Recently I had a pleasure of talking to eskimo (developer of most popular iOS IRC client “Igloo“). Turns out that this developer also has made an Online IRC Bouncer – IRC.XYZ, which is very modern, minimalistic & a direct competitor of IRCcloud.com
I already have a blog post about IRCcloud, how ridiculous it’s pricing is & recommended “The Lounge” for those who is a current user or thinking of paying for IRCcloud.
IRC.XYZ project was on hold, but while having conversation with a developer I couldn’t resist of asking to test out the service myself, so he took his time & enabled the service while also making some fixes.
After registering & logging in, I was very nicely surprised how nice, modern, yet minimalistic & simple the user interface is. Very easy to navigate & would be a breeze for someone who just discovered IRC. I immediately thought of IRCcloud & compared them.
The biggest advantage is that IRC.xyz service is HALF the price of IRCcloud! Like I mentioned in my previous post about the nonsense pricing of IRCcloud ($6/month), here with IRC.XYZ, I agree that the price is more than adequate ($3/month).
You can use the web interface or connect any IRC client to the bouncer. I been connected since speaking with a developer & haven’t had any issues or disconnects.
I’m happy eskimo enabled this service, also mentioned that some new features will be added in the near future.
So if anyone is an IRCcloud customer or needs a solid bouncer with web interface, I would definitely recommend IRC.XYZ.
Other projects / software / services from this developer:
Igloo IRC – most popular iOS IRC client.
arxius.io – online drag & drop file hosting (up to 1GB)
Full list: https://eskimo.software/