2 include('includes/common.php');
9 ngIRCd is a free open source server for Internet Relay Chat (IRC),
10 which is being developed under the GNU General Public License
11 (<a href="doc/COPYING" hreflang="en">GPL</a>).
12 It has been written from scratch and is consequently, unlike most
13 other IRC daemons, not based on the originator, the daemon of the
17 The name <em>ngIRCd</em> means <em>next generation IRC daemon</em>,
18 which is a little bit exaggerated: <em>lightweight Internet Relay Chat
19 server</em> most probably would be a better name :-)
23 at freshmeat.net there's an
24 <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/ngircd/">entry</a>
25 for the ngIRCd project. You can inform about new releases and get
26 update notifications via E-Mail.
32 Why you should be using ngIRCd? For these and other reasons:
36 well arranged (lean) configuration file
39 simple to build/install, configure and maintain
45 no problems with servers that have dynamic IP addresses
48 freely available, modern, portable and tidy C-source
51 ngIRCd is being actively developed since
52 <?php echo date("Y")-2001 ?> years.
56 <code><a id="v_toggle" href="#" name="v_toggle">ngircd --help</a></code><br>
57 <div id="vertical_slide">
58 <samp>ngircd 19.2-SYSLOG+ZLIB+SSL+TCPWRAP+IDENT+PAM+IRCPLUS+IPv6-x86_64/unknown/linux-gnu
59 Copyright (c)2001-2012 Alexander Barton (<alex@barton.de>) and Contributors.
60 Homepage: <http://ngircd.barton.de/>
62 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
63 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
65 -f, --config <f> use file <f> as configuration file
66 -n, --nodaemon don't fork and don't detach from controlling terminal
67 -p, --passive disable automatic connections to other servers
68 -t, --configtest read, validate and display configuration; then exit
69 -V, --version output version information and exit
70 -h, --help display this help and exit</samp>
78 <a href="doc/Platforms.txt">a whole range</a>
79 of platforms: Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, but
80 ngIRCD also runs on Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and other Unices.
83 After the installation of ngIRC, which is executed via packet
84 installation or configure-make-make-install, and once you have edited
85 the ngircd.conf, you can get started after 5 minutes. – only a
86 few lines need adapting, the rest is purely optional.