The Lounge is an IRC client that works with any web browser! No need for an application, everything happens from your browser. It is an alternative to IRC clients with a very nice user-friendly interface and with many features. Let’s discover The Lounge and how to enjoy it…
The Lounge has two distinct operating modes:
Its open code is published on Github, The Lounge is basically a fork of Shout . It is also possible to try The Lounge simply on the official website here .
A few images can sometimes speak louder than words, so here you go… The Louge, on Firefox PC (Windows 10)
The Lounge, on Firefox Mobile (Android 10):
The Louge is also customizable, whether for its appearance or its functionality. Here you will find more than 30 themes, here are some examples:
As for plugins, there are 3 official ones, which you will find here, including thelounge-plugin-shortcuts, a rather nice plugin, allowing you to create your own shortcut commands.
Typing a partial emoji name between ::
should bring up an emoji completion menu a la GitHub:
when choosing an emoji from the list, it should replace the partially-typed emoji with the Unicode character for that emoji.
The Lounge has clearly reconciled users with the IRC! It's almost like being on Discord. The fact that the application is entirely usable from a PC or a Mobile and the icing on the cake, in a transparent way, is great! It's beautiful, it's fluid. Browser notifications work flawlessly.
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The Lounge is open source and licensed under the MIT license.
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