Obby - Next Generation IRC Client

React + TypeScript + TailwindCSS

This IRC client and its related software are designed to be:

• Modern and innovative
• Comfortable for people switching from other messaging software
• Easy to implement
• Easy to expand

Features

Obby is a modern IRC client with extensive IRCv3 support, implementing cutting-edge features for an enhanced messaging experience:

Core IRCv3 Capabilities

• Display Names (setname) - Users can set custom display names beyond their nickname
• User Avatars (draft/metadata-2) - Full support for user profile pictures and metadata
• Message Deletion (draft/message-redaction) - Delete your own messages after sending
• Channel Renaming (draft/channel-rename) - Dynamically rename channels
• Message History (draft/chathistory) - Load and browse previous messages
• Reactions & Replies (draft/reply, draft/react) - React to messages with emojis and create threaded conversations
• Typing Indicators (draft/typing) - See when other users are typing
• Multiline Messages (draft/multiline, batch) - Send properly formatted multi-line messages
• Rich Message Tags (message-tags, account-tag) - Enhanced message metadata
• Server Time (server-time) - Accurate timestamps for all messages
• Echo Messages (echo-message) - See your own messages as the server sees them
• SASL Authentication (sasl) - Secure authentication before connection completes

Advanced Features

• Account Management (draft/account-registration) - Register accounts directly from the client
• Away Notifications (away-notify) - Real-time away status updates
• Account Tracking (account-notify) - Track user account changes
• Extended Join (extended-join) - Enhanced channel join information with account details
• Host Change Tracking (chghost) - Monitor user host changes
• ZNC Playback (znc.in/playback) - Support for ZNC bouncer history playback

UnrealIRCd Extensions

• JSON Server Logs (unrealircd.org/json-log) - Professional, expandable server logs in JSON format containing comprehensive information for debugging and monitoring
• Link Security (unrealircd.org/link-security) - Informational capability that monitors and reports the encrypted topology of the IRC network's server-to-server links, warning users when server interconnections lack proper SSL/TLS encryption or certificate validation

Obby Custom Extensions

• Link Previews (obsidianirc/link-preview-*) - Custom message tags for rich link previews including:
  • obsidianirc/link-preview-title - Title of the linked content
  • obsidianirc/link-preview-snippet - Description or excerpt from the linked page
  • obsidianirc/link-preview-meta - URL to preview image or thumbnail
  • Automatically displays rich embeds for shared URLs with metadata

User Interface Features

• Multi-server support with easy server switching
• Private messaging with dedicated chat windows
• Channel topic display and management
• User context menus for moderation and interaction
• Emoji picker and GIF support
• Image upload and preview
• Customizable text formatting (bold, italic, underline, colors)
• Tab completion for usernames and commands
• Emoji autocomplete
• Notification sounds
• Mobile-responsive design
• Dark theme optimized for readability

Installation

For now, all you need to do to get this running is the following:

cd ~
git clone https://github.com/obbyworld/obby
cd Obby
npm install
npm run build
cp -R dist/* /var/www/html/

Replace /var/www/html/ with the web directory you want to contain your webclient.

Contributing

If you want to contribute to this project, please read the CONTRIBUTING.md file. It contains all the information you need to get started.

Live Demo

You can demo the bleeding-edge version of Obby, all you need to do is connect to an IRC server which uses websockets!

• Live Demo
• CloudFlare Pages Demo