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+# Introduction
+
+**echoIRCd** is a modern IRC daemon and a full services suite, written from scratch in Rust. It is
+original code — not a fork of another ircd — and the entire tree compiles with
+`#![forbid(unsafe_code)]`.
+
+## What you get
+
+- **echoIRCd** — the server: a single-threaded core with an epoll reactor pool, the full channel
+  and user mode set, host cloaking, connection classes, and an operator privilege model.
+- **echo services** — NickServ, ChanServ, OperServ, MemoServ and more, linked over a standard
+  server-to-server protocol and backed by an event-sourced store.
+
+## Highlights
+
+- Full **IRCv3**, including `chathistory`, `labeled-response`, `multiline` and more.
+- Modern **TLS 1.3** (OpenSSL and rustls backends) with post-quantum `X25519MLKEM768`.
+- **SASL**: `PLAIN`, `EXTERNAL`, `SCRAM-SHA-256`, and `ECDSA-NIST256P-CHALLENGE`.
+- A native **anti-abuse** engine built into the core.
+
+> New here? Start with [Installation](/docs/installation), then [Connecting](/docs/connecting).
+
+## The public network
+
+A live network runs at **irc.echoircd.org** — see [Connecting](/docs/connecting) to join.