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About Kiwi IRC

Responsive web IRC client with theming support.

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Latest commit: Feb 1, 2023

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Languages/Platforms/Technologies:

Nodejs

Lincenses:

Apache-2.0

More about Kiwi IRC

Kiwi IRC

A versatile web based messenger using IRC

100% static files. Host with your favourite web server or a CDN
For single networks, bouncer hosts, or a personal generic IRC client that remembers your networks
Works out of the box with a default IRC network - or use your own
Single or multiple IRC network connections
Multiple layouts for small areas or full page layouts
Light and dark modes
Desktop notifications
Extremely versatile via a single JSON config file at runtime
Themable and rich plugin support such as file uploading and video calling
Team mode for workplaces

Connection modes:

Directly to a websocket IRC server
Connect via the webircgateway websocket proxy for normal IRC servers
Stay connected with KiwiBNC

Installing Kiwi IRC

If you just want to embed an IRC client on your website, you can generate a custom client hosted by kiwiirc.com using the simple client builder, https://kiwiirc.com/clientbuilder/

To install Kiwi IRC on your own server, pre-built and ready to use installers can be found at the downloads page, https://kiwiirc.com/downloads/

Building from source

Dependencies

Before you can build or start to develop on Kiwi IRC, make sure to have the following installed on your system: * Nodejs * yarn

Building for production

# Install dependencies
$ yarn install

# Build Kiwi IRC into the dist/ folder
$ yarn run build

Note: Be sure to copy the files from the dist/ folder to your webserver! This folder will be overwritten each time it is built.

Development environment

Kiwi IRC is built using Vuejs, webpack and babel.

# Install dependencies
yarn install

# Optionally link git pre-commit linting hooks
ln -s $PWD/scripts/pre-commit .git/hooks/

# A development web server with hot reloading at http://localhost:8080/
yarn run dev

Note: Do not use this development environment on your live website. It is slow, very large, and unsecure.

Configuration

By default, the client will load the /static/config.json file on startup which contains the runtime configuration. When running in the development environment this can be found at static/config.json

Browser support

Kiwi IRC is tested on all modern browsers and IE11. Other browsers are not actively tested and may have trouble running Kiwi IRC. * Chrome * Chrome Mobile (Android) * Firefox * IE11 * Safari 9+