Heisenbridge
Dormant stableBouncer-style IRC bridge: each Matrix user connects to IRC networks individually, managed from an admin room.
bouncer-style bridge · licence MIT
- Server
- Last commit
- Oct 2025 13 months ago · 4 Oct
- Commits, last year
- 0 0 in 90 days
- Authors, 90 days
- 0 0 in a year, 26 ever
- Bus factor
- — no commits in the last year
- Last release
- v1.15.4 4 Oct 2025 · 0 tags in a year
- Lines of code
- 5.7k Python
AI
Nothing found on any of the three axes. What we look for
PolicyNo policy found (fits the chosen stance)(against the chosen stance) Dev useNone found (fits the chosen stance)(against the chosen stance) In productNone found (fits the chosen stance)(against the chosen stance)- AI in the product: no generative-AI features found in the README or dependency manifests
- AI in development: no agent files at HEAD eb6e2f7f4cf5; no AI-attributed commits among 0 non-bot commits in the last 365 days
- Collector: 0 of 0 commits in the last year credit an AI tool (—). 0 agent files, 0 AI workflows. A lower bound: most AI use leaves no trace.
Activity
No commits in the last 365 days; the last one was on 4 Oct 2025. Bots are not counted.
Languages
Features
| Feature | Value | How we know | Evidence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Network | IRC | — | — |
| Framework | yes own (Python, mautrix-python for the appservice) | code | github.com/hifi/heisenbridge/blob/eb6e2f7f4cf5f9 |
| Puppeting | yes single puppet per user (bouncer); optional relaybot plumbing | claimed | github.com/hifi/heisenbridge/blob/eb6e2f7f4cf5f9 |
| Encryption (E2EE) | No: No "Heisenbridge currently does not support encryption" | claimed | github.com/hifi/heisenbridge/blob/eb6e2f7f4cf5f9 |
| Backfill | Not found: Not found | — | — |
| Media | Not found: Not found | — | — |
| Reactions and edits | Partial: Partial edits sent to IRC as corrections | claimed | github.com/hifi/heisenbridge/blob/eb6e2f7f4cf5f9 |
| Group chats | Yes: Yes channels, tested with 2000 users | claimed | github.com/hifi/heisenbridge/blob/eb6e2f7f4cf5f9 |
| Login methods | yes server password, SASL plain, CertFP | claimed | github.com/hifi/heisenbridge/blob/eb6e2f7f4cf5f9 |
| Terms-of-service risk | Not found: Not found | — | — |
Health signals
- Bus factor (last year)
- —
- Issue first response
- not measured (the forge did not give it)
- Release cadence
- 0 tags in the last year, latest v1.15.4 (4 Oct 2025)
- CI
.github/workflows/build-and-test.yml.github/workflows/docker.yaml.github/workflows/precommit.yaml- Tests
- test files found
- Security policy
- none found
- Licence
- MIT
- Funding
- none listed
- Telemetry SDKs in manifests
- none found
Repositories
| Repository | Role | Activity | Last commit | Commits 1y | Authors 90d | Measured at |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| github.com/hifi/heisenbridge | main | Dormant | 4 Oct 2025 | 0 | 0 | eb6e2f7f4 |
Notes
Last commit on master 2025-10-04 (the repo was pushed to in Oct 2026 on another ref). README compares it with matrix-appservice-irc and matterbridge.
Researched by an AI agent (Claude) on 5 Nov 2026, not checked by a person; metrics collected on 5 Nov 2026. Source file: data/projects/bridge/heisenbridge.yaml. Spotted a mistake? Open an issue with a link.