Subway
Subway is not currently functional and not under active development. While the plan is to finish this project some point in the future, currently the maintainer strongly suggests taking a look at The Lounge.
Subway is a web-based IRC client with a multi-user backend and a
JavaScript-heavy UI. Frontend/backend communication is done with
websockets (or best available fallback where not available).
The backend supports connection persistence and optional logging when the
browser disconnects.
Subway is built with node.js,
node-irc
and Backbone.js/ReactJS and
jQuery on the frontend.
Screenshots
Installation
Should be something like this, once implemented:
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Assuming you already have node.js, and npm, run:
$ git clone https://github.com/thedjpetersen/subway.git $ cd subway -
Install the dependencies using npm:
$ npm install -
Launch the web server
$ ./subway.js -
Point your browser at
http://localhost:3000/
Development
Discussion about the client takes place on this repository's Issues page.
Contributors are welcome and greatly appreciated.
Goals
Its goals are twofold:
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Become the best web-based IRC client available
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Provide a really easy method of persistent IRC connections, available
from any web browser
The inspiration for Subway was trying to watch a fellow programmer try
to explain how to set up screen/irssi to a non-technical person.
License
Excepting third-party assets (licensed as specified in their respective files
or directories), this project is covered by the MIT License:
The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (c) 2015 David Petersen
Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of
this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in
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