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 easy to configure, can cope with dynamic IP addresses, and
14 supports IPv6, SSL-protected connections as well as PAM for
15 authentication. It is written from scratch and not based on the
19 The name <em>ngIRCd</em> means <em>next generation IRC daemon</em>,
20 which is a little bit exaggerated: <em>lightweight Internet Relay Chat
21 server</em> most probably would have been a better name :-)
25 at Freecode there's an
26 <a href="http://freecode.com/projects/ngircd">entry</a>
27 for the ngIRCd project. You can inform about new releases and get
28 update notifications via E-Mail.
34 Why you should be using ngIRCd? For these and other reasons:
38 well arranged (lean) configuration file
41 simple to build/install, configure and maintain
47 no problems with servers that have dynamic IP addresses
50 freely available, modern, portable and tidy C-source
53 ngIRCd is being actively developed since
54 <?php echo date("Y")-2001 ?> years
58 <code><a id="v_toggle" href="#" name="v_toggle">ngircd --help</a></code><br>
59 <div id="vertical_slide">
60 <samp>ngIRCd 22.1-IRCPLUS+SYSLOG+ZLIB-x86_64/unknown/linux-gnu
61 Copyright (c)2001-2015 Alexander Barton (<alex@barton.de>) and Contributors.
62 Homepage: <http://ngircd.barton.de/>
64 This is free software; see the source for copying conditions. There is NO
65 warranty; not even for MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
67 -f, --config <f> use file <f> as configuration file
68 -n, --nodaemon don't fork and don't detach from controlling terminal
69 -p, --passive disable automatic connections to other servers
70 -t, --configtest read, validate and display configuration; then exit
71 -V, --version output version information and exit
72 -h, --help display this help and exit</samp>
80 <a href="doc/Platforms.txt">a whole range</a>
81 of platforms: Linux, BSD, Mac OS X, but
82 ngIRCd also runs on Solaris, HP-UX, AIX and other Unices.
85 After the installation of ngIRCd, which is executed via packet
86 installation or configure-make-make-install, and once you have edited
87 the ngircd.conf, you can get started after 5 minutes – only a
88 few lines need adapting, the rest is purely optional.