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Quassel Core

Quassel Core is the always-on server half of Quassel, a distributed Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client that keeps your IRC connections alive from a home server.

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Quassel Core is the always-on server half of Quassel, a distributed Internet Relay Chat (IRC) client that keeps your IRC connections alive from a home server. It maintains the IRC connection while one or more Quassel desktop or mobile clients attach and detach whenever you want to chat. The core itself has no interface, so you also need a Quassel client on a computer or phone to log in and configure your networks. Because it is designed to run continuously, your identity stays present in IRC even when your devices are offline, and clients download the backlog (history) on reconnection for unlimited scrollback. It suits self-hosters who want a persistent, private IRC presence without keeping a personal computer on around the clock.

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.

19/100 Low

Maintained
0GitHub repository is archived
Popular
2928 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 15 days ago

GitHub stars
28
Open issues
0
Last commit
2024-12-26
Latest release
0.14.0-ls213
License
GPL-3.0
Activity
stale

Checked 9 days ago - source: GitHub (linuxserver/docker-quassel-core)

Resources & Compatibility

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

Checked 17 days ago - source: Docker Hub image tags and published docs

First-install notes

  • Image maintenance status The official LinuxServer.io container repository has been archived, so this image may no longer receive updates, although it remains available on Docker Hub. If you prefer an actively maintained image, community projects such as kalaksi/docker-quassel or clue/docker-quassel-core provide the same Quassel Core service. source
  • Use With a Quassel Client Quassel Core has no interface; use a Quassel desktop or mobile client to log in and configure IRC networks. source

Fetched 9 days ago - each note links to its source

Alternatives (1)

  • the lounge - The Lounge is a modern, open-source, web-based IRC (Internet Relay Chat) client that offers persistent connectivity, allowing users to rema…

Checked 3 days ago - source: AlternativeTo

Common questions

How do I create a Quassel core user in the LinuxServer.io container?

User setup is done by running the core’s --add-user command inside the container. For Docker, the discussion points to using docker exec to enter the container and complete the command.

Where does Quassel Core store IRC logs?

The core handles logging, and the documentation says that logging currently goes into the database.

Why would the Quassel client show the Core Setup Wizard after the core was already configured?

This can happen if the core loses the configuration for its backend.

Has Quassel Core on a Raspberry Pi been reported to feel laggy?

A Raspberry Pi forum user reported over 1.5 seconds of lag between input and an IRC message appearing when using quassel-core on a Pi with a desktop client.

Answers sourced from bugs.quassel-irc.org, discourse.linuxserver.io, forums.raspberrypi.com, wiki.quassel-irc.org

Community

Collected 16 days ago - public community threads