v1.0.0

Meet dexchat

This is the first public release of Dex, the IRC TUI client with modern features. 💬
Give it a try and let us know what you think!

Check here the install instructions.

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New

• 9d05e24: feat(cfg): add notifications field
• 0e10d5f: feat(commands): add /join support
• be55818: feat(commands): add /leave support
• 7a96532: feat(commands): add /list support
• e92cfe0: feat(config): validate sound notification values
• 3af2671: feat(goreleaser): improve releases
• 4118f62: feat(help): add keybindings help modal overlay
• daa2dc2: feat(history): load channel history on demand
• ef60bcf: feat(history): restore direct message history
• c7bcf96: feat(irc): queue self-JOIN events before sending to the UI
• 610b983: feat(palette): allow up and down arrow key navigation
• 3d10c01: feat(palette): improve text contrast and colors on selection
• 5c68e22: feat(ui): add Dracula theme
• cd2390a: feat(ui): add Gruvbox Dark theme
• f78c017: feat(ui): add Solarized Light theme
• 2307648: feat(ui): add channel mention/unread count in the channel list
• 9dc45f8: feat(ui): add channel picker scrollbar
• 0ab709d: feat(ui): add go to channel palette action
• 29a2281: feat(ui): add sound notification cooldown
• 76460c4: feat(ui): add unread/tag message counts for channels
• 3a2fb19: feat(ui): avoid rendering things on inactive buffers
• 8058c30: feat(ui): do not increment unread badges on user join/quit
• 2003436: feat(ui): emit sound notification
• b3b7133: feat(ui): ignore notifications from configured DM users
• 65870d9: feat(ui): load channel history on demand
• 10ffefe: feat(ui): load read state before IRC connection
• eb0699f: feat(ui): nickname completion on tab
• e045e7b: feat(ui): notify messages in configured channels
• 26b315e: feat(ui): persist local read cursors
• 244bff8: feat(ui): process playback messages in chunks
• a4b9103: feat(ui): refine channel picker navigation
• 076e4b7: feat(ui): rules for notification events
• d07f032: feat(ui): select theme from config
• 8efb225: feat(znc): adds compatibility for ZNC user/password format in config file
• 6f859d6: feat(znc): start implementing ZNC support; enable echo-message
• ff2888e: feat(znc): support playback history and multi-client connections
• 5a73bfc: feat(znc): sync nickname with server after connection
• a85c36e: feat: add /msg private messages
• 3303b1d: feat: add colors to message events, like connect/disconnect, server messages
• 706ba55: feat: add date (days) separator between messages
• 4428aca: feat: add goreleaser
• 0676052: feat: add part alias and close private messages
• 7f8f2c4: feat: add persistent history support with deduplication
• 64fe924: feat: add user info into join/part/quit messages
• d786dbb: feat: bulk join channels on connect
• b644b93: feat: edit message drafts in external editor
• 4504208: feat: handle NICK events to refresh user change in all channels the user is in
• 478ed44: feat: handle channel join errors
• 0582e84: feat: handle irc disconnects
• be42118: feat: highlight mentions in chat messages
• 30bd54e: feat: identify notification channel activity
• 8129d81: feat: load config from XDG directory
• eb6518c: feat: message batching to avoid UI re-render flood
• 9748cc8: feat: message types
• 47422ac: feat: multiple reconnects
• 3c01733: feat: nick of messages sent by users not in channel is shown as gray in history
• 3b52ce7: feat: provide default IRC configuration
• 1c325bc: feat: pulse channel names on mentions
• 8ab973c: feat: pulse follow-up activity after mentions
• 606285d: feat: pulse notified channel names
• 47e6425: feat: rose pine theme
• 43a2038: feat: scroll hovered panes independently
• 7fab4d7: feat: send all BufferNewMessageMsg through batches
• ec0c3d4: feat: send reconnected messages to all channels
• 26114fe: feat: show error when messaging channels that failed to join
• b3079d2: feat: show prefix in chat and fix case in viewport
• 41937fa: feat: show user join messages in channel buffer
• 129c673: feat: show user parts messages in channel buffer
• a209c56: feat: show user quit messages in channel buffer
• 37720bc: feat: style topic on render
• 3fc2f2c: feat: support server IRCv3 timestamps
• e1f17df: feat: switch to the last selected buffer
• b05be01: feat: upgrade bubbletea/lipgloss to v2; use lipgloss composite

