Here you will find a list of well known IRC-daemon's. I can't cover all IRCD's but these below should be the important once. If you are not sure which you should use then it is recommended to use the IRCD of your IRC-network. If you like to create a new IRC-network then I recommend to use UnrealIRCd.

UnrealIRCd is one of the most used IRC-daemon's for large IRC-network's. It is a fork of the IRC-daemon DreamForge (IRCu) and highly configurable. The pros are:

• support for SSL port
• support for hostname-cloaking
• a wide range of user mode's and channel mode's
• has a wide range of oper mode's
• large number of features

Website	www.unrealircd.com
License	GPL version ≥ 2
OS	Linux, Windows

Hybrid is the IRC-daemon of the IRC-network EFnet. It is a high-performance and stable IRCD but does not support hostname cloaking. The pros are:

• support for SSL port
• channel- and nick-reservation

Website	www.ircd-hybrid.org
License	GPL version ≥ 2
OS	Linux

Bahamut is the IRC-daemon of the IRC-network DALnet. It is a DreamForge (IRCu) fork and does not support hostname cloaking.

Website	bahamut.dal.net
License	GPL version ≥ 1
OS	Linux

IRCu is the IRC-daemon of the IRC-network Undernet. It is a stable IRCD.

Website	coder-com.undernet.org
License	GPL version ≥ 1
OS	Linux

IRCd is the origin of all other IRC-daemon's and is used at the IRC-network IRCnet. It is a stable IRCD.

Website	www.irc.org/servers.html
License	GPL version ≥ 1
OS	Linux