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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><a href="#docu">Documentation</a>
33 <li><a href="#ml">Mailing List</a>
34 <li><a href="#install">Installation</a>
35 <li><a href="#download">Download</a>
36 <li><a href="#people">Contact</a>
37 <li><a href="#cvs">CVS Repository</a>
38 <li><a href="#bugs">Bug Tracker</a>
39 <li><a href="#history">History</a>
43 Hint: at <a href="http://freshmeat.net/">freshmeat.net</a>
44 there's an <a href="http://freshmeat.net/projects/ngircd/">entry</a>
45 for the ngIRCd project. You can inform about new releases and get
46 update notifications via E-Mail.
50 BTW: Von dieser Seite gibt es auch eine <a href="index.html.de">deutsche</a>
56 <li><a href="http://ngircd.berlios.de/index.html.en">ngircd.berlios.de</a>
57 <li><a href="http://arthur.ath.cx/~alex/ngircd/index.html.en">arthur.ath.cx</a>
60 <h2 id="status">Status</h2>
63 Current "stable" version is <strong>0.7.7</strong>.
66 This version is used in private IRC networks and is known to run quite
67 stable and flawless although it is not tested in huge IRC networks under
68 heavy load yet. There are still missing features, but the current version
69 should provide everything you need during "normal" IRC sessions.
72 Read more about our private IRC network on these
73 <a href="http://Arthur.Ath.CX/irc/">web pages</a>.
76 I'm glad to receive feedback, bug reports (best choice for this is the
77 <a href="#bugs">Bug-Tracker</a>) and patches. Go on, use the source
81 You can reach me (Alex Barton) via E-Mail:
82 <a href="mailto:alex@barton.de">alex@barton.de</a>.
85 <h2 id="why">Advantages</h2>
87 Why should you use ngIRCd? Because ...
90 <li>there are no problems with servers on changing or non-static IP addresses.
91 <li>there is a small and lean configuration file.
92 <li>there is a free, modern and open source C source code.
93 <li>it is still under active development.
96 <h2 id="platforms">Supported platforms</h2>
98 ngIRCd is tested on a regular basis on the following platform
99 (version numbers used in parenthesis). These are the officially
103 <li>AIX (3.2.5, IBM XL C Compiler)
104 <li>A/UX (3.x, original Apple C Compiler or GNU C)
105 <li><a href="http://www.freebsd.org/">FreeBSD</a> (4.5/i386, GNU C)
106 <li><a href="http://www.hp.com/">HP-UX</a> (10.20, GNU C)
107 <li><a href="http://www.hp.com/">HP-UX</a> (9.10/m68k, HP-UX cc)
108 <li>IRIX (6.5, SGI MIPSpro C 7.30)
109 <li><a href="http://www.linux.org/">Linux</a> (2.2.x/i386, 2.4.x/i386 and 2.4.x/hppa, GNU C)
110 <li><a href="http://www.apple.com/macosx/">Mac OS X</a> (10.x, GNU C 2.95.x/3.x)
111 <li><a href="http://www.netbsd.org/">NetBSD</a> (1.5.2/i386 and 1.5.3/m68k, GNU C)
112 <li><a href="http://www.sun.com/">Solaris</a> (2.5.1 and 2.6, GNU C)
113 <li>Windows with <a href="http://sources.redhat.com/cygwin/">Cygwin</a> (GNU C)
116 As ngIRCd relies on UNIX standards and uses GNU automake and GNU autoconf
117 there are good chances that it also supports UNIX-based operating systems.
120 <h2 id="docu">Documentation</h2>
122 There's a bit of documentation in the source code package. One's located
123 in the main directory (e.g. INSTALL, README, NEWS and COPYING) others in
124 subdirectories like <code>"doc"</code> (e.g. CVS.txt, FAQ.txt
125 and sample configuration files like sample-ngircd.conf).
127 <p>Parts of the documentation are available here:</p>
129 <li><a href="doc/README">README</a>
130 <li><a href="doc/INSTALL">INSTALL</a>
133 <li><a href="doc/CVS.txt">CVS.txt</a>
134 <li><a href="doc/ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a>
135 <li><a href="doc/FAQ.txt">FAQ.txt</a>
136 <li><a href="doc/NEWS">NEWS</a>
137 <li><a href="doc/Protocol.txt">Protocol.txt</a>
138 <li><a href="doc/RFC.txt">RFC.txt</a>
141 <li><a href="doc/sample-ngircd.conf">sample-ngircd.conf</a>
144 <li><a href="doc/README-AUX.txt">README-AUX.txt</a>
145 <li><a href="doc/README-BeOS.txt">README-BeOS.txt</a> (German)
148 <h2 id="ml">Mailing List</h2>
150 There is a mailing list which deals with the "technical"
151 questions concerning ngIRCd: compilation, installation, configuration,
152 and the further development. Updates and CVS-commits are announced
155 <p>Please subscribe using the <a href="http://arthur.ath.cx/mailman/listinfo/ngircd-ml">homepage of the list</a>.
