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 an example 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
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   8
   9 ### Installation
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  11 *Note: This requires Node.js to run. Make sure you have installed Node.js first! http://nodejs.org/download/*
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  13 1. Download the Kiwi source or clone the git repository:
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  15     `$ git clone git@github.com:prawnsalad/KiwiIRC.git && cd KiwiIRC`
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  17 2. Install the dependencies:
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  19     `$ npm install`
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  21 3. Copy and edit the configuration file as needed:
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  23     `$ cp config.example.js config.js`
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  25     `$ nano config.js`
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  27 4.  Make sure the client code is built:
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  29     `$ ./kiwi build`
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  31
  32 ### Running
  33 From the source folder: `$ ./kiwi start`
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  35 You can also run kiwi in the foreground to see any output by using the `-f` flag. Eg: `$ ./kiwi -f`
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  37 Open your new Kiwi instance in your browser. By default: http://localhost:7778/
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  39
  40 ### Bugs
  41 Report bugs using the issue tracker on github: https://github.com/prawnsalad/KiwiIRC/issues
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  43 ### Licence
  44 GNU Affero
  45 http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html
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  47
  48 ### Thanks to
  49 The KiwiIRC logo credited to Michael Drahony (www.drahony.com)