Erk 0.800

Ərk is an open-source IRC client written with Python, Qt, and Twisted. Python 3 is required, as is PyQt5, Twisted, and qt5reactor. If Python 3 is already installed, these can be installed with pip:

pip install pyqt5
pip install Twisted
pip install qt5reactor

To connect to IRC servers using SSL/TLS, install PyOpenSSL:

pip install pyOpenSSL
pip install service_identity

Ərk is functional, and ready for daily use. Most features are complete. Ərk is ready for daily use.