Ergonomadic

Ergonomadic is an IRC daemon written from scratch in Go.

Some Features

follows the RFC where possible
JSON-based configuration
server password
channels with many standard modes
IRC operators
TLS support (but better to use stunnel with proxy protocol)
haproxy PROXY protocol header for hostname setting
passwords stored in bcrypt format
channels that persist between restarts (+P)

Why?

I wanted to learn Go.

What's with the name?

"Ergonomadic" is an anagram of "Go IRC Daemon".

Helpful Documentation

RFC 1459: Internet Relay Chat Protocol
RFC 2811: IRC Channel Management
RFC 2812: IRC Client Protocol
RFC 2813: IRC Server Protocol
IRC/2 Numeric List

Running the Server

See the example config.json. Passwords are base64-encoded bcrypted byte strings. You can generate them with e.g. ergonomadic -genpasswd 'hunter21!'.

from your GOPATH

go get
go install
ergonomadic -conf '/path/to/config.json' -initdb
ergonomadic -conf '/path/to/config.json'

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