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@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Everything that ties Orbit to a particular network or brand lives in
"url": "https://example.org", "url": "https://example.org",
"tagline": "Chat with", "tagline": "Chat with",
"taglineEm": "everyone.", "taglineEm": "everyone.",
"subtitle": "Public rooms, private messages, no signup required." "subtitle": "Public rooms, private messages, and moderation that works."
} }
} }
``` ```

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# Overview # Overview
**Orbit** is a modern web client for **IRC** — the open chat protocol that has quietly run **Orbit** is a modern web client for **IRC** — the open chat protocol that has quietly run
communities for decades. It runs entirely in the browser: pick a nick and you're talking, with communities for decades. It runs entirely in the browser — nothing to install — and handles
**no install and no signup**. everything from a quick guest nick to a full account (SASL login and in-app registration).
Whether a deployment lets people in as guests or asks them to register is its own choice, not
the client's.
It powers [tchatou.fr](https://tchatou.fr/app/), and is built to be **re-pointed at any IRCv3 It powers [tchatou.fr](https://tchatou.fr/app/), and is built to be **re-pointed at any IRCv3
network** and **rebranded** from a single `config.json` — without recompiling. network** and **rebranded** from a single `config.json` — without recompiling.
## What makes it different ## What makes it different
- **Full IRCv3.** Orbit negotiates 24 capabilities — SASL, message-tags, reactions, typing - **Full IRCv3.** Orbit negotiates 25 capabilities — SASL, message-tags, reactions, typing
indicators, read-markers, multi-line messages, server-side history, account registration, and indicators, read-markers, multi-line messages, server-side history, account registration, and
Web Push. See [IRCv3 capabilities](https://orbit.tchatou.fr/docs/ircv3/). Web Push. See [IRCv3 capabilities](https://orbit.tchatou.fr/docs/ircv3/).
- **Pluggable at runtime.** A static `config.json` is fetched on startup and sets the server, - **Pluggable at runtime.** A static `config.json` is fetched on startup and sets the server,