Pester chum
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The documentation for handling the "Pesterchum protocol"īecause there was little to no information on how Pesterchum is working behind the scenes, I was pretty much forced to dig through the Pesterchum source code which usually wouldn't be an issue, but since the entire application is over 10 years old, there's a ton of old coding practices as well as the source code running on the very much outdated Python 2.7 and Qt 4 engine. Obviously the Pesterchum client handles the nitty-gritty IRC communication on its' own, as well as the handling of the "Pesterchum protocol". You might get kicked off right away if you don't respond to PINGs accordingly, but as a PoC it works. This should let you connect to the IRC server and display the MOTD. USER pcc31 pesterchum.xyz pesterchum.xyz pcc31ĬAPTCHA If you want to test the IRC gateway, connect to my IRC gateway via Websocket at wss:///webirc/websocket/ while at the same time, open up this website and send the following messages in this order (you will not receive a response for each of these commands): For even more convenience, I wrote a docker-compose.yml file, which mounts the configuration file for the gateway, so you don't even have to do anything (except putting in your own captcha key and secret and setting up a reverse proxy) except running docker-compose up -d while you are in this directory (given you installed Docker please do not create issues for this project related to the webircgateway). I personally use this default config, though slightly modified to use my captcha key and secret. In order to make hosting this server easier, I initially used a Docker image made by jtbouse (or UGNS), but this proved to be flawed, as the Docker image didn't have any ca-certificates installed (which are needed for the captcha check), so I modified the Dockerfile to my needs and am hosting it here as well, along with a default config. As far as I'm aware, there is little to no logging if the program is ran on the Warning log level, which is what I am going to do. I am hosting such a server here and will continue to do so. It also has a builtin abuse prevention by forcing the user to solve a captcha (The Pesterchum app will include an invisible captcha, so you don't need to worry). The webircgateway is a simple Websocket gateway to IRC networks, which allows for connecting to IRC servers after all. However, since I don't like giving up, I found a gateway server program, made by and for KiwiIRC. This is most likely to prevent abuse and it's not circumventable by normal means. While developing the web app, I have encountered an issue, which would have been a real show stopper: Chrome and Firefox will not let you connect to the usual IRC ports. But you can at least change your preferences of the app! So far, the entire app CAN work offline, but you obviously won't be able to chat with people if you're not online, since you can't reach the actual servers. The base theme is provided by vue-material, but this may change in the future, depending if I can actually implement a very own theme engine. You can already natively change the colour of the app in the settings, if the yellow is too bright for you. If you do so, please create a theme for both light and dark mode. It also features some theming options and, while it isn't as themeable as the original client, you can always provide your own theme using a pull request and let me merge it.
#PESTER CHUM ANDROID#
It is also installable through the magic of service workers, which means, that it acts like an independant app (you can see this beautifully on Android phones, because web apps are listed in the app list as regular installed apps!). The web app itself runs entirely in the browser, so nothing is stored on any server, only on your device.
#PESTER CHUM HOW TO#
I'm apologizing, if the code is written badly, if you have suggestions on how to improve it, please create a pull request or an issue! The web app is written in Vue and is my first ever Vue project.
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The documentation for handling the "Pesterchum protocol".This is the repository for the WIP Pesterchum web application, located here!