Server software

Below is a chart and table showing the server software in use on the 10,781 public IRC servers on the Internet.
These are the statistics of May 2016. You can click on the pie chart to see version details. You can also check the table at the bottom of this page.

Table

Below is a list of IRC server software in use. Click on an item to see version details.
Server software Servers
UnrealIRCd 4,657
InspIRCd 1,612
Hybrid 1,480
ngircd 714
IRCNet 515
charybdis 266
Ratbox 248
IRCU 242
bahamut 113
beware 101
Nefarious 81
dancer 69
ConferenceRoom 40
snircd 37
Seven 19
Other 587

Server software

Below is a chart and table showing the server software in use on the 8,995 public IRC servers on the Internet.
These are the statistics of Sep 2017. You can click on the pie chart to see version details. You can also check the table at the bottom of this page.

Table

Below is a list of IRC server software in use. Click on an item to see version details.
Server software Servers
UnrealIRCd 3,886
InspIRCd 1,428
Hybrid 1,085
ngircd 614
IRCNet 420
charybdis 259
IRCU 222
Ratbox 189
bahamut 101
Nefarious 66
beware 62
dancer 49
ConferenceRoom 35
snircd 31
Seven 28
Other 520

Server software

Below is a chart and table showing the server software in use on the 6,920 public IRC servers on the Internet.
These are the statistics of Dec 2018. You can click on the pie chart to see version details. You can also check the table at the bottom of this page.

Table

Below is a list of IRC server software in use. Click on an item to see version details.
Server software Servers
UnrealIRCd 2,946
InspIRCd 1,188
Hybrid 776
ngircd 501
IRCNet 272
charybdis 204
IRCU 185
Ratbox 139
bahamut 84
Nefarious 72
beware 33
Seven 32
dancer 28
ConferenceRoom 25
snircd 19
Other 416

Server software

Below is a chart and table showing the server software in use on the 6,344 public IRC servers on the Internet.
These are the statistics of Dec 2019. You can click on the pie chart to see version details. You can also check the table at the bottom of this page.

Table

Below is a list of IRC server software in use. Click on an item to see version details.
Server software Servers
UnrealIRCd 2,647
InspIRCd 1,179
Hybrid 670
ngircd 473
IRCNet 235
charybdis 185
IRCU 169
Ratbox 140
bahamut 80
Nefarious 63
Seven 29
dancer 25
ConferenceRoom 23
snircd 16
Other 381

Server software

Below is a chart and table showing the server software in use on the 6,885 public IRC servers on the Internet.
These are the statistics of Dec 2020. You can click on the pie chart to see version details. You can also check the table at the bottom of this page.

Table

Below is a list of IRC server software in use. Click on an item to see version details.
Server software Servers
UnrealIRCd 2,661
InspIRCd 1,339
Hybrid 684
ngircd 605
IRCNet 217
charybdis 194
IRCU 169
Ratbox 141
Oragono 84
Nefarious 68
Seven 31
ConferenceRoom 26
snircd 19
dancer 16
Other 521

Server software

Below is a chart and table showing the server software in use on the 6,579 public IRC servers on the Internet.
These are the statistics of Dec 2021. You can click on the pie chart to see version details. You can also check the table at the bottom of this page.

Table

Below is a list of IRC server software in use. Click on an item to see version details.
Server software Servers
UnrealIRCd 2,540
InspIRCd 1,380
Hybrid 610
ngircd 582
IRCNet 176
charybdis 172
SynchronetIRCd 145
IRCU 144
Ergo 118
Ratbox 116
bahamut 69
Nefarious 55
ConferenceRoom 27
beware 24
snircd 15
Seven 6
Other 385

Server software

Below is a chart and table showing the server software in use on the 6,076 public IRC servers on the Internet.
These are the statistics of Dec 2022. You can click on the pie chart to see version details. You can also check the table at the bottom of this page.

Table

Below is a list of IRC server software in use. Click on an item to see version details.
Server software Servers
UnrealIRCd 2,304
InspIRCd 1,259
Hybrid 547
ngircd 525
Ergo 164
SynchronetIRCd 162
charybdis 138
IRCNet 136
IRCU 113
Ratbox 103
bahamut 63
Nefarious 46
beware 29
snircd 18
ConferenceRoom 17
dancer 13
Seven 6
Other 433

Server software

Below is a chart and table showing the server software in use on the 5,494 public IRC servers on the Internet.
These are the statistics of Dec 2023. You can click on the pie chart to see version details. You can also check the table at the bottom of this page.

Table

Below is a list of IRC server software in use. Click on an item to see version details.
Server software Servers
UnrealIRCd 2,071
InspIRCd 1,176
ngircd 477
Hybrid 453
Ergo 192
SynchronetIRCd 139
IRCNet 119
charybdis 114
Ratbox 104
IRCU 84
bahamut 49
Nefarious 41
beware 23
snircd 21
ConferenceRoom 19
dancer 7
Seven 5
Other 400
(Download JSON data set)