Srain focuses on providing a modern, user-friendly IRC chat experience on desktop. It is catalogued under Team chat & messaging on PulseGate.

Who should use Srain?

Srain is a consumer product built for IRC users and chat enthusiasts.

Is Srain still active?

Unverified. Srain has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.

What are alternatives to Srain?

Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Kinetix Messaging by Ppros, EXTRA SAFE, and Teambox.

Srain is developed by Shengyu Zhang.

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Srain

Name: Srain
Author: Shengyu Zhang

FlathubTeam chat & messaging

Srain is a desktop IRC client built with GTK, offering a modern interface for real-time chat across multiple servers and channels. It is aimed at users who participate in IRC networks and communities.

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Overview

5 features

In the Team chat & messaging space, Srain takes a focused approach. It focuses on providing a modern, user-friendly IRC chat experience on desktop. Srain is a consumer product aimed at IRC users and chat enthusiasts. Srain costs nothing to use. Srain is available on Linux.

Behind Srain is Shengyu Zhang. Key capabilities include IRC chat, multiple server support, and GTK interface.

IRC chat
Multiple server support
GTK interface
Channel management
Message logging

Built with & integrations

Runs on

Linux

Trust & compliance

Verified signals

HTTPSFree tier

Indexing history

What PulseGate has recorded for this listing

Indexed29 Jun · 20:17 UTC
Srain verified against its public source
Source: PulseGate · Open

Frequently asked questions about Srain

What is Srain?: Srain focuses on providing a modern, user-friendly IRC chat experience on desktop. It is catalogued under Team chat & messaging on PulseGate.
Who should use Srain?: Srain is a consumer product built for IRC users and chat enthusiasts.
Does Srain have a free plan?: Yes — Srain is free to use.
What platforms does Srain run on?: Srain runs on Linux.
Is Srain still active?: Unverified. Srain has not been re-checked since it entered the index, so there is no finding either way — and only a positive finding would say otherwise.
What are alternatives to Srain?: Similar projects tracked by PulseGate include Kinetix Messaging by Ppros, EXTRA SAFE, and Teambox.Kinetix Messaging by Ppros EXTRA SAFE Teambox
Who develops Srain?: Srain is developed by Shengyu Zhang.

At a glance

Platforms: Desktop
Languages: English
Built for: IRC users and chat enthusiasts
Model: B2C
Solves: Providing a modern, user-friendly IRC chat experience on desktop.

Registered as

Flathub: im.srain.Srain

Developer

Shengyu Zhang

Live coverage

Identity confidence: Medium · 70
Indexed: 29 Jun 2026
Lifecycle: Unverified
Last seen: 29 Jun 2026

Identity audit (12)

Slug: srain-flathub-org
Verification state: Indexed for public listing
Listing state: Listed: yes
Index status: Included in index
Latest evidence snapshot: 29 Jun 2026
Timeline basis: Indexed-at chronology. This listing's first-seen date was written by the catalog backfill, not observed here, so it is not treated as a sighting.
Name from: Written by a language model from the project's public pages.
Category from: Assigned by a language model.
Summary from: Taken from the project's own store listing.
Languages from: Detected by a language model from page content.
Last updated: 4 Aug 2026
Canonical URL: https://flathub.org/apps/im.srain.Srain

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