Weercd
Weercd is the WeeChat IRC testing server.
It can be used with any IRC client (not only WeeChat).
In the "flood" mode, various IRC commands are sent in a short time (privmsg, notice, join/quit, ..) to test client resistance and memory usage (to quickly detect memory leaks, for example with client scripts).
Install
Weercd requires Python ≥ 3.6.
It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to connect this server with a client in a test environment:
- For WeeChat, a temporary home directory (see below).
- On a test machine, because CPU will be used a lot by client to display messages from Weercd.
- If possible locally (i.e. server and client on same machine), to speed up data exchange between server and client.
Run with WeeChat
Open a terminal and run server:
python3 weercd.py
Open another terminal and run WeeChat with a temporary home directory:
weechat --temp-dir
Note: the option --temp-dir (or -t) has been added in WeeChat 2.4, so with
an older version you can do: weechat --dir /tmp/weechat (this directory is
not automatically removed on exit).
Optional: install script(s) in WeeChat (for example /script install xxx).
Add server and connect to it:
/server add weercd 127.0.0.1/7777
/connect weercd
Wait some months…
WeeChat still not crashed and does not use 200 TB of RAM ? Yeah, it's stable! \o/
Run in a container
You can also run Weercd in a container, using Docker or Podman.
To build the container:
make container
To run the container as a daemon:
docker run -p 7777:7777 -d weercd
Copyright
Copyright © 2011-2023 Sébastien Helleu
This file is part of Weercd, the WeeChat IRC testing server.
Weercd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Weercd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Weercd. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.