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title: Circle
description: A thin client and server for group chat, supporting IRC & Matrix
categories: projects client
author: LeoNerd
maturity: Beta
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Circle is an IRC & Matrix client which merges the best attributes of a local client and the common screen+irssi recipe.

 * Keep IRC connects and state on a backend server, allowing disconnections from local UI.
 * Interact with a real local GUI for the frontend, instead of incurring SSH roundtrips for every keypress.

![image](http://www.leonerd.org.uk/code/circle/circle-two-fes.png)

Get the code from [LeoNerd's Bazaar](http://www.leonerd.org.uk/code/circle/obtain.html).