inspircd(1)

InspIRCd(1) InspIRCd Manual InspIRCd(1)

NAME

InspIRCd - A high-performance IRCv3 server for UNIX-like and Windows systems.

SYNOPSIS

inspircd [--config <file>] [--debug] [--nofork] [--nolog] [--nopid] [--protocoldebug] [--runasroot] [--version]

OPTIONS

--config <file>
-c <file>

Sets the path to the main configuration file. Defaults to /etc/inspircd/inspircd.conf.
--debug
-d

Log at the debug level to the standard output stream.
--nofork
-F

Don't fork into the background after starting up.
--nolog
-L

Don't write to log files.
--nopid
-P

Don't write to the PID file.
--protocoldebug
-p

Log at the raw I/O level to the standard output stream.
--runasroot
-r

Allow the server to start as root (not recommended).
--version
-v

Displays the InspIRCd version and exits.

SUPPORT

IRC support for InspIRCd can be found at ircs://irc.teranova.net/inspircd.

Bug reports and feature requests can be filed at https://github.com/inspircd/inspircd/issues.

2026-06-14 InspIRCd 4.12.0