prawnsalad/kiwiirc

This is **DEPRECATED**! Please go to https://github.com/kiwiirc/kiwiirc

Note - This version is no longer in active development!

The new, better version is here: https://github.com/kiwiirc/kiwiirc

This version of Kiwi IRC is only receiving bug and security updates

This is a complete re-write and is now using much more modern development tools and includes over 5 years worth of knowledge on how people use web IRC clients. If you are looking for the latest and greatest IRC features then this new version is the way to go!

Kiwi IRC - A hand-crafted IRC client

Kiwi IRC is a fully featured IRC client that can be extended to suit almost any needs. Using the web application is extremly simple even without any IRC knowledge as all the common needs are built directly into the UI.

For more information see https://kiwiirc.com or live instance of the application can be found at https://kiwiirc.com/client/. Our development IRC channel is on the Freenode network, irc.freenode.net #kiwiirc.

Developing? Please use the development branch - not the master branch!

Installation

Note: This requires Node.js to run. Make sure you have installed Node.js first! http://nodejs.org/download/

1. Download the Kiwi source or clone the git repository:

   $ git clone https://github.com/prawnsalad/KiwiIRC.git && cd KiwiIRC

2. Install the dependencies:

   $ npm install

3. Copy and edit the configuration file as needed:

   $ cp config.example.js config.js

   $ nano config.js

4. Make sure the client code is built:

   $ ./kiwi build

Running

From the source folder: $ ./kiwi start

You can also run kiwi in the foreground to see any output by using the -f flag. Eg: $ ./kiwi -f

Open your new Kiwi instance in your browser. By default: http://localhost:7778/

Bugs

Report bugs using the issue tracker on github: https://github.com/prawnsalad/KiwiIRC/issues

Translations

Kiwi IRC has been translated to 25 different languages. The translators can be found in translations.md

Licence

GNU Affero http://www.gnu.org/licenses/agpl.html

kiwiirc's Issues

Have loader gif while waiting for whois messages, /list, connecting, joining, parting, etc

Disable joining channel 0

General users won't know that joining 0 will part all of your existing channels; Just disable it or throw a warning, "Do you want to part/leave all channels?"

Bit more padding in the topic bar

Nick list ordering

Nicklist is not ordering properly when certain usermodes are set. ~ is currently last instead of first.

gateway.user_prefixes is currently an object therefore messes with the prefix order. Convert to array.

After connected, Show the auto-connected channel automatically

Server select - Include connect button at the bottom of the "more" section

Server select - Include kiwi logo at the top

Show the house on the server tab

Collapse topic bar if query or server window or no applet title

Show more sane time format in topic/whois/else where (7th Sep, 00:00:00)

Set a global date format and have all displays dates use it
Something like..

function formatDate(date){
return date.getDate() + date.gateMonth() ... ;
}

sort of channel/querry

After awile the header looks like this:

channle1 user2 #channel2 user 1 user 3

can it change to this:

#channle1 #chanle2 user1 user 2 user 3

Autocrolling is buggy

If you tab to a different page and something is said in a channel, when you return to Kiwi IRC the backscroll is in the wrong place, at least on Firefox 7

Server select - When clicked "more" give focus to the server input box

Server select - Include the down arrow after "more" link

On a new message do not scroll down if scrolled up more than.. 50px?

Server select - Reduce the space between "more" and the bottom line

color parsing on irc

Yes it is ugly and most time annoying like hell.
in the channel list and in the topic field.
the � ETX or the �STX dont get parst well. (on douple using)
in the normal chat field the parsing works fine.

Cannot highlight/copy text

Highlighting text in the channel/query windows does not work, as focus is shifted to the msg input box.

Copyright Licence

KiwiIRC needs some sort of copyright license.

I suggest the GNU Affero General Public License v3 which means that anybody running Kiwi would have to make the source code/their modifications available under the AGPL as well. Generally, people won't be "distributing" a modified Kiwi, just running it so this best to get changes into the open.

Other options include:

• Standard GNU GPL that we all know and love
• EUPL - The EU Public License, compatible with the GNU GPL via CeCILL v2, tailored towards EU copyright law.
• The Apache Licence

WHOIS spills into server window

When WHOIS'ing a nick, the whois data is shown in the relevant window but "seconds idle, signon time" is added to the server window.

strange mode handling

if oyu give more than 2 people the mode v+ per 1 line

on kiwi it looks like the first person get 2 or more times the mode v+
the other user get a status update i lit bit latly
this is not a big bug

but its looks very strange

Add userlist resizing bar + handle

Kiwi logo in top right corner

Script loader to remove script elements once loaded/errored out

Server connection limiting

Limit the number of connections from a host to a configurable number to stop against DOS attacks.

Put a hint in the server readme on how to configure IPTABLES limits here, could be handy?

Bold & underline formatting does not stop at a \x000f byte

A \x000f byte should terminate all formatting codes (eg colour, bold, underline). Currently the code for bold and underline only terminates when it encounters a terminating bold or underline control code.

too bright color for nicks

too bright colored nicks are very hard to read on the white backgorund.
can the random color set
change to a fix color for mode?

like blue for op
red for hop
etc ...

Show channel mode changed as a message

Show user mode changes as a message

Server select - Left align the ssl checkbox

'action' event shows the word 'ACTION'

'ACTION' should not be displayed in the message

Stop the messages jumping up/down when the server select box closes

Should server select stay the same height at all times?

Unable to change a channels topic

The /topic command should change the active channels topic.

Also the ability to edit the topic from the UI in the topic bar.

Nicklist UI changes

If the nicklist isn't needed (server window, PM window), then hide it and maximise the message window fully.

Widen the nicklist and have the size changable by dragging the edge.

Click nick label to change nick

See current kiwi version for functionality

Clickable channel names

Clicking/double clicking a channel name should attempt to join that channel.

Re-order nicks in nicklist when a mode changes

Remove part icon from server tab

Channel names containing an ampersand break Kiwi

Channel names containing '&' break Kiwi.

The nick list does not appear, no messages are displayed and there is no close icon on the tab.

Multiple words in quit message truncated

Multiple words in quit message truncated

Add a random number char to nick GET var for embedding

Example: kiwiirc.com/client/irc.example.com/?nick=kiwi_?

This would remove the need for the embedding site to make one up.

Server select - Tab order should be nickname -> connect -> more

Server select - Make nickname box and "connect" button larger

Or just more prominent somehow

Make nicks clickable to bring up the userbox

Add ability to bind an insecure port and redirect traffic to a secure port

Add support for password-protected servers

i.e. send PASS before NICK and USER commands

Add support for irc:// links

On page load, focus + select all text in the nickname input box

Userlist - hide scrollbar if not needed (overflow-y:auto)

Show errors when joining a channel

If a channel mode id +b, +i, +k, etc, let the user know the issue.
Currently cannot close the tab in error and try again.