IRC (Internet Relay Chat)

Defenitions

IRC Definition Files, Github page

Channels

Modes

Channel Modes

Channel Member Prefixes

Channel Member Prefixes
@: Operator
~: Half operator. The RFC denotes it should be %
%+: ?

Formatting

IRC Formatting

Color

Extended mIRC Colour Proposal
Colors. It seems that, on the first line of the page, Control+K has to be Control+c in irssi

CTRL-cnTextCTRL-c # CTRL-c then a number n from 0 up till 9 and then CTRL-c again
CTRL-c4TextCTRL-c7TextCTRL-c
CTRL-c04TextCTRL-c07TextCTRL-c
CTRL-c35TextCTRL-c47TextCTRL-c
CTRL-c5,10TextCTRL-c3,88TextCTRL-c # Colored background

It seems to be more reliable to use two digits

Clients

Preferred

System	Name	Remark
Terminal client	irssi	Our preferred irc program in the terminal. Can be complicated
Android client	Revolution IRC	Via F-Droid. Source on Github
Terminal client	swirc
Client Server	Weechat	Client via F-Droid. Run your own Weechat server and connect to it via the weechat-android client app
Web client	Gamja	White nicknames: regular user. Grey nicknames may indicate muted or temporarily silenced users.

Some more about clients

An overview on Wikipedia

When selecting a program we also look at size.

Name	Size	UI	Remark
Pidgin	90MB	Graphical
Hexchat	6MB	Graphical	Our preferred irc program with a graphical interface
Konversation	96MB	Graphical
Quassel	196MB	Graphical
irssi	2,8MB	Termial	Our preferred irc program in the terminal. Can be complicated
TinyIRC	71kB	Terminal	run with tinyirc mynick irc.freenode.org Make sure to use the subdomain if there is one. Does not seem to work with SSL on port 6697. Does seem to have some output issues. Uninstalled it
Revolution IRC	2,7MB	Android client	Via F-Droid. Source on Github
hftirc	44kB	Terminal	Has to be compiled and needs an additional 26MB of extra software to be installed in Debian
ii	46kB	Terminal	Commandline only
ircii	1,7MB	Termial	We did not get it to work
Polari			For Gnome 3
scrollz	2,1MB	Terminal	We did not get it to work
sic	64kB	Terminal	Commandline only
swirc	680kb	Terminal client
Weechat	56MB	Terminal	Client server system

Certificate

Libera

Renew a Libera Chat certificate:

Generate a New Certificate Signing Request (CSR)
1. If you are using a self-signed certificate, you will need to generate a new CSR. This can usually be done with OpenSSL. For example in bash:
```
openssl req -new -key your_private_key.key -out your_csr.csr
```
Submit the CSR to Libera Chat
1. The CSR has to be send to Libera Chat to get it signed. This is usually done through their website or support channels. Make sure to follow their specific instructions for submitting the CSR
Receive the New Certificate
1. Once Libera Chat processes your request, they will provide you with a new certificate.
Install the New Certificate
1. Replace the old certificate with the new one on your server. Make sure to restart any services that use the certificate to apply the changes
Verify the Installation
1. After installation, you can verify that the new certificate is in use by connecting to the server and checking the certificate details

In chat commands

C	Explanation	Remark
`qr	Show a quote
`quote add	Add a quote	`quote add Some quote, can also be an URL
`quote stats	Show the number of available quotes

Bouncer

A bouncer (BNC) relays traffic and connections in computer networks, much like a proxy. ZNC is an advanced IRC bouncer

Issues

What can cause (on the user side):

06:44 [Libera] -!- ERROR Closing Link: user/username (Ping timeout: 256 seconds)
06:44 -!- Irssi: Removed reconnection to server irc.libera.chat port 7000

After which a reconnection is initiated

Useful links

IRC cheatsheet on GitHub
Libera.chat (guides): A community platform for free and open-source software and peer directed projects
Basic IRC commands for the mIRC client
Modern IRC Client Protocol

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