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title: Install The Lounge on Linux | Snap Store
description: Get the latest version of The Lounge for Linux - The Lounge — Self-hosted
  web IRC client
url: https://snapcraft.io/thelounge
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# The Lounge (thelounge)

[The Lounge](https://thelounge.chat/)

[Snapcrafters](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/snapcrafters "View all snaps from Snapcrafters")

* [The Lounge](https://thelounge.chat/)
* [Snapcrafters](https://snapcraft.io/publisher/snapcrafters "View all snaps from Snapcrafters")
* [Server and Cloud](https://snapcraft.io/search?categories=server-and-cloud)
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latest/stable 4.4.3

Install latest/stable of The Lounge

This channel hasn't been updated in a while. It might be unmaintained and have stability or security issues.

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**Install using the command line**

```
sudo snap install thelounge
```

Don't have snapd? [Get set up for snaps](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

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### Package name

* thelounge

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### License

* MIT

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### Last updated

* 3 October 2024 - latest/stable
* 20 June 2026 - latest/edge

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### Websites

* [thelounge.chat](https://thelounge.chat/ "https://thelounge.chat/")

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### Contact

* [github.com/snapcrafters/thelounge/issues](https://github.com/snapcrafters/thelounge/issues "https://github.com/snapcrafters/thelounge/issues")

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##### Report a Snap Store violation

* [Report this Snap](https://snapcraft.io/thelounge#report-snap-modal)

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* [Description](https://snapcraft.io/thelounge#tab-description)
* [Security](https://snapcraft.io/thelounge#tab-security)

#### The Lounge — Self-hosted web IRC client

* **Modern features brought to IRC.** Push notifications, link previews, new message markers, and more bring IRC to the 21st century.
* **Always connected.** Remains connected to IRC servers while you are offline.
* **Cross platform.** It doesn't matter what OS you use, it just works wherever Node.js runs.
* **Responsive interface.** The client works smoothly on every desktop, smartphone and tablet.
* **Synchronized experience.** Always resume where you left off no matter what device.

**Default port**

By default thelounge listens on TCP port 9000.

**Create users**

After installing run the following in a terminal/console:

`sudo thelounge add $USER`

Replace `$USER` with your preferred Lounge username. You will be prompted to add a password once you've authenticated for sudo. When you have added your username navigate to <http://localhost:9000/> (replace localhost with your server IP or hostname if you are on a different machine) and login with your new username and password.

**Enable https**

**For this to work, port 80 on your device must be Internet accessible.**

Run the following in a terminal/console:

`sudo thelounge.cert-generate`

Enter your email address, agree to the terms of service and enter your
domain when prompted.

Update the `https` stanza in thelounge configuration, replacing `example.org` with your domain.

`sudo nano /var/snap/thelounge/current/home/config.js`

The `https` stanza should look something like this:

```
 https: {
     enable: true,
     key: "/var/snap/thelounge/common/letsencrypt/live/example.org/privkey.pem",
     certificate: "/var/snap/thelounge/common/letsencrypt/live/example.org/fullchain.pem",
     ca: "",
 },
```

Restart thelounge to enable https.

`sudo snap restart thelounge`

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## Install The Lounge on your Linux distribution

Choose your Linux distribution to get detailed installation instructions. If yours is not shown, get more details on the [installing snapd documentation](https://snapcraft.io/docs/installing-snapd).

[### Arch Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/thelounge/arch)

[### CentOS](https://snapcraft.io/install/thelounge/centos)

[### Debian](https://snapcraft.io/install/thelounge/debian)

[### elementary OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/thelounge/elementary)

[### Fedora](https://snapcraft.io/install/thelounge/fedora)

[### KDE Neon](https://snapcraft.io/install/thelounge/kde-neon)

[### Kubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/thelounge/kubuntu)

[### Manjaro](https://snapcraft.io/install/thelounge/manjaro)

[### Pop!\_OS](https://snapcraft.io/install/thelounge/pop)

[### openSUSE](https://snapcraft.io/install/thelounge/opensuse)

[### Red Hat Enterprise Linux](https://snapcraft.io/install/thelounge/rhel)

[### Ubuntu](https://snapcraft.io/install/thelounge/ubuntu)

[### Raspberry Pi](https://snapcraft.io/install/thelounge/raspbian)

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