# The Union Relay: Bringing Federation to IRC

An IRC Relay that unites IRC networks together.

Features:

* Core is pure C, inspired by [sic](http://tools.suckless.org/sic) and [[irc.c](/https://c9x.me/irc/)
* Core is pure C, inspired by [sic](http://tools.suckless.org/sic) and [[irc.c](/https://c9x.me/irc/)

* Supports client-to-server connections only, no server-to-server connections

* Each relayed user will appear in the form of username@server.com, to create a unique namespace for each network

* Supports scripting filters that inspect and modify messages.

  * Should eventually work in any number of interpreted languages. Should eventually allow the use of yahoo open nsfw.

* Relays messages to networks without requiring any special channel op or operator permission

* Simple configuration with sensible defaults

* Permissively licensed (IRCNow license)