Setup Discord-IRC Bridge

[koobs]

We have some people on IRC that don't use Discord, and bsdlabs has had a presence on IRC for a long time before Discord.

We'd like to setup an IRC/Discord bridge between the two comms channels, particular as we decided that FreeBSD's Discord #community channel will be our main comms place, with BSDLabs Discord a comms place for broader bsdlabs discussions

• Review and shortlist from List of GitHub Repositories matching Discord/IRC in Python
• Evaluate Discord/IRC Bridge Bots. We prefer Python, but we'd consider well-maintained bots with special features.
• Determine hosting location (Touch base with @Rodrigo-NH. He hosts our current bsdlabs/bsdlabs.io/bsd.io services/apps/PoC's)
• Determine setup and configuration, with server/channel to server/channel mappings (1:M, M:M, etc).
• Document Bridge setup

[khbsd]

+1 to Python- that's where I'm most experienced and can help out.

[koobs]

+1 to Python- that's where I'm most experienced and can help out.

Ahh! Would be great if @community could put their skills and expertise areas (tags) in their team profile section

[Seirdy]

Another option would be to set up a discord-matrix bridge and a matrix-irc bridge, as:

• There are actively maintained bridges for both that work fairly well.
• It would offer an additional open platform (Matrix) for users who prefer Discord-like features.

Two pain points worth considering:

• Enforcing nick registration on IRC without having it irritate bridged Discord and Matrix users who don't want to have to deal with NickServ.
• Matrix and Discord users sending long messages that turn into pastebin links on the IRC end.

[mc1ay]

https://github.com/Syriiin/irc-to-discord seems to be ok, and I have it working, except it's timing out sometimes and I'm not sure why yet.

[mc1ay]

I gave up on trying to solve the time-out issue and have moved on to evaluating this: https://github.com/pbzweihander/discord-irc-rs
I'll test it for a while and see how it works out. One thing I have noticed already is that mentions from IRC aren't showing up on the Discord end. Also, this one seems to be limited to bridging one IRC channel to one Discord channel from what I can tell.

[mc1ay]

So, the issue with https://github.com/Syriiin/irc-to-discord were on my end. At this point the only thing I can find wrong with it, is that if it does get disconnected from IRC for some reason, it doesn't automatically reconnect. Does anyone else have any issues with this one in particular?

[grahamperrin]

… a matrix-irc bridge, …

Ah, that's the first thing that I looked for after seeing the IRC channel mentioned at the home page.

I think of bridging between the two as so commonplace, I imagined it being almost automatic. Ha.

[grahamperrin]

#10 (comment)

… bsdlabs has had a presence on IRC for a long time …

#10 (comment)

… long messages that turn into pastebin links on the IRC end.

Given the constraints that are commonly associated with IRC, honestly:

• IRC is, simply, not geared towards the realisation of community-driven THINK BIG and DIFFERENT ideas.

IRC is more like, THUNK CRAMPED and TRADITIONAL ;-)