I have stopped development on Web-IRC in favor of Subway, a joint effort with another githubber. If you are interested in a web-based IRC client, look there.

https://github.com/thedjpetersen/subway

The goal for this project is to become the best in-browser IRC client available, and bring the best ideas from modern web applications to IRC. It was inspired by a request for improvements to qwebirc by Paul Irish.

Web-IRC is based on node.js and Martyn Smith's node-irc on the backend, and Backbone.js and jQuery on the frontend.

The app is still in its early stages. Potential contributors should find plenty to do.

Here's what works:

• Choose nick/network/channel(s) to use at login
• Join channels
• Send messages to channels
• Switch between channel tabs, see chat output
• Leave channels
• Private messages
• Channel topics

Here's (a partial list of) what doesn't work yet:

• Status messages
• Listing channels

Design/UI/UX help also desperately needed.

1. Assuming you already have node.js & npm, run:

   $ npm install -g web-irc

2. Launch the web server

   $ web-irc

3. Point your browser at http://localhost:8337/

Replace step 1 above with this:

$ git clone https://github.com/akavlie/web-irc
$ cd web-irc
$ npm link

this should install dependencies, and link the git checkout to your global node_modules directory.

Web-based IRC clients are quite popular, particularly as an in-page embed for various open source projects and live shows. The ubiquitous choice at this time is the aforementioned qwebirc.

Here are some popular sites that use (or link to) a web IRC client:

• jQuery
• freenode
• TWiT

MIT licensed. See LICENSE.