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17 <h1>ngIRCd: Next Generation IRC Daemon</h1>
20 ngIRCd is a <span title="free as in freedom">free</span> open source
21 daemon for Internet Relay Chat (IRC), developed under the GNU
22 General Public License (<a href="http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.html">GPL</a>).
24 It's written from scratch and is not based upon the original IRCd like
29 <li><a href="#status">Status</a>
30 <li><a href="#why">Advantages</a>
31 <li><a href="#platforms">Supported platforms</a>
32 <li><strong><a href="#docu">Documentation</a></strong>
33 <li><a href="#ml">Mailing List</a>
34 <li><a href="#install">Installation</a>
35 <li><strong><a href="#download">Download</a></strong>
37 <li><a href="#source">Source Code</a></li>
38 <li><a href="#packages">Packages</a></li>
40 <li><a href="#people">Contact</a>
41 <li><a href="#cvs">CVS Repository</a>
42 <li><a href="#bugs">Bug Tracker</a>
43 <li><a href="#history">History</a>
47 Hint: at <a href="http://freshmeat.net/">freshmeat.net</a>
48 there's an <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/ngircd/">entry</a>
49 for the ngIRCd project. You can inform about new releases and get
50 update notifications via E-Mail.
53 <p><span class="Hint">
54 BTW: Von dieser Seite gibt es auch eine <a href="index.html.de">deutsche</a>
60 <li><a href="http://ngircd.berlios.de/index.html.en">ngircd.berlios.de</a>
61 <li><a href="http://ngircd.barton.de/index.html.en">ngircd.barton.de</a>
64 <h2 id="status">Status</h2>
67 Current "stable" version is <strong>0.9.2</strong>.
70 Actual "testing" version is <strong>0.10.0-pre2</strong>.
73 <strong>Attention:</strong>
74 It is highly recommended to update to at lease ngIRCd release 0.8.3,
75 because older versions of ngIRCd had a remotely exploitable bug which could
76 cause the daemon to crash!<br>
77 You don't need to update from 0.8.2 to 0.8.3 if the daemon isn't compiled
78 to do IDENT lookups (which is the default).
81 This version is used in private IRC networks and is known to run quite
82 stable and flawless although it is not tested in huge IRC networks under
83 heavy load yet. There are still missing features, but the current version
84 should provide everything you need during "normal" IRC sessions.
87 Read more about our private IRC network on these
88 <a href="http://irc.barton.de/">web pages</a>.
91 I'm glad to receive feedback, bug reports (best choice for this is the
92 <a href="#bugs">Bug-Tracker</a>) and patches. Go on, use the source
96 You can reach me (Alex Barton) via E-Mail:
97 <a href="mailto:alex@barton.de">alex@barton.de</a>.
100 <h2 id="why">Advantages</h2>
102 Why should you use ngIRCd? Because ...
105 <li>there are no problems with servers on changing or non-static IP addresses.
106 <li>there is a small and lean configuration file.
107 <li>there is a free, modern and open source C source code.
108 <li>it is still under active development.
111 <h2 id="platforms">Supported platforms</h2>
113 ngIRCd is tested on a regular basis on the following platform
114 (version numbers used in parenthesis). These are the officially
118 <li>AIX (3.2.5, IBM XL C Compiler)
119 <li>A/UX (3.x, original Apple C Compiler or GNU C)
120 <li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</a> (4.5/i386, GNU C)
121 <li><a href="http://www.hp.com/">HP-UX</a> (10.20, GNU C)
122 <li><a href="http://www.hp.com/">HP-UX</a> (9.10/m68k, HP-UX cc)
123 <li>IRIX (6.5, SGI MIPSpro C 7.30)
124 <li><a href="http://www.linux.org/">Linux</a> (2.2.x/i386, 2.4.x/i386 and 2.4.x/hppa, GNU C)
125 <li><a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/">Mac OS X</a> (10.x, GNU C 2.95.x/3.x)
126 <li><a href="http://www.netbsd.org/">NetBSD</a> (1.5.2/i386 and 1.5.3/m68k, GNU C)
127 <li><a href="http://www.obenbsd.org/">OpenBSD</a> (3.4/i386)
128 <li><a href="http://www.sun.com/">Solaris</a> (2.5.1 and 2.6, GNU C)
129 <li>Windows with <a href="http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/">Cygwin</a> (GNU C)
132 As ngIRCd relies on UNIX standards and uses GNU automake and GNU autoconf
133 there are good chances that it also supports UNIX-based operating systems.
