Ask HN: Are there any good open-sourced IRC tools for teams

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by geekuillaume • 13 years ago

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Hi HN ! There is a lot of great services like Grove.io or Hichat available for teams. Are there open-sourced alternatives for these services ?

Thanks !

fbeans• 13 years ago

Get an IRC client that supports plug-ins and scripts and create your own tools. I use IRSSI and there are loads of scripts available to use as a starting point.

geekuillaume• 13 years ago

IRSSI doesn't allow basic needs for a team (not only developpers). It needs persistence and a web based client. I don't think it would be very challenging doing a open sourced service like this but I don't understand why anyone hasn't done it.

bnejad• 13 years ago

Sounds like your company should create it then :)

runjake• 13 years ago

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: You haven't defined your wants and requirements so I couldn't possibly answer this question effectively at this time.

lifeisstillgood• 13 years ago

there are no good IRC tools for teams. IRC is like a telephone that rings silently - at any moment one of your team could be online hoping to chat / ask a question / get vital info. And you must constantly be burning cycles checking the IRC, just in case. because it would be rude to leave someone hanging

so may I suggest one of those newfangled email lists and SMS texts when you really need to reach someone

unknownian• 13 years ago

You would be looking for either an IRC bouncer or something like Kandan http://kandanapp.com/

Cheers

tzakrajs• 13 years ago

If you are looking for an async MUC bot writen in Python, here is a pretty good one that has been really easy to write plugins for: https://github.com/Netflix/brutal

cjbprime• 13 years ago

https://github.com/thedjpetersen/subway adds persistence and a web based client to IRC.

Ask HN: Are there any good open-sourced IRC tools for teams

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