Anope is an IRC services package based on the Epona IRC services package (Anope gets its name from spelling Epona backwards).

History

Anope began as a simple bug fix for Epona when the author of that package stopped supporting it for a while beginning in 2002. It later took on a life of its own and evolved many of its own features, including most importantly MySQL support and a modular core.

Version 1.6.5, released November 11, 2006, is the latest stable version. The current development tree is 1.7.x, and is frequently updated. It is released under the GNU General Public License. It compiles on most Unix-like operating systems, including GNU/Linux, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, and others. Microsoft Windows support is available as well.

Technical Information

Anope contains the following services:

NickServ is used for recording, protecting and managing your IRC nicknames.

ChanServ is used for recording, protecting and managing your IRC channels.

MemoServ is used for sending and receiving messages, even when the target user is offline.

HostServ makes it possible to the users to record and use a vhost so as to mask their real ip/hostname on IRC.

BotServ places a representation of ChanServ in a registered channel, making it possible to carry out certain commands which are not possible with ChanServ.

OperServ is reserved for usage by administrators. It is used to manage the other IRC Services.

DevNull simply ignores any and all messages sent to it.

Related Pages

Internet Relay Chat

IRC Services

External links

Official Web site