2 include('includes/common.php');
3 begin_page('en', 'News');
9 Latest news: ngIRCd on <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/@ngircd">Mastodon</a>
10 or <a href="https://twitter.com/ngIRCd">X</a>.
16 The current stable version is
17 <strong>Release 27</strong> of April 26 2024,
18 please refer to the <a href="download.php.en">Download</a>
22 ngIRCd is used as the daemon in real-world in-house and public IRC
23 networks and included in the package repositories of various operating
30 Development of ngIRCd started back in 2001: The server has been written
31 from scratch in C, tries to follow all relevant standards, and is not
32 based on the forefather, the daemon of the IRCNet.
35 It is not the goal of ngIRCd to implement all the nasty behaviors of
36 the original ircd or corner-cases in the RFCs, but to implement most of
37 the useful commands and semantics that are used by existing clients.
40 <strong>Caution:</strong>
41 ngIRCd up to and including release 26.1 did <em>not validate</em> SSL
42 certificates on server-server links! If you run a network of ngIRCd
43 daemons <strong>you should upgrade to ngIRCd 27 (released April 26,
44 2024) or newer!</strong>
47 The <a href="doc/NEWS">NEWS</a>-file and the
48 <a href="doc/ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a>
49 are available online and in the archives.