:38 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mrhrr76phn25https://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3mnmcbddofu2t⚠️ This release contains a fix for a vulnerability in the LDAP modules. If you have one of the LDAP modules loaded please upgrade as soon as possible. https://docs.inspircd.org/security/2026-01/06 Jun 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnmcbddofu2thttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3mnmcap7mqw2lInspIRCd v4.11.0 has been released! 🗞️ https://www.inspircd.org/2026/06/06/v4110-released.html ⚙️ https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/releases/tag/v4.11.0 📖 https://docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log/#inspircd-4110 📋 https://docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/06 Jun 2026 09:03 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mnmcap7mqw2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3mj6mxui46s2lInspIRCd v4.10.1 has been released! 🗞️ https://www.inspircd.org/2026/04/11/v4101-released.html ⚙️ https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/releases/tag/v4.10.1 📖 https://docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log/#inspircd-4101 📋 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/11 Apr 2026 00:57 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj6mxui46s2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3minzh6slbk23InspIRCd v4.10.0 has been released! 🗞️ https://www.inspircd.org/2026/04/04/v4100-released.html ⚙️ https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/releases/tag/v4.10.0 📖 https://docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log/#inspircd-4100 📋 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/04 Apr 2026 10:25 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3minzh6slbk23https://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3mifjawb32c2gAre you able to help with testing InspIRCd development releases? We want you! https://www.inspircd.org/2026/04/01/testers-wanted.html01 Apr 2026 01:14 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifjawb32c2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3mhhhyh7k6k2gInspIRCd has a new website! www.inspircd.org Please report all bugs at https://github.com/inspircd/website/ https://www.inspircd.org/20 Mar 2026 02:31 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhhhyh7k6k2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3mddmfzgsvc25Our .rpm packages for InspIRCd 4.9.0 has been rebuilt to fix an issue where it did not build cloak_sha256 against the libpsl library.26 Jan 2026 15:59 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mddmfzgsvc25https://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3mavirbiq2s2eThe usual suspects are mass-spamming IRC networks at the moment. You can block the current bot wave using a combination of the three default DNSBLs in the example configs and the blockamsg module in kill mode.26 Dec 2025 14:26 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3mavirbiq2s2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3m7cqj63se22mInspIRCd v4.9.0 has been released! 🗞️ https://www.inspircd.org/2025/12/06/v490-released.html ⚙️ https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/releases/tag/v4.9.0 📖 https://docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log/#inspircd-490 📋 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/06 Dec 2025 09:59 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7cqj63se22mhttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3m4liudxkys25As a reminder: InspIRCd v3 goes EOL in two months. There is unlikely to be a final v3 release before this date. Please migrate to v4 as soon as possible.01 Nov 2025 17:20 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4liudxkys25https://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3lyt6ek7cvs2jOur .deb and .rpm packages for InspIRCd 4.8.0 have been rebuilt with support for Debian 14 (unstable) and RHEL 10.14 Sep 2025 20:53 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyt6ek7cvs2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3lvg22vdwqs2xInspIRCd v4.8.0 has been released! 🗞️ https://www.inspircd.org/2025/07/02/v480-released.html ⚙️ https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/releases/tag/v4.8.0 📖 https://docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log/#inspircd-480 📋 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/02 Aug 2025 11:16 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvg22vdwqs2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3lnmxvejwf22yA new revision of our deb and RPM packages for v4.7.0 has been uploaded. This fixes the default owner of the config, data, log, and runtime directories. https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/releases/tag/v4.7.025 Apr 2025 10:04 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lnmxvejwf22yhttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3lmrgju34o22uAs a reminder: our support channels moved to Teranova last year. Teranova is a modern IRCv3 network that runs the latest versions of InspIRCd and Anope. If your client is still connecting to ChatSpike please update it to connect to irc.teranova.net:+6697 (TLS connections only) instead.14 Apr 2025 11:12 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmrgju34o22uhttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3lliiaorn5s2uInspIRCd v4.7.0 has been released! 🗞️ https://www.inspircd.org/2025/03/29/v470-released.html ⚙️ https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/releases/tag/v4.7.0 📖 https://docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log/#inspircd-470 📋 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/29 Mar 2025 04:23 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lliiaorn5s2uhttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3ljgabhhmdk2mThe Docker container has finally been updated to v4. Config via environment variables is the same other than the replacement of INSPIRCD_ADMIN_NICK with INSP_ADMIN_DESC but (as with the regular release) if you're using a config file you'll need to manually fix it. https://docs.inspircd.org/4/breaking-changes/02 Mar 2025 20:05 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljgabhhmdk2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3ljcymvf7322fInspIRCd v4.6.0 has been released! 🗞️ https://www.inspircd.org/2025/03/01/v460-released.html ⚙️ https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/releases/tag/v4.6.0 📖 https://docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log/#inspircd-460 📋 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/01 Mar 2025 13:10 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljcymvf7322fhttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3lf5o53jghk2hAs the usual suspects are spamming IRC again we'd like to remind InspIRCd users of our tutorial on how to protect your server from spam. https://docs.inspircd.org/tutorials/prevent-spam/07 Jan 2025 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf5o53jghk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3lf5o53jghk2hAs the usual suspects are spamming IRC again we'd like to remind InspIRCd users of our tutorial on how to protect your server from spam. https://docs.inspircd.org/tutorials/prevent-spam/07 Jan 2025 12:38 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lf5o53jghk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3lewaikssxs2eInspIRCd v4.5.0 has been released! 🗞️ https://www.inspircd.org/2025/01/04/v450-released.html ⚙️ https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/releases/tag/v4.5.0 📖 https://docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log/#inspircd-450 📋 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/04 Jan 2025 13:45 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lewaikssxs2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3lefk7sxsgs2lWe're soliciting feedback from server admins about a proposed way to do privacy-preserving message reports. https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/issues/214328 Dec 2024 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3lefk7sxsgs2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3led5l5e3wk24InspIRCd v3.18.0 has been released! 🗞️ https://www.inspircd.org/2024/12/27/v3180-released.html ⚙️ https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/releases/tag/v3.18.0 📖 https://docs.inspircd.org/3/change-log/#inspircd-318027 Dec 2024 23:33 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3led5l5e3wk24https://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3ldnrr5crxk2bReminder that our IRC channels moved a few months ago. They are now located at irc.teranova.net (TLS connections only). If your client is still configured to connect to ChatSpike please update it to connect to the new IRC network.19 Dec 2024 11:35 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3ldnrr5crxk2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/inspircd.org/post/3l7xg2qkiu32wInspIRCd v4.4.0 has been released! 🗞️ https://www.inspircd.org/2024/11/02/v440-released.html ⚙️ https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/releases/tag/v4.4.0 📖 https://docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log/#inspircd-440 📋 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/02 Nov 2024 09:52 +0000at://did:plc:2mpzlede43klecdjqevpiubo/app.bsky.feed.post/3l7xg2qkiu32w