News Overview

Currently showing all news items posted in 2023. News items are available for these years:


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  • Removed nickserv:strictpasswords as it is obsolete now nickserv:minpasslen exists.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 (Read More...)

Anope 2.0.14 Release

Anope 2.0.14 has been released, which contains mostly bug fixes but also a few new features:

The notable changes include:

  • Added support for sqlining channels on UnrealIRCd.
  • Fixed a crash when trying to access config for non-loaded modules.
  • Fixed not getting memo notifications when authing with SASL.
  • Fixed not serialising dontkickops/dontkickvoices in botserv/kick.
  • Updated the Windows packaging scripts to use dependencies from Conan.

All users are recommended to upgrade.

SHA256 Sum: 63b75be8f4fb3a1102e718fae1e5eb1710ce9c083151ce4133b0a49f88227dfb anope-2.0.14.tar.gz
SHA256 Sum: ca5cfdba9caa6825a3fcc137f9ea6ce9458e4d1cc324729f6f30f32b48e6930c anope-2.0.14.exe

Posted on 06 Aug 2023 by Sadie (Read More...)

Bug reports have moved to GitHub

The Anope bug tracker has moved to GitHub. Please report all new issues and feature requests there.

The old MantisBT tracker will remain online for existing issues until all of those have either been resolved or migrated to GitHub.

Posted on 09 Jul 2023 by Sadie (Read More...)

Anope 2.0.13 Release

Anope 2.0.13 has been released, which contains mostly bug fixes but also a few translation updates.

The notable changes includes:

  • Fixed a crash on some compilers when trying to call methods on a null pointer
  • Fixed a crash when encountering an unterminated commented config block
  • Fixed erroneously rejecting spaces in fantasy:name
  • Fixed marking services pseudoclients as an oper on InspIRCd
  • Fixed not checking user@ip as well as user@host when logging into an operator account
  • Fixed setting the vhost/vident during SASL on UnrealIRCd
  • Updated the German translation
  • Updated the Italian translation

All users are recommended to upgrade.

SHA256 Sum: 9795d3041340b50233819c8c8e49e3f34dacd3bb4a81d3269adde358643fbf63 anope-2.0.13.tar.gz
SHA256 Sum: 3359d9dfedd3dec959b99af14925182d98b05598ab51518dc9b7916b6eaf1498 anope-2.0.13.exe

Posted on 03 Jun 2023 by Sadie (Read More...)