miniircd -- A (very) simple Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server
Description
miniircd is a small and limited IRC server written in Python. Despite its size, it is a functional alternative to a full-blown ircd for private or internal use. Installation is simple; no configuration is required.
Features
- Knows about the basic IRC protocol and commands.
- Easy installation.
- No configuration.
- No ident lookup (so that people behind firewalls that filter the ident port without sending NACK can connect without long timeouts).
- (Optional) SSL encrypted client-to-server communication
Limitations
- Can't connect to other IRC servers.
- Only knows the most basic IRC commands.
- No IRC operators.
- No channel operators.
- No user or channel modes except channel key.
- No reverse DNS lookup.
- No other mechanism to reject clients than requiring a password.
Requirements
Python 2.7 or newer. Get it at http://www.python.org.
Installation
None. Just run "./miniircd --help" (or "python miniircd --help") to get some help.
Configuration
None, by default. See command line options with "./miniircd --help".
You can also put the command line options into a configuration file like so:
miniircd.conf:
--debug
--ports
6667,6668,6669
--ssl-pem-file
/path/to/cert.pem
and then call the script like so:
./miniircd @miniircd.conf
just place an '@' before the filename.
License
GNU General Public License version 2 or later.
Authorship
Authored by Joel Rosdahl joel@rosdahl.net
Contributors:
- Matt Behrens (github.com/zigg)
- Alex Wright (github.com/alexwright)
- Bui (github.com/bui)
- Rui Carmo (github.com/rcarmo)
- Joel Kleier (github.com/zombified)