Ripple is a cli client for a decentralised IRC-like system.
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.
Ripple also comes with a terminal UI, which can be used by passing the --tui flag.