emersion/soju

IRC bouncer (mirror)

186

stars

1,410

commits

Go

primary language

Apr 13, 2026

updated

soju.im

README

soju

soju is a user-friendly IRC bouncer. soju connects to upstream IRC servers on behalf of the user to provide extra functionality. soju supports many features such as multiple users, numerous IRCv3 extensions, chat history playback and detached channels. It is well-suited for both small and large deployments.

Usage

Building and installing

Dependencies:

  • Go
  • BSD or GNU make
  • a C89 compiler (optional, for SQLite)
  • scdoc (optional, for man pages)

For end users, a Makefile is provided:

make
sudo make install

For development, you can use go run ./cmd/soju as usual. See the development setup page.

To link with the system libsqlite3, set GOFLAGS="-tags=libsqlite3". To disable SQLite support, set GOFLAGS="-tags=nosqlite". To use an alternative SQLite library that does not require CGO, set GOFLAGS="-tags=moderncsqlite". To build with PAM authentication support, set GOFLAGS="-tags=pam".

Contributing

Send patches on Codeberg or on GitHub, report bugs on the issue tracker. Discuss in #soju on Libera Chat.

License

AGPLv3, see LICENSE.

Copyright (C) 2020 The soju Contributors

Contributors

(top 30 of 66)

emersion

1,103 commits

delthas

148 commits

hhirtz

46 commits

4e554c4c

9 commits

emersion/soju

IRC bouncer (mirror)

186

stars

1,410

commits

Go

primary language

Apr 13, 2026

updated

soju.im

README

soju

soju is a user-friendly IRC bouncer. soju connects to upstream IRC servers on behalf of the user to provide extra functionality. soju supports many features such as multiple users, numerous IRCv3 extensions, chat history playback and detached channels. It is well-suited for both small and large deployments.

Usage

Building and installing

Dependencies:

  • Go
  • BSD or GNU make
  • a C89 compiler (optional, for SQLite)
  • scdoc (optional, for man pages)

For end users, a Makefile is provided:

make
sudo make install

For development, you can use go run ./cmd/soju as usual. See the development setup page.

To link with the system libsqlite3, set GOFLAGS="-tags=libsqlite3". To disable SQLite support, set GOFLAGS="-tags=nosqlite". To use an alternative SQLite library that does not require CGO, set GOFLAGS="-tags=moderncsqlite". To build with PAM authentication support, set GOFLAGS="-tags=pam".

Contributing

Send patches on Codeberg or on GitHub, report bugs on the issue tracker. Discuss in #soju on Libera Chat.

License

AGPLv3, see LICENSE.

Copyright (C) 2020 The soju Contributors

Contributors

(top 30 of 66)

emersion

1,103 commits

delthas

148 commits

hhirtz

46 commits

4e554c4c

9 commits

Languages

Go

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