Robust IRC
IRC without netsplits. Distributed IRC server, based on RobustSession protocol.
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Still maintained? Slowing: no commits in the last 90 days, last push May 2026.
At a glance
Robust IRC quick facts
- Health score
- 19/100 STALE
- Stars
- 194
- Last commit
- 5 months ago (May 2026)
- Latest release
- No tagged release
- Licence
- BSD-3-Clause
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Why it ranks here
Health score explained
Robust IRC scores 19/100, #11 of 11 in Communication - IRC: 0 commits in the last 90 days earn 0.0 of 35 points, the absence of a tagged release forfeits all 25 release points, 194 stars add 9.2 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
No tagged release found
- Stars 9.2 / 20
194 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
- 2
- Last 12 months
- 5 months ago
- Last push
Ranked #11 of 11 tools in Communication - IRC by health , just below Quassel IRC (#10) .
Details
| Licence | BSD-3-Clause |
| Platforms | Go |
| Latest release | No tagged release |
| Stars | 194 |
| Open issues | 6 |
| Docker | Not advertised |
| Repository | robustirc/robustirc ↗ |
Robust IRC vs its top 5 alternatives
Active tools that share a category with Robust 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 |
| Quassel IRC | 22 | 792 | GPL-2.0 | 4 months ago |
| Robust IRC (this tool) | 19 | 194 | BSD-3-Clause | 5 months ago |
Robust IRC: common questions
Is Robust IRC still maintained?
Robust IRC had 0 commits in the last 90 days and its last push was 5 months ago. Repoly recomputes this nightly.