Fixed

• 289569d: fix(history): preserve entries during persistence
• befd3bc: fix(history): use dex data directory
• b197e76: fix(irc): avoid ZNC queue delays from WHO bursts
• aa971c7: fix(irc): avoid blocking startup event delivery
• edfab6c: fix(irc): preserve channel context for quit events
• d52da5c: fix(nix): update Go module vendor hash
• 818acfe: fix(ui): add background color to all message cells
• b85bd17: fix(ui): avoid inactive buffer rerender on nick update
• 39e6442: fix(ui): avoid redundant sidebar resize channel/user list
• 3d915b2: fix(ui): distinguish inactive nickname colors
• a9f1034: fix(ui): don't render chat when no need for it
• 373026f: fix(ui): handle chat actions synchronously
• 9ad3b17: fix(ui): improve Rose Pine theme contrast
• 2014ce7: fix(ui): keep app open after persistence failure
• 948f2ab: fix(ui): load configured history asynchronously
• b4f73ff: fix(ui): move periodic persistence off update loop
• ed7915a: fix(ui): parse IRC hexadecimal colors
• 5d4ef69: fix(ui): persist private messages before closing
• bfb4001: fix(ui): persist state before quitting
• 8d30c31: fix(ui): restore DMs after IRC connection
• 2274dee: fix(ui): serialize history persistence
• 4143dd6: fix: close irc client connection on exit
• 76f6718: fix: correctly render messages colored by type
• 95c7919: fix: count only user messages as new messages for badges
• 87ee111: fix: creates a buffer dynamically if the user list arrives before the buffer exists
• 352ad42: fix: display topic correctly for dynamically created buffers
• 8cf4aca: fix: don't duplicate ownecho messages when on ZNC
• 54555db: fix: enable truecolor in Docker image
• d803e7a: fix: foreground in some messages
• 0ebb409: fix: girc Connect was being shadowed
• f246a58: fix: honor advertised IRC user prefixes
• 38b4912: fix: improve channel list indentation
• a2033c2: fix: insert dynamically created channels at the correct position
• 101148d: fix: join events now refreshs the user list
• 0b45518: fix: keep selected buffer visible
• b1d8888: fix: load history in a batch instead of message per message
• b2edccb: fix: move reconnection loop to Connect()
• e7b1d87: fix: moves ConnectAll into bubbletea lifecycle
• a7771da: fix: notify active buffers when terminal is unfocused
• 9f3b345: fix: only refreshes on UserListMsg in the active buffer
• 5e5cf45: fix: render IRC formatted messages also in server buffers
• 4a4438e: fix: run irc echo-message handler in the background
• d67c6e2: fix: select archives for Homebrew cask
• 13b1eef: fix: set default terminal type in Docker image
• 9518959: fix: use Homebrew tap token secret

Refactored

• c0f2999: refactor(ui): isolate persistence orchestration
• 7b43350: refactor(ui): move editor I/O into tea.Exec
• 11bf39b: refactor(ui): organize persistence state
• f632ab9: refactor(ui): schedule IRC commands with tea.Cmd
• 5ca32fe: refactor: centralize help keybindings
• a635971: refactor: migrate module path to dexchat

