README.md

   1 ### Kiwi IRC - A hand-crafted IRC client
   2 Kiwi IRC is a fully featured IRC client that can be extended to suit almost any needs.
   3 Using the web application is extremly simple even without any IRC knowledge as all the common needs are built directly into the UI.
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   5 For more information see http://kiwiirc.com or an example of the application can be found at http://kiwiirc.com/client/
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   8 ### Installation
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  10 1. Download the Kiwi source or clone the git repository:
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  12     `$ git clone git@github.com:prawnsalad/KiwiIRC.git`
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  14 2. Install the dependancies and make sure the client code is built:
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  16     `$ npm install`
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  18     `$ node client/assets/dev/build.js`
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  20 3. Edit the configuration file as needed:
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  22     `$ nano config.js`
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  25 ### Running
  26 From the source folder: `$ ./kiwi start`
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  28 You can also run kiwi in the foreground to see any output by using the `-f` flag. Eg: `$ ./kiwi -f`
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  31 ### Bugs
  32 Report bugs using the issue tracker on github: https://github.com/prawnsalad/KiwiIRC/issues
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  34 ### Licence
  35 GNU Affero
  36 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html
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  39 ### Thanks to
  40 The KiwiIRC logo credited to Michael Drahony (www.drahony.com)