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)