Ask HN: Are there any good open-sourced IRC tools for teams

Posted by geekuillaume on Thursday September 26, 2013 @09:17AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Hi HN ! There is a lot of great services like Grove.io or Hichat available for teams. Are there open-sourced alternatives for these services ?

Thanks !

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any good open-sourced IRC tools for teams by runjake on Thursday September 26, 2013 @11:26AM (#6451405)

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: You haven't defined your wants and requirements so I couldn't possibly answer this question effectively at this time.

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any good open-sourced IRC tools for teams by tzakrajs on Friday September 27, 2013 @09:46PM (#6460546)

If you are looking for an async MUC bot writen in Python, here is a pretty good one that has been really easy to write plugins for: https://github.com/Netflix/brutal

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any good open-sourced IRC tools for teams by cjbprime on Friday September 27, 2013 @10:36PM (#6460655)

https://github.com/thedjpetersen/subway adds persistence and a web based client to IRC.

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any good open-sourced IRC tools for teams by unknownian on Thursday September 26, 2013 @12:24PM (#6451796)

You would be looking for either an IRC bouncer or something like Kandan http://kandanapp.com/

Cheers

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any good open-sourced IRC tools for teams by fbeans on Thursday September 26, 2013 @09:40AM (#6450613)

Get an IRC client that supports plug-ins and scripts and create your own tools. I use IRSSI and there are loads of scripts available to use as a starting point.

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any good open-sourced IRC tools for teams by geekuillaume on Thursday September 26, 2013 @10:05AM (#6450795)

IRSSI doesn't allow basic needs for a team (not only developpers). It needs persistence and a web based client. I don't think it would be very challenging doing a open sourced service like this but I don't understand why anyone hasn't done it.

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any good open-sourced IRC tools for teams by bnejad on Thursday September 26, 2013 @11:24AM (#6451398)

Sounds like your company should create it then :)

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Re:Ask HN: Are there any good open-sourced IRC tools for teams by lifeisstillgood on Thursday September 26, 2013 @12:08PM (#6451686)

there are no good IRC tools for teams. IRC is like a telephone that rings silently - at any moment one of your team could be online hoping to chat / ask a question / get vital info. And you must constantly be burning cycles checking the IRC, just in case. because it would be rude to leave someone hanging

so may I suggest one of those newfangled email lists and SMS texts when you really need to reach someone

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