icbirc mit Homebrew installieren

Projektlinks

• Homepage

Befehle und Aliase

• icbirc

Projektgeschichte

The author page embeds the OpenBSD-style man page, states that the first version was written in 2003, and publishes source tarballs rather than a source-control repository. The page's history section records later maintenance releases in 2015, 2016, and 2024, largely incorporating OpenBSD ports-tree patches.

Adoptionsgeschichte

The man page and source page document testing with XChat, ircII, BitchX, mIRC, and irssi, which captures the project's practical adoption goal: keep familiar IRC clients usable with an ICB server. Homebrew packaging preserves that bridge for users who still need the proxy.

Wie es verwendet wird

A typical invocation is `icbirc -s default.icb.net`, after which an IRC client connects to the proxy. Supported IRC commands include login, listing, joining, messaging, topic, kick, mode handoff, quit, and a `RAWICB` escape hatch for custom ICB commands.

Warum Paket-Nerds sich dafür interessieren

icbirc is the kind of package that makes broad package indexes culturally useful: it preserves access to a minor protocol and a specific chat-history ecosystem, while also documenting the practical differences between IRC channels and ICB groups.

Zeitleiste

• 2003: First version of icbirc written.
• 2015: Versions 1.9 and 2.0 incorporated connection and OpenBSD port fixes.
• 2016: Version 2.1 added OpenBSD pledge support and IRC error-message behavior changes.
• 2024: Version 2.2 included additional OpenBSD ports-tree patches.

Related projects

• Related projects and protocols include ICB, IRC, OpenBSD ports, XChat, ircII, BitchX, mIRC, irssi, and the RFC 1459/2811/2812 IRC specifications cited by the man page.

Quellen

• https://formulae.brew.sh/formula/icbirc
• https://www.benzedrine.ch/icbirc-2.2.tar.gz
• https://www.benzedrine.ch/icbirc.html