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## What changed - Match nickname tokens with Unicode letters and numbers while preserving IRC nickname characters. - Use Unicode-aware word boundaries for nickname highlights. - Add regression coverage for Polish text, Unicode nicknames, and existing IRC nickname characters. ## Why The previous regular expressions used ASCII-only character classes. This caused a one-character nickname such as `D` to be detected inside words containing Polish diacritics, for example `dzięki`. ## Before / after | Before (v4.5.2) | After (this PR) | |:---:|:---:| |  |  | | Scenario | Before | After | |---|---|---| | Nick `Ądam42` appears in a message | Not recognized as a nick — rendered as plain text (no color, not clickable) | Recognized and colored like any other nick | | `Ćadam` / `adamć` with your nick `adam` | Falsely highlighted as a mention of you | Not highlighted | | Genuine mention `hey adam` | Highlighted | Highlighted (no regression) | <sub>Screenshots are a faithful reproduction rendered with TheLounge's real <code>client/css/style.css</code> and the actual old/new regexes (not a live IRC capture).</sub> ## Validation - Direct Unicode nickname extraction and boundary checks with Node.js 24 - Full Vitest/lint suite not run because repository dependencies were unavailable and dependency installation stalled in the local environment Fixes #4930
Modern web IRC client designed for self-hosting
Website • Docs • Demo • Docker
Overview
- Modern features brought to IRC. Push notifications, link previews, new message markers, and more bring IRC to the 21st century.
- Always connected. Remains connected to IRC servers while you are offline.
- Cross platform. It doesn't matter what OS you use, it just works wherever Node.js runs.
- Responsive interface. The client works smoothly on every desktop, smartphone and tablet.
- Synchronized experience. Always resume where you left off no matter what device.
To learn more about configuration, usage and features of The Lounge, take a look at the website.
The Lounge is the official and community-managed fork of Shout, by Mattias Erming.
Installation and usage
The Lounge requires latest Node.js LTS version or more recent.
The Yarn package manager is also recommended.
If you want to install with npm, --unsafe-perm is required for a correct install.
Running stable releases
Please refer to the install and upgrade documentation on our website for all available installation methods.
Running from source
The following commands install and run the development version of The Lounge:
git clone https://github.com/thelounge/thelounge.git
cd thelounge
yarn install
NODE_ENV=production yarn build
yarn start
When installed like this, thelounge executable is not created. Use node index <command> to run commands.
⚠️ While it is the most recent codebase, this is not production-ready! Run at your own risk. It is also not recommended to run this as root.
Development setup
Simply follow the instructions to run The Lounge from source above, on your own fork.
Before submitting any change, make sure to:
- Read the Contributing instructions
- Run
yarn testto execute linters and the test suite- Run
yarn format:prettierif linting fails
- Run
- Run
yarn build:clientif you change or add anything inclient/jsorclient/components- The built files will be output to
public/by webpack
- The built files will be output to
- Run
yarn build:serverif you change anything inserver/- The built files will be output to
dist/by tsc
- The built files will be output to
yarn devcan be used to start The Lounge with hot module reloading
To ensure that you don't commit files that fail the linting, you can install a pre-commit git hook.
Execute yarn githooks-install to do so.