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Limnoria

Limnoria is a robust, full-featured Python IRC bot and successor to the well-known Supybot.

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Limnoria is a robust, full-featured Python IRC bot and successor to the well-known Supybot. It provides a flexible access-control system, a powerful configuration engine, and more than 60 built-in plugins offering around 400 commands, making it an extensible choice for home and server administrators who want a programmable IRC bot.

Platform availability

Available on 2 of 9 platforms

  • Unraid
  • TrueNAS (not listed)
  • Umbrel (not listed)
  • ZimaOS
  • Proxmox (not listed)
  • Helm (not listed)
  • Mac (not listed)
  • Windows (not listed)
  • Linux (not listed)

Health score?A 0-100 score computed nightly from four factors: maintained (40%: recent commits and steady activity), popular (25%: GitHub stars, log scale), easy to install (20%: platforms, install notes, setup guides, Docker image) and light to run (15%: minimum RAM, ARM support). When the source code has been checked, a fifth factor, security check (20%: automated scan for committed secrets, unsafe desktop-app settings, known-vulnerable dependencies and project hygiene; any serious finding caps it at 20), is added. Factors without data are left out and the rest are rescaled.

68/100 Good

Maintained
86last commit 9 days ago
Popular
57671 GitHub stars
Easy to install
452 install platforms, install notes, Docker image
Light to run
No data

Based on 3 of 4 factors.

Availability: platform listings confirmed today, links checked 7 days ago

GitHub stars
671
Open issues
248
Last commit
2026-10-04
Activity
rising

Checked 4 days ago - source: GitHub (ProgVal/limnoria)

Resources & Compatibility

ARM (e.g. Raspberry Pi) is supported.

Checked 15 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Install Limnoria and start the wizard On Debian or Ubuntu, install Python 3 and pip (the Python package installer), run pip3 install --user limnoria, and run supybot-wizard. This installs the bot and starts the first-run setup, so you can configure it before using it. source
  • Put Limnoria's commands on your PATH If supybot-wizard says command not found, add $HOME/.local/bin to your PATH so your shell can find the installed program. PATH is the list of folders your terminal checks when you type a command name. source
  • Add plugins with PluginDownloader If you want extra features, load the PluginDownloader plugin first, then use its repolist, info, and install commands to add plugins. Loading it first matters because the add-on commands will not work until it is active. source

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Alternatives

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Common questions

How do I install Limnoria and start the first-run setup?

On Debian or Ubuntu, install Python 3 and pip, run pip3 install --user limnoria, then run supybot-wizard. If the wizard is not found, add $HOME/.local/bin to your PATH.

Will my existing Supybot configuration and plugins work with Limnoria?

Limnoria is the successor of Supybot and keeps full compatibility with existing configurations and plugins.

How do I add extra plugins to a running Limnoria bot?

Load the PluginDownloader plugin first, then use its repolist, info, and install commands to add plugins.

Where should I ask for help if Limnoria is not working?

Check the user or developer FAQ first. If you still cannot find the answer, ask in #limnoria on Libera.Chat in English or #limnoria-fr in French.

Is there a Fedora package source for Limnoria?

A COPR repository offers Limnoria. That companion discussion thread is useful for questions about that package source.

Answers sourced from discussion.fedoraproject.org, docs.limnoria.net, github.com, github.com, github.com

Community

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