Glowing Bear
A web frontend for WeeChat.
Little to no recent activity. Treat as unmaintained until proven otherwise.
Commit activity more than 10% of tracked projects; popularity more than 35%. How this is calculated.
Commits, last 11 months
| Stars | 979 |
|---|---|
| Latest release | 0.9.0 · 6 Jul 2020 |
| Repo updated | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Licence | GPL-3.0 |
| Built with | Nodejs |
Is Glowing Bear actively maintained?
Development is ongoing. The repository recorded 19 commits over the same window, and the last three months alone account for 6 of them.
Activity is cooling: commits are down 54% against the previous quarter. One slow quarter is normal; two in a row is a signal.
The last tagged release, 0.9.0, is over 6 years old. If you deploy, expect to build from the default branch rather than a stable tag.
Glowing Bear ranks #9 of 11 tracked communication - irc projects. Several better-maintained options exist in the same category — they are listed below.
What Glowing Bear actually does
Glowing Bear provides a web-based user interface designed to connect to the WeeChat IRC client. It runs on Node.js and allows you to access your ongoing chat sessions through a standard browser. The project is licenced under the GPL-3.0.
Best fit: It is a suitable option if you already rely on WeeChat as your core IRC client and want a graphical browser interface to access it remotely.
Worth knowing: The codebase has infrequent recent releases, meaning you might encounter unresolved issues or a lack of modern web platform integration. It also relies entirely on an existing WeeChat backend to function.
Deployment notes
You will typically need to run this behind a reverse proxy to handle TLS termination securely, and ensure proper network routing to your WeeChat relay port.
Alternatives to Glowing Bear
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