IRC in 2026: The Soju Way
IRC has been a mainstay of my communications network for a very long time now. I’ve always been tweaking the stack that makes it possible though, trying to arrive at something that offers a pleasant and continuous experience across all of my devices.
I’ve tried WeeChat on a VPS, acting as a relay that my other devices connect to, run ZNC and pounce as bouncers and just straight up connected to networks independently from each device with no message history. There was however always some part of the experience that wouldn’t hold up to the ideal I was pursuing.
Soju is a bouncer with a vibrant ecosystem of clients that has finally let me attain the goal I’d been seeking all these years. A pleasant and continuous IRC experience across every single device, with native clients everywhere.