sweet, this is really clean and runs really well. - my Mom is 67 and has been on IRC for 20+ years using mIRC for most of those. I bet if this got packaged so that users like her could one click "install" it they could grab a huge portion of the user base.
Show HN: A browser-based IRC client built on Node.js – first Node project
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Re: Show HN: A browser-based IRC client built on Node.js – first Node project
#12Other browser-based irc clients written in nodejs: KiwiIRC - Probably the most used of them. https://github.com/prawnsalad/KiwiIRC Subway - I've been following this one for a bit because it look promising. It's nice. https://github.com/thedjpetersen/subway nirc - This one is pretty simple and I'd say a little less polished than yours, but still does a lot of things right. https://github.com/cjstewart88/nirc If anyone…
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Re: Show HN: A browser-based IRC client built on Node.js – first Node project
#13Other browser-based irc clients written in nodejs: KiwiIRC - Probably the most used of them. https://github.com/prawnsalad/KiwiIRC Subway - I've been following this one for a bit because it look promising. It's nice. https://github.com/thedjpetersen/subway nirc - This one is pretty simple and I'd say a little less polished than yours, but still does a lot of things right. https://github.com/cjstewart88/nirc If anyone…
Hi, some more:
Waartaa - new, written in Meteor, part of Google Summer of Code - https://github.com/waartaa/waartaa
gnotty - https://github.com/stephenmcd/gnotty
ircanywhere - https://github.com/ircanywhere/ircanywhere
WebIRC - https://github.com/pavben/WebIRC
Re: Show HN: A browser-based IRC client built on Node.js – first Node project
#14sweet, this is really clean and runs really well. - my Mom is 67 and has been on IRC for 20+ years using mIRC for most of those. I bet if this got packaged so that users like her could one click "install" it they could grab a huge portion of the user base.
I really want to make the installation and usage as simple as possible- simplicity is my #1 priority!
If you ever get her to try it out, I'd love if you'd email me to tell me how it went! You can find my email on my github profile.
Re: Show HN: A browser-based IRC client built on Node.js – first Node project
#15@ _redwire It'd be nice to see a functional demo site. It'd also be nice to have a direct link to the github repository - https://github.com/redwire/aIRChat Why zip instead of npm distribution?
Thanks for the suggestions! I used to have aIRChat running as a web service straight off the VPS hosting its official website, but I encountered a lot of trouble when people started connecting over it, as many IRC networks apparently limit the number of connections allowed from a single source. Having exceptions made for each network would have been a considerable challenge. There is a link to the repository under th…
It's easy to publish a NPM package. First, create package.json by googling "package.json cheatsheet". Then type npm publish and you're done.
Re: Show HN: A browser-based IRC client built on Node.js – first Node project
#16The problem with most IRC software is that they're not always online. The usual solution is irssi, which is what I've used for the last 6 years.
Re: Show HN: A browser-based IRC client built on Node.js – first Node project
#17Oh, I've made one too!
http://github.com/erming/shout
It's really stable (been using it for weeks without restarting) and I've even implemented a mobile interface: https://db.tt/fYTswBwO
You'll find the install instructions in the README (or just `npm install shout`). No configuration required. Should take under a minute to get it running if you already have NPM.
It's open source. Feel free to try it, browse the code and leave some feedback. If you want to work with me, it's open for contributions!
Re: Show HN: A browser-based IRC client built on Node.js – first Node project
#18Other browser-based irc clients written in nodejs: KiwiIRC - Probably the most used of them. https://github.com/prawnsalad/KiwiIRC Subway - I've been following this one for a bit because it look promising. It's nice. https://github.com/thedjpetersen/subway nirc - This one is pretty simple and I'd say a little less polished than yours, but still does a lot of things right. https://github.com/cjstewart88/nirc If anyone…
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Re: Show HN: A browser-based IRC client built on Node.js – first Node project
#19Other browser-based irc clients written in nodejs: KiwiIRC - Probably the most used of them. https://github.com/prawnsalad/KiwiIRC Subway - I've been following this one for a bit because it look promising. It's nice. https://github.com/thedjpetersen/subway nirc - This one is pretty simple and I'd say a little less polished than yours, but still does a lot of things right. https://github.com/cjstewart88/nirc If anyone…
It's not based on Node.js, but CIRC is worth mentioning because it's pure JS IRC client that doesn't need a relay server:
http://flackr.github.io/circ/ https://github.com/flackr/circ
It uses the chrome.socket APIs to connect directly to the IRC network.
Re: Show HN: A browser-based IRC client built on Node.js – first Node project
#20Nice! We need to have better UX around getting connected to underlying IRC networks. How doe this compare to Subway [1]?