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gamja vs Glowing Bear: catalog facts
gamja	Glowing Bear

Best for: Running a lightweight browser-based IRC client for yourself or a community	Best for: WeeChat users who want to reach their IRC session from a phone or browser
Free Free and open source under the AGPLv3.	Free Free and open source under the GPL-3.0 licence.
Web, Self-hosted	Web, Self-hosted
Lightweight, simple interface Configurable by file or URL parameters Works well alongside the soju bouncer	Access your WeeChat session from any device with a browser Embeds images, videos and other linked content Leaves all IRC handling to WeeChat
Requires an IRC server or proxy with WebSocket support You must host the files yourself	Requires a running WeeChat instance with a relay configured Relay must be set up with encryption for safe use over the internet
Web application, Self-hosted	Web application, Self-hosted
Open source	Open source
License: AGPL-3.0	License: GPL-3.0
No account needed	No account needed
Needs internet	Needs internet
Official website Full listing and sources Sources for gamja codeberg.org/emersion/gamja Catalog checked October 2, 2026	Official website Full listing and sources Sources for Glowing Bear glowing-bear.org github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear Catalog checked October 2, 2026

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