ricochet-irc
IRC interface to Ricochet-Refresh (v3.0.11)
ricochet-irc
is an IRC interface to the
R2: Ricochet-Refresh
P2P chat network.
With this, you can use your favorite IRC client as a UI for Ricochet, for example WeeChat:
For an introduction to Ricochet itself, please refer to README-upstream.md.
Building
Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)
apt-get install -y build-essential cmake git protobuf-compiler libssl-dev
apt-get install -y qtbase5-dev qtbase5-dev-tools qttools5-dev-tools qttools5-dev
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/wfr/ricochet-irc
cd ricochet-irc
git submodule update --init --recursive
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ../src/
make -j$(nproc)
Note that, while the build deps pull in Xorg, the resulting binary does not link against any graphics libraries. It could be packaged for use on headless machines.
Usage
./ricochet-irc --help
Usage: ./ricochet-irc [options]
Anonymous peer-to-peer instant messaging, IRC gateway
Options:
--config <config-path> Select configuration directory.
--port <port> Set IRC server port.
--generate-password Generate random IRC password.
--debug, --verbose Verbose output
-h, --help Displays help on commandline options.
--help-all Displays help including Qt specific options.
-v, --version Displays version information.
IRC interface
Once you are connected to the IRC server, your client is automatically joined
into a control channel #ricochet
:
@ricochet | ___ _ _ _ ___ ___ ___ ____
@ricochet | | _ (_)__ ___ __| |_ ___| |_ |_ _| _ \/ __| __ _|__ /
@ricochet | | / / _/ _ \/ _| ' \/ -_) _| | || / (__ \ V /|_ \
@ricochet | |_|_\_\__\___/\__|_||_\___|\__| |___|_|_\\___| \_/|___/ devbuild
@ricochet |
@ricochet | COMMANDS:
@ricochet | * help
@ricochet | * id -- print your ricochet id
@ricochet | * add ID NICKNAME MESSAGE -- add a contact
@ricochet | * delete NICKNAME -- delete a contact
@ricochet | * rename NICKNAME NEW_NICKNAME -- rename a contact
@ricochet | * request list -- list incoming requests
@ricochet | * request accept ID NICKNAME -- accept incoming request
@ricochet | * request reject ID -- reject incoming request
@ricochet |
@ricochet | Tor status: offline
-- | ricochet has changed topic for #ricochet to "ricochet:fdmls67o6sf7ok726y5xfrxurhknoul5vg5augtes43w2eue6eu3nbad"
@ricochet | Tor status: ready
--> | afriend (~afriend@ricochet:sczutjtt4vobmm2fpc5w5usz5pogrliggdzwmqhgoslvo7zph764sdqd) has joined #ricochet
Online/Offline status
ricochet-irc
connects to the Ricochet network when an IRC client is
attached. You will appear offline to your contacts as soon as you disconnect
from the IRC server.
Changes
Miscellaneous notes
Convert Hidden Service key to Ricochet format
echo $(cut -c 33-95 hs_ed25519_secret_key | base64 -w 0)
License
GPLv3
Other
Please report bugs in the issue tracker.
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