The usual suspects are mass-spamming IRC networks at the moment. You can block the current bot wave using a combination of the three default DNSBLs in the example configs and the blockamsg module in kill mode.

InspIRCd v4.9.0 has been released! 🗞️ www.inspircd.org/2025/12/06/v... ⚙️ github.com/inspircd/ins... 📖 docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log... 📋 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/

If my work on @anope.bsky.social or @inspircd.bsky.social has been helpful to you please consider donating. github.com/sponsors/Sad... ko-fi.com/sadiepowell paypal.me/sadieelizabe...

As a reminder: InspIRCd v3 goes EOL in two months. There is unlikely to be a final v3 release before this date. Please migrate to v4 as soon as possible.

Our .deb and .rpm packages for InspIRCd 4.8.0 have been rebuilt with support for Debian 14 (unstable) and RHEL 10.

InspIRCd v4.8.0 has been released! 🗞️ www.inspircd.org/2025/07/02/v... ⚙️ github.com/inspircd/ins... 📖 docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log... 📋 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/

A new revision of our deb and RPM packages for v4.7.0 has been uploaded. This fixes the default owner of the config, data, log, and runtime directories. github.com/inspircd/ins...

As a reminder: our support channels moved to Teranova last year. Teranova is a modern IRCv3 network that runs the latest versions of InspIRCd and Anope. If your client is still connecting to ChatSpike please update it to connect to irc.teranova.net:+6697 (TLS connections only) instead.

InspIRCd v4.7.0 has been released! 🗞️ www.inspircd.org/2025/03/29/v... ⚙️ github.com/inspircd/ins... 📖 docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log... 📋 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/

Hello, world!

The Docker container has finally been updated to v4. Config via environment variables is the same other than the replacement of INSPIRCD_ADMIN_NICK with INSP_ADMIN_DESC but (as with the regular release) if you're using a config file you'll need to manually fix it. docs.inspircd.org/4/breaking-c...

InspIRCd v4.6.0 has been released! 🗞️ www.inspircd.org/2025/03/01/v... ⚙️ github.com/inspircd/ins... 📖 docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log... 📋 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/

As the usual suspects are spamming IRC again we'd like to remind InspIRCd users of our tutorial on how to protect your server from spam. docs.inspircd.org/tutorials/pr...

As the usual suspects are spamming IRC again we'd like to remind InspIRCd users of our tutorial on how to protect your server from spam. docs.inspircd.org/tutorials/pr...

InspIRCd v4.5.0 has been released! 🗞️ www.inspircd.org/2025/01/04/v... ⚙️ github.com/inspircd/ins... 📖 docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log... 📋 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/

We're soliciting feedback from server admins about a proposed way to do privacy-preserving message reports. github.com/inspircd/ins...

InspIRCd v3.18.0 has been released! 🗞️ www.inspircd.org/2024/12/27/v... ⚙️ github.com/inspircd/ins... 📖 docs.inspircd.org/3/change-log...

Reminder that our IRC channels moved a few months ago. They are now located at irc.teranova.net (TLS connections only). If your client is still configured to connect to ChatSpike please update it to connect to the new IRC network.

InspIRCd v4.4.0 has been released! 🗞️ www.inspircd.org/2024/11/02/v... ⚙️ github.com/inspircd/ins... 📖 docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log... 📋 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/

We're moving our support channels to a new IRC network. www.inspircd.org/2024/10/17/i...

InspIRCd v4.3.0 has been released! 🗞️ www.inspircd.org/2024/09/07/v... ⚙️ github.com/inspircd/ins... 📖 docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log... 📋 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/

InspIRCd v4.2.0 has been released! 🗞️ www.inspircd.org/2024/08/03/v... ⚙️ github.com/inspircd/ins... 📖 docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log... 📋 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/

InspIRCd v4.1.0 has been released! 🗞️ www.inspircd.org/2024/07/14/v... ⚙️ github.com/inspircd/ins... 📖 docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log... 📋 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/

If you have built from source you can use `./modulemanager install m_cve_2024_39844` to install a module to work around this ZNC vulnerability.

Attention ZNC users: An RCE vulnerability has been discovered in ZNC's modtcl. You should disable this module until patched. More info at libera.chat/news/zncpsa (CVE-2024-39844)

InspIRCd v4.0.1 has been released! 🗞️ www.inspircd.org/2024/07/02/v... ⚙️ github.com/inspircd/ins... 📖 docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log... 📋 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/

InspIRCd v4.0.0 has been released! 🗞️ www.inspircd.org/2024/06/29/v... ⚙️ github.com/inspircd/ins... 📖 docs.inspircd.org/4/overview/

InspIRCd v3.17.1 has been released! 🗞️ www.inspircd.org/2024/06/28/v... ⚙️ github.com/inspircd/ins... 📖 docs.inspircd.org/3/change-log...

InspIRCd v4.0.0rc3 has been released! 🗞️ www.inspircd.org/2024/06/21/v... ⚙️ github.com/inspircd/ins... 📖 docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log...

InspIRCd v4.0.0rc2 has been released! 🗞️ www.inspircd.org/2024/06/14/v... ⚙️ github.com/inspircd/ins... 📖 docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log...

InspIRCd v4.0.0rc1 has been released! 🗞️ www.inspircd.org/2024/06/07/v... ⚙️ github.com/inspircd/ins... 📖 docs.inspircd.org/4/change-log...

A proposed release schedule for v4 has been published on GitHub (spoiler: it's coming soon). github.com/inspircd/ins...

An InspIRCd 3.17.0 package for the recently released Ubuntu 24.04 (Noble Numbat) has been added to the release page.

InspIRCd v3.17.0 has been released! 🗞️ www.inspircd.org/2023/12/22/v... ⚙️ github.com/inspircd/ins... 📖 docs.inspircd.org/3/change-log...

Hello, world!