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Re: Show HN: A browser-based IRC client built on Node.js – first Node project

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Post by silversmith »

erming wrote: post #17

Oh, 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…

Looks really nice - especially the part where multiple networks are in the very first screenshot!

How are you handling persistence tho? Straight up in-memory storage?

Re: Show HN: A browser-based IRC client built on Node.js – first Node project

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Post by erming »

silversmith wrote: post #21
erming wrote: post #17

Oh, 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…

Looks really nice - especially the part where multiple networks are in the very first screenshot! How are you handling persistence tho? Straight up in-memory storage?

Yes, right now it's only in memory.

I've been thinking about storing the logs in .txt-files (with the option to turn this feature on/off). This way, I could let the user download the logs directly via the browser.

Re: Show HN: A browser-based IRC client built on Node.js – first Node project

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Post by _redwire »

gghh wrote: post #25

I didn't know of an #https-everywhere channel. It doesn't seem to be on Freenode. Is it really an active channel or just there in the screenshot for the demo?

aIRChat doesn't categorize channels by server (I'm open to ideas of having it do so), for the sake of simply using Foundation's vertical tabs. #https-everywhere is the developer discussion channel on OFTC.

Re: Show HN: A browser-based IRC client built on Node.js – first Node project

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Post by icebraining »

tjohns wrote: post #19
euank wrote: post #9

Other 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.

And about a decade before that we had Chatzilla: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChatZilla

Re: Show HN: A browser-based IRC client built on Node.js – first Node project

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Post by cjbprime »

erming wrote: post #17

Oh, 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…

Looks great! Would love text logs and support for multiple users each with their own config.
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