Kiwi IRC
Responsive web IRC client with theming support.
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Still maintained? Slowing: no commits in the last 90 days, last push Jun 2026.
At a glance
Kiwi IRC quick facts
- Health score
- 22/100 STALE
- Stars
- 989
- Last commit
- 4 months ago (Jun 2026)
- Latest release
- v1.7.1, Sep 2023
- Licence
- Apache-2.0
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In its own words
The project's README opens: "If you just want to embed an IRC client on your website, you can generate a custom client hosted by kiwiirc.com using the simple client builder, https://kiwiirc.com/clientbuilder/."
Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Kiwi IRC scores 22/100, #9 of 11 in Communication - IRC: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the latest release (v1.7.1, 3.1 years ago) earns 0.0 of 25, 989 stars add 12.0 of 20, an active, unarchived repository keeps 10 and no advertised Docker image leaves the final 10 unclaimed. That places it in the stale band (below 40). The biggest shortfall is commit activity, worth 35.0 more points.
Recomputed nightly from the GitHub API. How the score is calculated.
- Commit activity biggest shortfall 0.0 / 35
0 commits in 90 days (30+ scores full marks)
- Release recency 0.0 / 25
v1.7.1 released 3.1 years ago
- Stars 12.0 / 20
989 stars on GitHub (logarithmic)
- Not archived 10.0 / 10
Repository is active
- Docker support 0.0 / 10
No Docker support advertised
Commit activity
- 0
- Last 90 days
- 8
- Last 12 months
- 4 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #9 of 11 tools in Communication - IRC by health , between Glowing Bear (#8) and Quassel IRC (#10) .
Details
| Licence | Apache-2.0 |
| Platforms | Nodejs |
| Latest release | v1.7.1 · 3.1 years ago |
| Stars | 989 |
| Open issues | 157 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | kiwiirc/kiwiirc ↗ |
Kiwi IRC vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Kiwi IRC (Communication - IRC), scored on the same five terms.
| Tool | Health | Stars | Licence | Last commit |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weechat | 94 | 3.4k | GPL-3.0 | yesterday |
| InspIRCd | 93 | 1.4k | GPL-2.0 | 6 days ago |
| Ergo | 86 | 3.4k | MIT | 8 days ago |
| The Lounge | 85 | 6.4k | MIT | yesterday |
| ZNC | 58 | 2.1k | Apache-2.0 | 2 days ago |
| Kiwi IRC (this tool) | 22 | 989 | Apache-2.0 | 4 months ago |
Kiwi IRC: common questions
Is Kiwi IRC still maintained?
Kiwi IRC had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 4 months ago; the latest tagged release, v1.7.1, is from 3.1 years ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.