# icbirc mit Homebrew installieren

Prüfe Installationswege, Executables, Metadaten und Sicherheitshinweise für icbirc in AI-Agent-Workflows.

## Installation

```sh
sudo av install brew:icbirc
```

Weitere Installationsbefehle:

### macOS

- Homebrew (100%):

```sh
brew install icbirc
```

  Evidenz: local Homebrew formula metadata

## Paketfakten

- **Paketschlüssel:** brew:icbirc
- **Paketmanager:** Homebrew
- **Version:** 2.2
- **Quellzusammenfassung:** Proxy IRC client and ICB server
- **Homepage:** <https://www.benzedrine.ch/icbirc.html>
- **Generiert:** 2026-08-03T19:37:03+00:00

## Executables

- icbirc (Alias)

## Installationsverhalten

- Bottle: nicht verfügbar

## Version und Aktualität

- Seite generiert: 2026-08-03
- Manager-Version: 2.2
## Projektgeschichte und Nutzung

icbirc is Daniel Hartmeier's proxy that lets IRC clients connect to ICB servers by translating commands and messages between the two chat protocols. It is a tiny compatibility bridge for an obscure but historically interesting chat network.

### 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>


## Sicherheitshinweise

broad file, network, media, or database tool signal.

- **Geiger-Risiko:** blue / mittel
- broad file, network, media, or database tool signal


## Combined YAML source

View the package source record on GitHub. [combined/icbirc.yml](https://github.com/mxcl/pkgdb/blob/main/combined/icbirc.yml)


## Quellen

- pkg.so package database
- Geiger risk classifier
- curated package history
- pkgdb category and tag curation
- cross-ecosystem install command graph