136 <h2 id="docu">Documentation</h2>
138 There's a bit of documentation in the source code package. One's located
139 in the main directory (e.g. INSTALL, README, NEWS and COPYING) others in
140 subdirectories like <code>"doc"</code> (e.g. CVS.txt, FAQ.txt
141 and sample configuration files like sample-ngircd.conf).
143 <p>Parts of the documentation are available here:</p>
145 <li><a href="doc/README">README</a>
146 <li><a href="doc/INSTALL">INSTALL</a>
149 <li><a href="doc/AUTHORS">AUTHORS</a>
150 <li><a href="doc/COPYING">COPYING</a>
151 <li><a href="doc/CVS.txt">CVS.txt</a>
152 <li><a href="doc/ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a>
153 <li><a href="doc/FAQ.txt">FAQ.txt</a>
154 <li><a href="doc/NEWS">NEWS</a>
155 <li><a href="doc/Platforms.txt">Platforms.txt</a>
156 <li><a href="doc/Protocol.txt">Protocol.txt</a>
157 <li><a href="doc/RFC.txt">RFC.txt</a>
158 <li><a href="doc/SSL.txt">SSL.txt</a>
161 <li><a href="doc/sample-ngircd.conf">sample-ngircd.conf</a>
164 <li><a href="doc/README-AUX.txt">README-AUX.txt</a>
165 <li><a href="doc/README-BeOS.txt">README-BeOS.txt</a> (German)
168 <h2 id="ml">Mailing List</h2>
170 There is a mailing list which deals with the "technical"
171 questions concerning ngIRCd: compilation, installation, configuration,
172 and the further development. Updates and CVS-commits are announced
175 <p>Please subscribe using the <a href="http://arthur.barton.de/mailman/listinfo/ngircd-ml">homepage of the list</a>.
176 <p>All postings are archived <a href="http://arthur.barton.de/pipermail/ngircd-ml/">here</a>.
178 <h2 id="install">Installation</h2>
180 ngIRCd's target are systems based on or similar to UNIX. There
181 shouldn't be any problem on a fairly modern UNIX that's supported by
182 GNU automake and GNU autoconf. If you run into compile problems
183 perhaps you should give GNU C a try (version 2.95 or newer).
188 <blockquote><p><code>
189 tar xzf ngircd-<version>.tar.gz<br>
190 cd ngircd-<version><br>
193 </code></p></blockquote>
195 Now there's the binary executable server file in <code>src/ngircd</code>
196 ("<code>ngircd</code>" in most cases).
198 <blockquote><p><code>
200 </code></p></blockquote>
202 The binary executable is now installed in <code>/usr/local/sbin</code>.
205 The server looks for the configuration file <code>ngircd.conf</code> in
206 <code>/usr/local/etc</code>. A sample configuration file can be found in
210 Further help on installation and configuration can be found in
211 <code><a href="doc/INSTALL">INSTALL</a></code>.
214 <h2 id="download">Download</h2>
215 <h3 id="source">Source Code</h3>
217 <dt><strong>ngIRCd 0.9.2</strong> (2005-10-15):</dt>
219 <p>Server: <em>download.berlios.de</em> (<a href="ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/ngircd/">ftp</a>)</p>
221 <li>ngircd-0.9.2.tar.gz:
222 <a href="http://download.berlios.de/ngircd/ngircd-0.9.2.tar.gz">http</a>,
223 <a href="ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/ngircd/ngircd-0.9.2.tar.gz">ftp</a>
225 <p>Server: <em>ngircd.barton.de</em> (<a href="ftp://ngircd.barton.de/pub/ngircd/">ftp</a>)</p>
227 <li>ngircd-0.9.2.tar.gz:
228 <a href="ftp://ngircd.barton.de/pub/ngircd/ngircd-0.9.2.tar.gz">ftp</a>.
