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