This is a simple IRC server based on the RFC 2812 and following the C++ 98 standard.

It can be used with a real IRC client to participate in chat rooms, send private messages to one or multiple users and allows for the management of access modes and permissions.

Although WeeChat was used as a reference client during implementation, the server is functional with most clients that sends packets terminated with \r\n.

The Server follows the reactor design pattern and therefore handles concurrent service requests by one or more inputs by dispatching them synchronously to the associated request handlers.

Clone the project and make the executable

git clone https://github.com/FlorianBindereif/IRC.git
cd IRC
make

Modify the config file config.hpp to your convenience and launch the server

./ircserv < port > < password >

Launch [Weechat]

brew install weechat
weechat

Connect to IRC inside weechat

/server add <name> <IP-address>/<port> -password=<password>
/connect <name>

The following commands with the specified behavior taken from RFC 2812 are implemented in the server.