The new release adds a few new features, configuration options and “massive helpfile updates”.

The developer team implemented a server-side /CYCLE (also called /HOP in some clients) command which parts and rejoins the user from the channel he specifies.

A lot of management-commands like those pertaining to modules (like MODLOAD) can now be executed remotely, remote stopping or restarting the IRCd through DIE and RESTART has been introduced as well.

Configuration options like a settable timeout for ident checking have been added, static QUIT and the removal of PART messages are now an option too. The flood protection for opers can now fully be turned off instead of just increasing the limit by 4 times like before – the changelog however warns to be “extremely careful” since this option allows to “flood channels/users”.

Another feature worth mentioning is the addition of HELPCHAN / HELPURL: When those are configured a user doing /QUOTE HELP will be pointed to the networks help channel or a website whereas he otherwise would get just the default help index.

The full changelog can be viewed here and the download can be obtained from here.

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The IRCd, formerly based on IRCd-Hybrid, brings a whole lot of features and enhancements that can be considered useful for opers and users alike.

New features include lots of user & channel modes like the implementation of usermode +C (blocks CTCPs) and +G which prevents users from messaging you “unless you’re both on at least one channel together”. Usermode +V prevents users from getting invites from others, to which coder jdhore says that “as far as I’m aware no other IRCd has”.

Useful channelmodes like +T which prevents notices to channels, +G stops messages with more than 50% caps in them and chanmode +K which blocks repeated messages to channels “regardless of who they’re from”.

Opers will like features such as being able to see the users modes in a /whois as well as secret channels the user is in without having to resort to a /spywhois. Oper-override has been modified and needs a special usermode set on ShadowIRCd. Once the oper sets himself +p he’ll be able to use the override but it’ll unset itself after a configurable amount of time.

All in all this looks like a very promising IRCd which according to coder jdhore, doesn’t “try to compete with other established IRCds” but that they’re trying to “make what we find to be the absolute best IRCd possible”.

The changelog can be found here and the homepage of the project is here.

Are you going to consider using this IRCd on your network and if not – why?

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