The Atheme IRC platform consists of Atheme IRC Services, Atheme-Web, Iris Web Client and a Atheme+IRCv3 compliant IRC daemon.
The Atheme IRC platform exists to unify and connect IRC to other interaction and collaboration protocols and tools on the internet using open standards. Networks like freenode build ontop of the Atheme IRC platform to provide scalable and well-designed infrastructure for the communities they serve.
Download and set up your own network built ontop of the Atheme IRC platform! You will be wondering why you didn't sooner.
We tested the various IRC services options that are maintained as of 2010 and were relatively well known. Find out more, you may actually be surprised. We were.