ft_irc 💬

Simple IRC Server following the IRC protocol specifications. Some concepts we learned were: how to create a server with C++ and handle connections in a non-blocking way without using threads. Developed by @gpernas- and @karisti-.

References RFC-IRC PROTOCOL

• https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1459.txt
• https://www.rfc-es.org/rfc/rfc1459-es.txt
• https://modern.ircdocs.horse/#client-to-server

IRC Clients

These are some clients we used and are easy to set

• CIRC - Only works on Chrome!
• kiwiIRC

Resources learned

• TCP/IP Protocol in C++

• In-Out events (Poll/Select/Kqueue)

• Kqueue

• Non-Blocking fd C++

• Sockets (Pag 60)

  Usage

• Run $make && ./ircserv <SERVER_PORT> <SERVER_PASSWORD>

• Connect from client. From CIRC: /server <SERVER_IP> <SERVER_PORT> <SERVER_PASSWORD>

Project Examples

• TPC Server Linux
• TPC Server Mac