Anope IRC Services

Anope is a set of IRC Services designed for flexibility and ease of use.

Anope is available in two flavors: Stable and Development. The stable version has been tested for months and is as stable as a rock, while the development version gets new features added constantly and allows you to enjoy the future of services today.



Latest News - Anope 2.1.0 Release

Anope 2.1.0 has been released, which is the first release on our new development branch.

The notable changes include:

  • Added nickserv:minpasslen for configuring the minimum password length.
  • Added support for access list entry descriptions.
  • Added support for linking over a UNIX socket.
  • Added support for server-initiated logins and logouts on UnrealIRCd.
  • Added support for server-initiated logouts on InspIRCd.
  • Added support for the ANONYMOUS SASL mechanism.
  • Allowed users to opt-out of being added to channel access lists.
  • Cleaned up the codebase to use Modern C++17.
  • Modernized the build system to use a modern version of CMake.
  • Removed nickserv:strictpasswords as it is obsolete now nickserv:minpasslen exists.
  • Removed support for using insecure encryption methods as the primary method.
  • Removed the Windows-only anopesmtp tool.
  • Removed the inspircd12 and inspircd20 modules (use inspircd instead).
  • Removed the ns_getpass module (no supported encryption modules).
  • Removed the os_oline module (no supported IRCds).
  • Removed the two day X-line cap.
  • Removed the unreal module (use unrealircd instead)
  • Renamed nickserv:passlen to nickserv:maxpasslen.
  • Renamed the charybdis module to solanum.
  • Renamed the inspircd3 module to inspircd.
  • Renamed the unreal4 module to unrealircd.
  • Replaced uplink:ipv6 with uplink:protocol.
  • Updated all references to IRCServices to refer to Anope instead.

Users who want to test out new features are encouraged to upgrade. Before upgrading you may wish to take a backup of your databases and read the upgrading guide. If you encounter any incompatibilities that aren’t mentioned on this page then please open an issue.

SHA256 Sum: fd46d7cf740deae4557c2e9fd69c791f51a2f00c15659a6d4ea3a0057bfd796b anope-2.1.0.tar.gz
SHA256 Sum: f91e4b6a385abfe687baa48946c45d49900450a731a8a59d6ad00d88df40575e anope-2.1.0.exe

Posted on 24 Nov 2023 by Sadie

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