231 <dt><strong>ngIRCd 0.10.0-pre2</strong> (2006-09-09):</dt>
233 <p>Server: <em>download.berlios.de</em> (<a href="ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/ngircd/">ftp</a>)</p>
235 <li>ngircd-0.10.0-pre2.tar.gz:
236 <a href="ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/ngircd/ngircd-0.10.0-pre2.tar.gz">ftp</a>
238 <p>Server: <em>ngircd.barton.de</em> (<a href="ftp://ngircd.barton.de/pub/ngircd/">ftp</a>)</p>
240 <li>ngircd-0.10.0-pre2.tar.gz:
241 <a href="ftp://ngircd.barton.de/pub/ngircd/ngircd-0.10.0-pre2.tar.gz">ftp</a>.
246 In addition, all previous versions and GnuPG signatures are also available. Look here:
247 <a href="ftp://ngircd.barton.de/pub/Users/alex/ngircd/">ftp</a>.
249 <h3 id="packages">Packages</h3>
251 If you are using one of the following distributions, you can use their packages:
255 <a href="http://amiga.sourceforge.net/">Amiga.sf</a>:
256 <a href="http://amiga.sourceforge.net/index.php?showpackage=ngIRCd">Port</a>
259 <a href="http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/">DarwinPorts</a>:
260 <a href="http://darwinports.opendarwin.org/ports/?by=name&substr=ngircd">Port</a>
263 <a href="http://www.debian.org/">Debian Linux</a>:
264 <a href="http://packages.debian.org/ngircd">deb</a>
267 <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</a>:
268 <a href="http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/ports.cgi?query=ngircd&stype=all">Port</a>
271 <a href="http://www.gentoo.org/">Gentoo Linux</a>:
272 <a href="http://packages.gentoo.org/packages/?category=net-irc;name=ngircd">ebuild</a>
275 <a href="http://www.ubuntu.com/">Ubuntu Linux</a>:
276 <a href="http://packages.ubuntu.com/ngircd">deb</a>
280 <q>Inofficial</q> packages:
284 <a href="http://www.debian.org/">Debian Linux</a>:
285 <a href="ftp://arthur.barton.de/debian/pool/main/n/ngircd/">deb</a>
290 <h2 id="people">Contact</h2>
292 Idea and most parts of the current code:
293 Alexander Barton (<a href="mailto:alex@barton.de">alex@barton.de</a>).
297 Ilja Osthoff (<a href="mailto:ilja@glide.ath.cx">ilja@glide.ath.cx</a>)
298 for translating parts of the documentation into english and
299 Götz Hoffart (<a href="mailto:goetz@hoffart.de">goetz@hoffart.de</a>)
300 for translating the web page.
303 If you find bugs or have some ideas for enhancements, please file them
304 into the <a href="#bugs">bug tracker</a>. In addition, there is a
305 <a href="#ml">mailing list</a> for discussions concerning the ngIRCd.
307 <p>BTW: Patches are welcome ;-)</p>
308 <p>ngIRCd on IRC: <a href="irc://irc.barton.de/ngircd">irc://irc.barton.de/ngircd</a>.</p>
309 <h2 id="cvs">CVS Repository</h2>
311 The source and all files belonging to ngIRCd are managed using
312 <a hreflang="en" href="http://www.cvshome.org/"><abbr title="Concurrent Versions
313 System">CVS</abbr></a>. Anonymous access is available, read:
314 <a href="doc/CVS.txt">CVS.txt</a>.
317 The repository is online available through HTTP:
318 <a href="http://arthur.barton.de/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ngircd/">ngIRCd CVS Reposidtory</a>.
321 <h2 id="bugs">Bug Tracker</h2>
323 In order to keep track of feature requests and found bugs there's a
324 Bug Tracking system: <a href="http://ngircd.barton.de/bugzilla/index.cgi">Bugzilla</a>
327 In case you found a bug please check
328 <a href="http://ngircd.barton.de/bugzilla/enter_bug.cgi">Bug-Report</a>
329 and describe the circumstances. Thank you!
332 In addition you can <a href="http://ngircd.barton.de/bugzilla/query.cgi">inform</a>
333 about known and perhaps fixed bugs.
336 <h2 id="history">History</h2>
338 Please read the files
339 <a href="doc/NEWS">NEWS</a> and
340 <a href="doc/ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a>
341 for detailed information.
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357 Contact: Alexander Barton, E-Mail: <a href="mailto:alex@barton.de">alex@barton.de</a>.<br>
358 Thanks to <a href="mailto:goetz@hoffart.de">Götz Hoffart</a> for cleaning up this page and the english translation!