GoKawiilIRCv3 Working Group documents modern extensions to IRC protocol
The IRCv3 Working Group maintains a set of specifications extending the original IRC protocol (RFC1459 and RFC2812) while remaining backwards-compatible with older clients and servers. Published features include SASL-based account login, server-side message metadata, away-notification, message timestamps, and message grouping. The group manages its work through a public roadmap and GitHub repository, and runs an open discussion channel on Libera.Chat.