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fakeIRC – a simple IRC-like server to use with netcat

fakeIRC is a simple IRC-like server, implementing a very limited protocol to be used to show participants in a workshop how they can chat using simple tools like netcat.

Requirements

  • Build:
    • CMake
    • a C++ compiler
    • Linux
  • Runtime:
    • Linux
    • a network to chat on

Building

First of all, install the requirements. Then, run the following in the source directory:

mkdir -p build
cd build
cmake .. -DCMAKE_BUILD_TYPE=Release
make -j$(nproc)

Running

cd build/src
./fakeirc

The help can be printed as follows:

./fakeirc -h