• everything in one file
• no Javascript
• no unnecessary features

Run it with: go run ./minirc.go

1. Change the smirc.conf JSON file:

{
  "server": "irc.freenode.net",
  "port": 6667,
  "channel": "#midnightcafe",
  "web-server-port-number": 8080
}

• change server to your favorite IRC server
• change channel to your favorite channel

2. There are a few environment variables that need to be set:

• IRC_NICKNAME - Your nickname is how other chat users will see you
• IRC_USERNAME - What's your Username?
• IRC_REALNAME - What's your Real Name?
• CONFIG_FILENAME - point this to smirc.conf

For IRC protocol details see: https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1459.txt