*ngIRCd* is a free, portable and lightweight *Internet Relay Chat* (IRC)
server for small or private networks, developed under the terms of the GNU
General Public License (GPL).

The server is quite easy to configure and runs as a single-node server or can
be part of a network of ngIRCd servers in a LAN or across the internet. It
optionally supports the IPv6 protocol, SSL/TLS-protected client-server and
server-server links, the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) system for user
authentication, IDENT requests, and character set conversion for legacy
clients.

The name ngIRCd stands for *next-generation IRC daemon*, which is a little bit
exaggerated: *lightweight Internet Relay Chat server* most probably would have
been a better name :-)

The homepage of ngIRCd is <https://ngircd.barton.de/>
 -- don't forget to read the whole story there ;-)

	 Current stable release: 26.1 (2021-01-02)
	Current testing release: 27~rc1 (2024-04-13)