Ripple

Ripple is a cli client for a decentralised IRC-like system.

Usage

usage: ripple [<flags>] <command> [<args> ...]

Flags:
  --help  Show context-sensitive help (also try --help-long and --help-man).
  --tui   Run the application in terminal UI mode

Commands:
  help [<command>...]
    Show help.

  start <addr>
    Start a new swarm

  connect <listen-addr> <connect-addr>
    Connect to an existing swarm

Ripple provides 2 main commands:

• start which starts a brand new swarm
• connect which connects to an existing swarm

Once connected to the swarm, we need an address on which to listen for new connections, which is what the first argument is for

After connecting to a swarm, we can send messages by typing in the terminal.

We can change our nickname for other peers by entering !nick newname in the terminal.

Terminal UI

Ripple also comes with a terminal UI, which can be used by passing the --tui flag.