Editing IRCd (section)

=== Sidestream versions ===
[[File:IRCd software implementations3.svg|thumb|right|Diagram of derivations and relations for common IRCd implementations.]]

More recently, several irc daemons were written from scratch, such as ithildin,<ref>[http://www.ithildin.org/ Ithildin IRCd]</ref> InspIRCd,<ref>[http://www.inspircd.org/ Inspire IRCd]</ref> csircd (also written by Chris Behrens), ConferenceRoom,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.conferenceroom.com/ |title=WebMaster Inc. |access-date=2020-01-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303213029/http://www.conferenceroom.com/ |archive-date=2016-03-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Microsoft Exchange Chat Service, WeIRCd,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://eloxoph.com/weircd/ |title=WeIRCd |access-date=2009-03-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100514140803/http://eloxoph.com/weircd/ |archive-date=2010-05-14 |url-status=usurped }}</ref> or IRCPlus/IRCXPro.<ref>[http://www.ircxpro.com OfficeIRC – IRC Server Software, Web Chat, Internal Communications and Instant Messaging (IM)]</ref>

These attempts have met with mixed success, and large doses of skepticism from the existing IRC development community. With each new IRCd, a slightly different version of the IRC protocol is used,<ref>[http://smartirc4net.meebey.net/jaws/index.php?blog/show/SmartIrc4net_035_released Blog entry mentioning RFC violations]</ref><ref>[http://www.alien.net.au/irc/irc2numerics.html Numerics diversity of different IRC daemons]</ref> and many [[IRC client]]s and [[IRC bot|bots]] are forced to compromise on features or vary their implementation based on the server to which they are connected.<ref>[http://git.dmdirc.com/cgit.cgi/parser/tree/src/com/dmdirc/parser/irc/IRCParser.java Client source (DMDirc) showing conditions for different servers (e.g. in function starting at line 1523)]</ref> These are often implemented for the purpose of improving usability, security, separation of powers, or ease of integration with [[IRC services|services]]. Possibly one of the most common and visible differences is the inclusion or exclusion of the half-op [[Internet Relay Chat channel operator|channel operator]] status (which is not a requirement of the RFCs).