Project Description

A basic Internet Relay Chat (IRC) server and Automated Client (Bot) compatible with RFCs 1459, 2810, 2811, 2812, and 2813.

Features

• Full support for user authentication and registration.
• Channel management, including creation, moderation.
• Extensible commands and modes for both users and channels.
• Logging capabilities.
• File transfer.
• Bot building support.
• Compatibility with popular IRC clients.

Getting Started

1. Clone the repository:

   git clone https://github.com/Raimo33/IRC.git
   CD ft_irc

2. Build the server:

   make ircserv

3. Run the server:

   ./ircserv <port> <password>

4. Build the bot:

   make beetlebot

5. Run the bot:

   ./beetlebot <ip> <port> [<password>]

Documentation

Detailed documentation is available in the Wiki. It includes installation guides, configuration options, and usage instructions.

IRC Message Format Cheat Sheet

<message> ::= [':' <prefix> <SPACE>] <command> <params> <crlf>
<prefix> ::= <servername> | <nick> ['!' <user>] ['@' <host>]
<command> ::= <letter> {<letter>} | <number> <number> <number>
<params> ::= <SPACE> [':' <trailing> | <middle> <params>]

<middle> ::= <Any *non-empty* sequence of octets not including SPACE
           or NUL or CR or LF, the first of which may not be ':'>
<trailing> ::= <Any, possibly *empty*, sequence of octets not including
             NUL or CR or LF>

<SPACE> ::= ' ' { ' ' }
<crlf> ::= CR LF