{"id":434,"date":"2013-11-27T03:05:46","date_gmt":"2013-11-27T10:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/10.43.101.63:24469\/?p=434"},"modified":"2014-12-18T11:57:54","modified_gmt":"2014-12-18T19:57:54","slug":"open-source-project-of-the-month-kiwiirc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aarontc.com\/archive\/2013\/11\/open-source-project-of-the-month-kiwiirc\/","title":{"rendered":"Open Source Project of the Month: KiwiIRC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I think I&#8217;ll start writing about some of my favorite open source projects. If time permits, this&#8217;ll be a monthly thing. Not only to get some exposure for great projects, but to have a nice list of great projects I can refer to others easily.<\/p>\n<h2>KiwiIRC<\/h2>\n<p>As the very first project of the month, I&#8217;d like to recognize <a title=\"KiwiIRC\" href=\"https:\/\/kiwiirc.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">KiwiIRC<\/a>. I&#8217;ve gotten back into <a title=\"Wikipedia's page on Internet Relay Chat\" href=\"http:\/\/wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Internet_Relay_Chat\" target=\"_blank\">IRC<\/a> recently, and I find KiwiIRC indispensable for keeping in communication on the go. If you want a flexible and location-independent IRC client, definitely consider giving KiwiIRC a try.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/kiwiirc-screenshot.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"436\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/aarontc.com\/archive\/2013\/11\/open-source-project-of-the-month-kiwiirc\/kiwiirc-screenshot\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aarontc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/kiwiirc-screenshot.png?fit=960%2C392&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,392\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"KiwiIRC\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aarontc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/kiwiirc-screenshot.png?fit=300%2C122&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aarontc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/kiwiirc-screenshot.png?fit=640%2C261&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-436\" alt=\"KiwiIRC\" src=\"\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/kiwiirc-screenshot-300x122.png\" width=\"300\" height=\"122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aarontc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/kiwiirc-screenshot.png?resize=300%2C122&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/aarontc.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/11\/kiwiirc-screenshot.png?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The best part of the experience so far has been the author&#8217;s response to pull requests on <a href=\"http:\/\/github.com\/prawnsalad\/KiwiIRC\" target=\"_blank\">GitHub<\/a>. I found a typo in the sample configuration file, committed a fix, submitted a pull request, and the author responded in less than 5 minutes. They wanted the change in a different branch, so I re-submitted and the change is merged in under 10 minutes! That&#8217;s a great testament to the power of open source. Sure, my change was small, but it was so incredibly easy!<\/p>\n<h3>Features<\/h3>\n<p>(As stated on the KiwiIRC home page.)<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Works in all major browsers<\/li>\n<li>Embed into your website<\/li>\n<li>SSL encryption<\/li>\n<li>No PhD required<\/li>\n<li>Usable on any IRC network<\/li>\n<li>User friendly menus<\/li>\n<li>Tab autocomplete<\/li>\n<li>Powerful aliases<\/li>\n<li>Input history<\/li>\n<li>Full scripting with javascript<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Requirements<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>Node.js server<\/li>\n<li>Reasonably-modern web browser<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>This IRC client is pretty light on requirements. I&#8217;ve only tested on a Gentoo Linux server, but any Node.js platform should work. Once the server is running, point your favorite browser at the web interface and you&#8217;re off!<\/p>\n<h2>Why It Wins<\/h2>\n<p>KiwiIRC wins this round of Project of the Month due to its<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Extremely straightforward and simple setup process.<\/li>\n<li>Beautiful presentation (not always easy in HTML!)<\/li>\n<li>Author&#8217;s impressive responsiveness to outside source changes.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>That&#8217;s it for this introductory installment of open source project of the month! Let me know what you think!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I think I&#8217;ll start writing about some of my favorite open source projects. If time permits, this&#8217;ll be a monthly thing. Not only to get some exposure for great projects, but to have a nice list of great projects I can refer to others easily. KiwiIRC As the very first project of the month, I&#8217;d [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false,"jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[48],"tags":[],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6PV8H-70","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":452,"url":"https:\/\/aarontc.com\/archive\/2013\/12\/open-source-project-of-the-month-zabbix\/","url_meta":{"origin":434,"position":0},"title":"Open Source Project of the Month: Zabbix","author":"Aaron","date":"December 27, 2013","format":false,"excerpt":"It's time again for another Project of the Month! 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