{"slug": "thelounge", "name": "TheLounge", "category": "other", "category_name": "Other software", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 3, "warners": 0, "score": 2.598, "rising": -0.98, "first": "2026-02-09", "latest": "2026-05-25", "why": "I was able to get Ergo IRCd and TheLounge up and running pretty quickly", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 0, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "I was able to get Ergo IRCd and TheLounge up and running pretty quickly", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "thelounge.chat", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://thelounge.chat", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["TheLounge"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 772319792, "item_id": 48269987, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48269987", "by": "eahm", "date": "2026-05-25", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Very nice client integrations indeed", "excerpt": "Very nice client integrations indeed, tested a few weeks ago. It'd be cool if they also could integrate my theme/s: https://rentry.co/sm47hd77, been perfecting it for years and it's the only one I'm willing to use tbh. Suggestion: They should change the font here: https://client.twistednet.org/cryptirc, can barely ready anything on iPhone.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "TheLounge v4.5.0 released \u2013 a modern, self-hosted web IRC client"}, {"id": 751946929, "item_id": 46996683, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46996683", "by": "movedx", "date": "2026-02-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I was able to get Ergo IRCd and TheLounge up and running pretty quickly", "excerpt": "I\u2019m going to do a video on this soon, but I was able to get Ergo IRCd and TheLounge up and running pretty quickly; https://chat.crilly.au/ I\u2019ll be building a new platform on these two technologies and using Zoom or something else like Jitsi on the side for video/audio sharing. 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It'd be cool if they also could integrate my theme/s: https://rentry.co/sm47hd77, been perfecting it for years and it's the only one I'm willing to use tbh. Suggestion: They should change the font here: https://client.twistednet.org/cryptirc, can barely ready anything on iPhone.", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "TheLounge v4.5.0 released \u2013 a modern, self-hosted web IRC client"}, {"id": 751946929, "item_id": 46996683, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46996683", "by": "movedx", "date": "2026-02-12", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I was able to get Ergo IRCd and TheLounge up and running pretty quickly", "excerpt": "I\u2019m going to do a video on this soon, but I was able to get Ergo IRCd and TheLounge up and running pretty quickly; https://chat.crilly.au/ I\u2019ll be building a new platform on these two technologies and using Zoom or something else like Jitsi on the side for video/audio sharing. It\u2019s time accept the loss of \u201cfeatures\u201d and go back to something simpler but also something that can still be here in 38 years \u2014 like IRC has ", "context": "", "use_case": "web IRC client", "switched_from": "", "story": "Discord Just Killed Anonymity"}, {"id": 751261456, "item_id": 46953841, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46953841", "by": "Bender", "date": "2026-02-09", "version": null, "stance": "recommend", "quote": "one can put TheLounge [1] or Convos [2] or other web front-ends [3] in front of IRC", "excerpt": "For the happy-clicky-emoji types one can put TheLounge [1] or Convos [2] or other web front-ends [3] in front of IRC. They don't scale as well but it would allow for those that don't care for the underlying IRC network. [1] - https://thelounge.chat/ [2] - https://convos.chat/ [3] - https://ircv3.net/software/clients#web-clients", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Discord will require a face scan or ID for full access next month"}]}