Lightweight and modular IRCd in Python

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Looking for SweeNet?

You may check out the server details on https://ircat.xyz/try

Alternatively, you can access the webchat on https://web.ircat.xyz

Disclaimer

This project is very experimental and is currently not recommended for production usage.

Although this IRCd software is pretty stable when it comes to security, there's still a lot of IRC features that need to be implemented.

How to install

Requirements

• A Linux or FreeBSD machine
• Python 3 (Tested in 3.12)
  • Don't forget to use pip install -r requirements.txt

Configuration

You can get configuration by editing the config.yml example in this repo.

Command syntax

python3 /path/to/ircat/server.py /path/to/config.yml

Docker

Use this compose file

services:
    ircat:
        image: git.swee.codes/swee/ircat:latest
        restart: unless-stopped
        ports:
            - 6667:6667
            # - 6697:6697
        volumes:
            - ./data:/app/data

Create a config.yml inside the data directory of your compose file, using the example in this repository, or else IRCat will fail to start.