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I am all for using an open source alternative to Slack. But IRC is not it. What we need is a modern, open standard for persistent group chat ala Slack, with security features. I am not saying sit down and draft papers, writing code that can become a standard is fine. Maybe Mattermost is it, I don't know.
Totally relevant to this post.
Looks like Slack is astroturfing.
https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear
https://latest.glowing-bear.org
One of the biggest advantages of this approach is that you get the whole functionality of a mature IRC client. You also don't have to trust a third party with your data, as you're connecting to your own client, no middleman involved. It's just a bunch of static files.
Neat idea, although I would probably stick with irssi[1] running on my server and connecting with mosh[2] to that for mobility with instant session resume. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irssi [2] https://mosh.mit.edu/
If you're already running weechat, you might be interested in checking out Glowing Bear which accomplishes a very similar goal, but without reinventing the weel - it simply connects to you existing weechat (probably running on a server somewhere). https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear https://latest.glowing-bear.org One of the biggest advantages of this approach is that you get the whole functionality of a mat…
If you're already running weechat, you might be interested in checking out Glowing Bear which accomplishes a very similar goal, but without reinventing the weel - it simply connects to you existing weechat (probably running on a server somewhere). https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear https://latest.glowing-bear.org One of the biggest advantages of this approach is that you get the whole functionality of a mat…
Personally I run weechat on a small home server I have and run it in tmux and just ssh into it.
How does this compare to http://shout-irc.com
From what I see, shout-irc does not allow you to stay connected on IRC channels when you are offline or close your browser.
Reminds me of http://quassel-irc.org/ which is not really a beauty but is working good enough for me at the moment. (I'm just a user, not related to the project in any way)
Only issue is that it has problems running on Windows 10, otherwise I might be using it.
http://bugs.quassel-irc.org/issues/1376
Been looking at quassel and weechat
If you're already running weechat, you might be interested in checking out Glowing Bear which accomplishes a very similar goal, but without reinventing the weel - it simply connects to you existing weechat (probably running on a server somewhere). https://github.com/glowing-bear/glowing-bear https://latest.glowing-bear.org One of the biggest advantages of this approach is that you get the whole functionality of a mat…
Personally I run weechat on a small home server I have and run it in tmux and just ssh into it.