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ngIRCd - Next Generation IRC Server
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http://ngircd.barton.de/
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2016-01-04 22:43:58 +01:00
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(c)2001-2016 Alexander Barton and Contributors.
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ngIRCd is free software and published under the
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terms of the GNU General Public License.
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-- README --
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I. Introduction
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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2012-09-04 13:09:27 +02:00
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ngIRCd is a free, portable and lightweight Internet Relay Chat server for
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small or private networks, developed under the GNU General Public License
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(GPL; please see the file COPYING for details). It is simple to configure,
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can cope with dynamic IP addresses, and supports IPv6 as well as SSL. It is
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written from scratch and not based on the original IRCd.
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The name ngIRCd means next generation IRC daemon, which is a little bit
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exaggerated: lightweight Internet Relay Chat server most probably would be a
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better name :-)
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2007-05-21 00:37:05 +02:00
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Please see the INSTALL document for installation and upgrade information!
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II. Status
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ngIRCd should be quite feature complete and stable to be used as daemon in
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real world IRC networks.
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It is not the goal of ngIRCd to implement all the nasty behaviors of the
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original ircd, but to implement most of the useful commands and semantics
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specified by the RFCs that are used by existing clients.
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III. Features (or: why use ngIRCd?)
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- Well arranged (lean) configuration file.
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- Simple to build, install, configure, and maintain.
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- Supports IPv6 and SSL.
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- Can use PAM for user authentication.
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- Lots of popular user and channel modes are implemented.
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- Supports "cloaking" of users.
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- No problems with servers that have dynamic IP addresses.
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- Freely available, modern, portable and tidy C source.
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- Wide field of supported platforms, including AIX, A/UX, FreeBSD, HP-UX,
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IRIX, Linux, Mac OS X, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris, and Windows with Cygwin.
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- ngIRCd is being actively developed since 2001.
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IV. Documentation
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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More documentation can be found in the "doc/" directory and the homepage of
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ngIRCd: <http://ngircd.barton.de/>.
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V. Download
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The homepage of the ngIRCd is <http://ngircd.barton.de/>; you will find
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the newest information about the ngIRCd and the most recent ("stable")
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releases there.
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Visit our source code repository at GitHub if you are interested in the
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latest development version: <https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd>.
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VI. Problems, Bugs, Patches
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Please don't hesitate to contact us if you encounter problems:
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- On IRC: <irc://irc.barton.de/ngircd>
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- Via the mailing list: <ngircd-ml@ngircd.barton.de>
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See <http://ngircd.barton.de/support.php> for details.
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If you find bugs in ngIRCd (which will be there most probably ...), please
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report them to our issue tracker at GitHub:
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- Bug tracker: <https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/issues>
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- Patches, "pull requests": <https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/pulls>
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There you can read about known bugs and limitations, too.
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