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# [ngIRCd](https://ngircd.barton.de) - Internet Relay Chat Server
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## Introduction
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*ngIRCd* is a free, portable and lightweight *Internet Relay Chat* ([IRC])
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server for small or private networks, developed under the terms of the GNU
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General Public License ([GPL]); please see the file `COPYING` for licensing
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information.
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The server is quite easy to configure and runs as a single-node server or can
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be part of a network of ngIRCd servers in a LAN or across the internet. It
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optionally supports the IPv6 protocol, SSL/TLS-protected client-server and
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server-server links, the Pluggable Authentication Modules (PAM) system for user
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authentication, IDENT requests, and character set conversion for legacy
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clients.
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The name ngIRCd stands for *next-generation IRC daemon*, which is a little bit
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exaggerated: *lightweight Internet Relay Chat server* most probably would have
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been a better name :-)
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## Status
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Development of *ngIRCd* started back in 2001: The server has been written from
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scratch in C, tries to follow all relevant standards, and is not based on the
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forefather, the daemon of the IRCNet.
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It is not the goal of ngIRCd to implement all the nasty behaviors of the
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original `ircd` or corner-cases in the RFCs, but to implement most of the useful
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commands and semantics that are used by existing clients.
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*ngIRCd* is used as the daemon in real-world in-house and public IRC networks
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and included in the package repositories of various operating systems.
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## Advantages and strengths
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- Well arranged (lean) configuration file.
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- Simple to build, install, configure, and maintain.
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- Supports IPv6 and SSL.
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- Can use PAM for user authentication.
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- Lots of popular user and channel modes are implemented.
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- Supports "cloaking" of users.
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- No problems with servers that have dynamic IP addresses.
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- Freely available, modern, portable and tidy C source.
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- Wide field of supported platforms, including AIX, A/UX, FreeBSD, HP-UX,
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IRIX, Linux, macOS, NetBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris and Windows with WSL or Cygwin.
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## Documentation
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The **homepage** of the ngIRCd project is <https://ngircd.barton.de>.
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The `INSTALL.md` document describes how to _install_ and _upgrade_ ngIRCd. It
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is included in all distribution archives and available online on
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[GitHub](https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/blob/master/INSTALL.md).
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Please see the file `doc/QuickStart.md` in the `doc/` directory or on
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[GitHub](https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/blob/master/doc/QuickStart.md) for
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information about _setting up_ and _running_ ngIRCd, including some real-world
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configuration examples.
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More information can be found in a couple of files in the `doc/` directory
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(online on [GitHub](https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/tree/master/doc)) and in
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the [documentation section](https://ngircd.barton.de/documentation) on the
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[homepage of ngIRCd](https://ngircd.barton.de).
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In addition, ngIRCd comes with two _manual pages_: `ngircd(8)` (for the daemon)
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and `ngircd.conf(5)` (for its configuration file). They have even more details
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and list all possible command line parameters and configuration options. You
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can read them with the `man` command (when they are installed locally on your
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system, e.g. `man 8 ngircd` and `man 5 ngircd.conf`) or online here:
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- Daemon:
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[ngircd(8)](https://ngircd.barton.de/man/ngircd.8.html)
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- Configuration file:
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[ngircd.conf(5)](https://ngircd.barton.de/man/ngircd.conf.5.html)
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## Downloads & Source Code
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You can find the latest information about the ngIRCd and the most recent
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stable release on the [news](https://ngircd.barton.de/news) and
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[downloads](https://ngircd.barton.de/download) pages of the homepage.
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Visit our source code repository at [GitHub](https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd)
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if you are interested in the latest development code.
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## Problems, Bugs, Patches
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Please don't hesitate to contact us if you encounter problems:
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- On IRC: <irc://irc.barton.de/ngircd>
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- Via the mailing list: <ngircd@lists.barton.de>
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See <https://ngircd.barton.de/support> for details.
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If you find any bugs in ngIRCd (which most probably will be there ...), please
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report them to our issue tracker at GitHub:
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- Bug tracker: <https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/issues>
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- Patches, "pull requests": <https://github.com/ngircd/ngircd/pulls>
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[IRC]: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/Internet_Relay_Chat
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[GPL]: https://wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_General_Public_License
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