156 <p>All postings are archived <a href="http://arthur.ath.cx/pipermail/ngircd-ml/">here</a>.
158 <h2 id="install">Installation</h2>
160 ngIRCd's target are systems based on or similar to UNIX. There
161 shouldn't be any problem on a fairly modern UNIX that's supported by
162 GNU automake and GNU autoconf. If you run into compile problems
163 perhaps you should give GNU C a try (version 2.95 or newer).
168 <blockquote><p><code>
169 tar xzf ngircd-<version>.tar.gz<br>
170 cd ngircd-<version><br>
173 </code></p></blockquote>
175 Now there's the binary executable server file in <code>src/ngircd</code>
176 ("<code>ngircd</code>" in most cases).
178 <blockquote><p><code>
180 </code></p></blockquote>
182 The binary executable is now installed in <code>/usr/local/sbin</code>.
185 The server looks for the configuration file <code>ngircd.conf</code> in
186 <code>/usr/local/etc</code>. A sample configuration file can be found in
190 Further help on installation and configuration can be found in
191 <code><a href="doc/INSTALL">INSTALL</a></code>.
194 <h2 id="download">Download</h2>
196 <dt><strong>ngIRCd 0.7.7</strong> (2003-12-05):</dt>
198 <p>Server: <em>download.berlios.de</em> (<a href="ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/ngircd/">ftp</a>)</p>
200 <li>ngircd-0.7.7.tar.gz:
201 <a href="http://download.berlios.de/ngircd/ngircd-0.7.7.tar.gz">http</a>,
202 <a href="ftp://ftp.berlios.de/pub/ngircd/ngircd-0.7.7.tar.gz">ftp</a>
204 <p>Server: <em>arthur.ath.cx</em> (<a href="ftp://Arthur.Ath.CX/pub/Users/alex/ngircd/">ftp</a>)</p>
206 <li>ngircd-0.7.7.tar.gz:
207 <a href="ftp://Arthur.Ath.CX/pub/Users/alex/ngircd/ngircd-0.7.7.tar.gz">ftp</a>.
212 In addition, all previous versions, GnuPG signatures, as well as nightly tar-balls
213 (generated from the CVS HEAD sources) are also available. Look here:
214 <a href="ftp://arthur.ath.cx/pub/Users/alex/ngircd/">ftp</a>.
217 <h2 id="people">Contact</h2>
219 Idea and most parts of the current code:
220 Alexander Barton (<a href="mailto:alex@barton.de">alex@barton.de</a>).
224 Ilja Osthoff (<a href="mailto:ilja@glide.ath.cx">ilja@glide.ath.cx</a>)
225 for translating parts of the documentation into english and
226 Götz Hoffart (<a href="mailto:goetz@hoffart.de">goetz@hoffart.de</a>)
227 for translating the web page.
230 If you find bugs or have some ideas for enhancements, please file them
231 into the <a href="#bugs">bug tracker</a>. In addition, there is a
232 <a href="#ml">mailing list</a> for discussions concerning the ngIRCd.
234 <p>BTW: Patches are welcome ;-)</p>
236 <h2 id="cvs">CVS Repository</h2>
238 The source and all files belonging to ngIRCd are managed using
239 <a hreflang="en" href="http://www.cvshome.org/"><abbr title="Concurrent Versions
240 System">CVS</abbr></a>. Anonymous access is available, read:
241 <a href="doc/CVS.txt">CVS.txt</a>.
244 The repository is online available through HTTP:
245 <a href="http://Arthur.Ath.CX/cgi-bin/viewcvs.cgi/ngircd/">ngIRCd CVS Reposidtory</a>.
248 <h2 id="bugs">Bug Tracker</h2>
250 In order to keep track of feature requests and found bugs there's a
251 Bug Tracking system: <a href="http://arthur.ath.cx/bugzilla/ngircd/">Bugzilla</a>
254 In case you found a bug please check
255 <a href="http://arthur.ath.cx/bugzilla/ngircd/enter_bug.cgi">Bug-Report</a>
256 and describe the circumstances. Thank you!
259 In addition you can <a href="http://arthur.ath.cx/bugzilla/ngircd/query.cgi">inform</a>
260 about known and perhaps fixed bugs.
263 <h2 id="history">History</h2>
265 Please read the files
266 <a href="doc/NEWS">NEWS</a> and
267 <a href="doc/ChangeLog">ChangeLog</a>
268 for detailed information.
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284 Contact: Alexander Barton, E-Mail: <a href="mailto:alex@arthur.ath.cx">alex@arthur.ath.cx</a>.<br>
285 Thanks to <a href="mailto:goetz@hoffart.de">Götz Hoffart</a> for cleaning up this page and the english translation!