42 IRC

A small Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server built in C++. It can be used with used with different clients (IRSSI, NC, etc) locally, over a network, or using the host's public IP.

Features

• Seamless communication between clients
• Make channels, grant/remove admin rights, set channel parameters
• !quote to query the inspirational bot API

Installation and Usage

1. Clone & launch server:

   git clone https://github.com/romanmikh/42_irc.git 42_irc
   cd 42_irc
   make
   ./ircserv <port> <password>

2. Install IRSSI & launch client:

   # install ninja (irssi dependency)
   git clone https://github.com/ninja-build/ninja.git && cd ninja
   git checkout release && cd ..
   
   # install meson (irssi dependency)
   sudo apt install meson
   
   # install irssi
   wget https://codeberg.org/irssi/irssi/releases/download/1.4.5/irssi-1.4.5.tar.xz
   tar xJf irssi-1.4.5.tar.xz
   cd irssi-1.4.5
   sudo apt install cmake libssl-dev libglib2.0-dev libutf8proc-dev libncurses-dev
   meson Build
   ninja -C Build && sudo ninja -C Build install
   
   irssi

   From within IRSSI, execute:

   /connect localhost <port> <password>  # this can be done from multiple clients

3. Valgrind output saved in valgrind_out.txt after:

   ulimit -n 1024 # necessary once only, to address 'file descriptor too high' error
   make valgrind

Helpful Resources

1. mIRC the OG app we are recreating
2. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRC
3. High-level Guide
4. Official IRC Protocol

This project was a collaboration between edenjamsalem, romanmikh and kellyhayd.