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 https://kiwiirc.com or live instance of the application can be found at https://kiwiirc.com/client/.
   6 Our development IRC channel is on the Freenode network, irc.freenode.net #kiwiirc.
   7
   8 [![Visit our IRC channel](https://kiwiirc.com/buttons/irc.freenode.net/kiwiirc.png)](https://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/#kiwiirc)
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  10
  11 ### Installation
  12
  13 *Note: This requires Node.js to run. Make sure you have installed Node.js first! http://nodejs.org/download/*
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  15 1. Download the Kiwi source or clone the git repository:
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  17     `$ git clone https://github.com/prawnsalad/KiwiIRC.git && cd KiwiIRC`
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  19 2. Install the dependencies:
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  21     `$ npm install`
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  23 3. Copy and edit the configuration file as needed:
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  25     `$ cp config.example.js config.js`
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  27     `$ nano config.js`
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  29 4.  Make sure the client code is built:
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  31     `$ ./kiwi build`
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  33
  34 ### Running
  35 From the source folder: `$ ./kiwi start`
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  37 You can also run kiwi in the foreground to see any output by using the `-f` flag. Eg: `$ ./kiwi -f`
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  39 Open your new Kiwi instance in your browser. By default: http://localhost:7778/
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  41
  42 ### Bugs
  43 Report bugs using the issue tracker on github: https://github.com/prawnsalad/KiwiIRC/issues
  44
  45 ### Licence
  46 GNU Affero
  47 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html
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  49
  50 ### Thanks to
  51 The KiwiIRC logo credited to Michael Drahony (www.drahony.com)