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- Modern features brought to IRC. Push notifications, link previews, new message markers, and more bring IRC to the 21st century.
- Always connected. Remains connected to IRC servers while you are offline.
- Cross platform. It doesn't matter what OS you use, it just works wherever Node.js runs.
- Responsive interface. The client works smoothly on every desktop, smartphone and tablet.
- Synchronized experience. Always resume where you left off no matter what device.
To learn more about configuration, usage and features of The Lounge, take a look at the website.
The Lounge is the official and community-managed fork of Shout, by Mattias Erming.
The Lounge requires latest Node.js LTS version or more recent.
The Yarn package manager is also recommended.
If you want to install with npm, --unsafe-perm
is required for a correct install.
Please refer to the install and upgrade documentation on our website for all available installation methods.
The following commands install and run the development version of The Lounge:
git clone https://github.com/thelounge/thelounge.git
cd thelounge
yarn install
NODE_ENV=production yarn build
yarn start
When installed like this, thelounge
executable is not created. Use node index <command>
to run commands.
Simply follow the instructions to run The Lounge from source above, on your own fork.
Before submitting any change, make sure to:
- Read the Contributing instructions
- Run
yarn test
to execute linters and the test suite- Run
yarn format:prettier
if linting fails
- Run
- Run
yarn build:client
if you change or add anything inclient/js
orclient/components
- The built files will be output to
public/
by webpack
- The built files will be output to
- Run
yarn build:server
if you change anything inserver/
- The built files will be output to
dist/
by tsc
- The built files will be output to
-
yarn dev
can be used to start The Lounge with hot module reloading