miniIRChat

Is an open source desktop application for IRC chat

Target

Simple
Portable
Fast

Features

Portable, one executable file, take it any where.
Works in Windows and Linux
SSL/TLS 1.3 connection
Mutli Server
[TODO] Enable bounce option
[TODO] Log History files
[TODO] Empoji
[TODO] Show Picture from URL
[TODO] Syntax Highlighter for language for message started with ``` (in middle of message too)

Disadvantages

There is no SASL
No plugins/addon yet

Contributing

Keep it as simple as possible.

History

It moved from minilib demo folder

Build

miniIRChat is a FreePascal/Lazarus project, to compile it you need to install all packages it depends on

Use source code from github.com in branch "release", or use last tag, branch "master" is my working upstream, it is not stable.
FreePascal FPC 3.2 or later
Lazarus last update from subversion repo, it is recommended, or use version 2.1
MiniLib https://github.com/parmaja/minilib
MiniCtrls https://github.com/parmaja/minictrls

Open each package in Lazarus and compile it in order.

Required Packages

minilib\lib\MiniCommons.lpk
minilib\xml\source\MiniXML.lpk
minilib\socket\source\MiniSockets.lpk
minilib\connection\source\MiniConnections.lpk

minictrls\lib\MiniLib.lpk
minictrls\components\native\NativeLib.lpk

Testing and Use

My prefered IRC server is ergo.

Competitions

https://hexchat.github.io/ https://konversation.kde.org/

gcarreno / miniIRChat