slate/slate
Slate IRC client observed · 2026-08-28
Health v2 · maintenance only
32/100
- Activity 0
- Release rhythm 35
- Longevity 100
Flags: no_releases
How is this computed?
round(0.45*activity + 0.35*rhythm + 0.20*longevity); archived -> min(score, 10) — computed 2026-09-03. Adoption (stars, forks) is never an input.
- gap_med: n/a
- age_days: 4733
- days_rel: n/a
- days_push: 4479
- n_releases_24m: 0
Adoption not part of the score
1905 stars · 97 forks observed · 2026-08-28
What it is AI-extracted, prompt v1, taxonomy v1, 2026-08-30, confidence not recorded
Slate is a desktop IRC client built with web technologies on node.js and node-webkit for OS X and Linux, designed to be minimal, CSS-themable, scriptable with JavaScript, and extensible through third-party plugins. The author describes it as a partially-implemented single-day hack project that never reached a usable state and has not seen a release since 2014.
Use cases
- irc client for mac or linux
- themable irc chat client
- extensible irc client with plugin support
- scriptable irc client written in javascript
- minimal irc client with keyboard shortcuts
- irc client built with web technologies
When to choose
- You want to fork or study a hackable, CSS-themable IRC client built with node-webkit
- You need the clean JavaScript IRC libraries the author extracted from the project
- You are interested in an IRC client architecture where the core is composed of plugins
When to avoid
- You need an IRC client you can actually use today - the author states it is not usable and the last release was 2014
- You need Windows support, which was planned but never delivered
- You expect maintenance, bug fixes, or security updates for a daily-driver chat app
Facets
application · maturity abandoned
chat-interface gui plugin-system theme messaging-platforms media cross-platform irc irc-client chat node-webkit css-theming scriptable keyboard-shortcuts extensible web-technologies messaging macos linux desktop nodejs
1 source
- readme: https://github.com/slate/slate · fetched 2026-08-28 · 1de9aa53d18e
Member repositories
| Repository | Role | Health v2 |
|---|---|---|
| slate/slate | main | 32 |
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