The Lounge
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
4recommend
1warn against
Feb 2, 2026first mention
Oct 11, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“there are some web front-ends to IRC that make it more approachable from the modern crowd”
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“Check out The Lounge (https://thelounge.chat) and Convos (https://convos.chat), web-based IRC clients with media previews”
Caveats and dissent
“none of the clients you mentioned actually support emoji reactions (draft/react)”
Often compared with
From the makers not counted in the ranking
“I’ve been working on modernizing https://thelounge.chat, a self-hostable web based IRC client”
Threads where it came up
- IRCv3 2 mentions
- Leaving Mozilla 1 mention
- A Desktop Made for One 1 mention
- Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (April 2026) 1 mention
- OpenAI Should Build Slack 1 mention
- Mattermost say they will not clarify what license the project is under 1 mention
Data: the-lounge.json. Quotes are verbatim; the verdict and theme labels are written by a model from these comments, and every clause links to its sources.
All comments 6
“Good v3 clients like The Lounge also offer it”
The Lounge https://thelounge.chat/
“there are some web front-ends to IRC that make it more approachable from the modern crowd”
“I've got my own irccloud/thelounge clone running now”
“Check out The Lounge (https://thelounge.chat) and Convos (https://convos.chat), web-based IRC clients with media previews”
“none of the clients you mentioned actually support emoji reactions (draft/react)”