The Lounge is a self hosted web IRC client. In private mode, The Lounge acts like a bouncer and a client combined, in order to offer an experience similar to other modern chat applications outside the IRC world. Users can then access and resume their session without being disconnected from their channels.
- You will be prompted to enter a password that will not be echoed.
- Saving logs to disk is the default, this consumes more space but allows scrollback.
- To log in to the application, browse to https://thelounge._yourdomain.com_
- You should now be prompted for a username and password on the webinterface.
- Once logged in, you can add an IRC network. Some defaults are preset for Freenode.