DockerFull install guide

$ docker run -p <http port>:80 -p <https port>:443 -v <path>:/data --restart unless-stopped -d khlieng/dispatch

Updated3 years ago

LanguageGo

Setup difficultyEasy

Stars: 641
Ports: 80 (HTTP listener for the web client), 443 (HTTPS listener, enabled by default)

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khlieng/dispatch

What is dispatch?

dispatch is a web-based IRC client written in Go, aimed at people who want to keep their IRC sessions available from any browser on their own server. It supports searchable history, persistent connections, several networks and several users from one instance, DCC downloads, SASL and client certificates, and it can obtain HTTPS automatically through Let's Encrypt. The server is a single Go binary with no external dependencies, so it can be installed from prebuilt binaries for Windows, macOS and Linux, built with go get, or run from the khlieng/dispatch Docker image with data stored in a /data volume; a systemd unit example is provided in the project wiki, along with an Nginx reverse-proxy configuration. A public demo instance runs at dispatch.khlieng.com. Development activity on the repository last recorded a push in January 2023, with the most recent release being 0.7 from 2020.

Should you self-host dispatch?

dispatch scores 48/100 on selfhost.directory (how scoring works) and ranks #56 of 110 in Chat. It has 641 GitHub stars.

There was no stable release in the past 12 months, so check the repository's recent activity before you rely on it.

Setup is easy: most people get it running in one sitting. An official Docker image is available. It is MIT-licensed and written mostly in Go.

Its closest alternative on selfhost.directory is Zulip (82/100, 26 133 stars). It scores higher overall, so compare the two before you pick. See dispatch vs Zulip side by side.