Documentation

• 661e854: docs(ui): document routing and persistence invariants

Other changes

• f01e08f: move palette loose numbers to const
• e501047: 1st prototype
• 58f63cc: Initial commit
• e3efd24: MoveDown/Up will go to the top/bottom on end/start
• 7ee1d4b: Update README.md
• 7a81f5d: Update README.md
• 7d63d4e: Update README.md
• a497b57: Update README.md
• e85ae64: Update issue templates
• 556f928: add .gitignore
• 0550288: add PRIVMSG handler for channels; add time to message
• a03f3f9: add a preview in doc
• f331526: add channel member count
• 2a7e1cf: add ctrl+c confirmation to exit
• 5cd2b88: add help text at bottom
• 5f5de2f: add initial config
• 9a1e572: add minimum support to scroll through chat
• 5e56f50: add more todo
• e367dde: add myuser to userlist
• 2a2cd12: add new item for the theme to colorize
• da64774: add nickname in inputbar
• 4174312: add padding to chat text messages
• 1416748: add quit handler
• 53cb021: add serers handlers: show connection output to server buffer
• ded18f0: add topic and username for server buffers
• 0cf9751: add topic channel
• 3a9a47b: add topic to server buffers
• 57727b3: agents: improve instructions
• 2e5e582: change buffer field name
• c75798b: change channel model to value
• 56f91ee: change help keybinding
• 55f9f6b: channels tree
• 0d80bb9: chore(ui): extract command dispatch
• e2ba3ca: config.toml
• 8ae2796: create buffers for servers as well
• baf706b: disable userlist scroll for now
• c9593c7: docs
• b6802ce: docs
• bcfbc44: docs
• 4944e78: docs
• 98760d1: docs
• 94ca9a2: docs and preview
• f4d723e: fix borders/paddings/margins from chatarea
• d63e3bf: fix buffer keys case
• 907457a: fix bug where j/k in input would scroll viewport
• 715a905: fix bug where users sometimes dont get updated
• 4d0246b: fix channel name cases after connecting
• 50692cf: fix mouseevents from input bar
• 821d468: format received styled messages
• 917c484: get servers from config file
• ec24d28: github: add issue form
• da422ba: github: configure issue template chooser
• f52d0fd: github: fix issue form title validation
• fa60cde: github: inherit organization issue forms
• c486c25: global Width is not necessary
• 1b3c267: go sum
• 05b76c5: handle keybindings pressed in a different place
• e6f5e84: handle nick updates
• ec03e35: handle topic
• f1c99d6: implement buffers; update user list for each buffer
• 2315e09: improve a bit input code
• 883acd2: improve code a bit
• 3ad0463: improve layout's readability (i hope)
• 2986e79: increase channel sidebar ratio
• 69f96a6: input inside chat
• bf7a1e4: input looking ok
• 115fd2f: input working
• bf273b2: keybindings; command palette and more
• 1a91e15: main
• 1e38cff: move input from chat to a new component
• 8b9f184: move input package
• fa8442f: new preview
• 8f40989: only show member count on channels
• f573906: perf(chat): cache rendered chat history
• 890577f: perf(ui): avoid redundant component updates
• f08eca7: preview image
• bceb6cf: randomize nicks in userlist
• 1241578: refactor layout part of chat
• 2f4aa17: remove dead code
• caacc89: remove layout package
• 5cceeee: remove up/down keybindings for channels
• 046fd5e: rename const in ui.go
• f1b8d0f: replace placeholder users/chat buffer
• b92f402: rever input update order
• e190863: revert sidebars ratio; fix member count separator width calc
• 15360fd: send messages to channel on enter
• 9b75973: set a viewport to display the userlist
• ec0c08f: simple connection to libera
• 46ec8e1: simplify layout code
• 304a1fe: simplify layout in main model
• 9a46300: small tweaks in users.go
• 7dd2891: sort servers/channels in config type
• 0b5f344: sort user list by permissions as well
• 1a9c972: structure messages; add color to usernames in chat
• 4a7a53e: style the channel sidebar
• 9725fa7: support connection to multiple servers
• 5f37229: support private messages
• cc98c49: test(keybindings): make quit handler deterministic
• 00b9ef3: test(ui): cover asynchronous buffer persistence
• b570754: test(ui): cover persistence failure and shutdown
• da4d1ab: tree working minimally
• 7f09813: update userslist with channel users
• feca6f3: upgrade go version
• 340bce9: use JoinVertical in channels.go
• 32b1592: user irc handlers send a tea message to UI
• 34f5637: working
• 41bfcd2: working mvp
• bb8f41d: wrap chat messages in the correct viewport width