awfulirc

Username and password authentication

The fastest way to get started is to run the server with username and password:

awfulirc --username "Your username" --password "Your password"

Then, connect to the bridge with your favorite IRC client:

/CONNECT 127.0.0.1 6667

Token authentication

If you are paranoid about your credentials leaking, you can use token authentication as well. First generate a token with gen-token.sh. Instead of passing in username and password to awfulirc, pass the token file:

awfulirc --authfile ~/.sa-login

Then, connect to the bridge with your favorite IRC client:

/CONNECT 127.0.0.1 6667