ricochet-irc

IRC interface to Ricochet-Refresh (v3.0.11)

ricochet-irc is an IRC interface to the R2: Ricochet-Refresh P2P chat network.

With this, you can use your favorite IRC client as a UI for Ricochet, for example WeeChat:

For an introduction to Ricochet itself, please refer to README-upstream.md.

Building

Debian GNU/Linux 11 (bullseye)

apt-get install -y build-essential cmake git protobuf-compiler libssl-dev
apt-get install -y qtbase5-dev qtbase5-dev-tools qttools5-dev-tools qttools5-dev

git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/wfr/ricochet-irc
cd ricochet-irc
git submodule update --init --recursive
mkdir build && cd build
cmake ../src/
make -j$(nproc)

Note that, while the build deps pull in Xorg, the resulting binary does not link against any graphics libraries. It could be packaged for use on headless machines.

Usage

./ricochet-irc --help

Usage: ./ricochet-irc [options]
Anonymous peer-to-peer instant messaging, IRC gateway

Options:
  --config <config-path>  Select configuration directory.
  --port <port>           Set IRC server port.
  --generate-password     Generate random IRC password.
  --debug, --verbose      Verbose output
  -h, --help              Displays help on commandline options.
  --help-all              Displays help including Qt specific options.
  -v, --version           Displays version information.

IRC interface

Once you are connected to the IRC server, your client is automatically joined into a control channel #ricochet:

    @ricochet |  ___ _            _        _     ___ ___  ___       ____
    @ricochet | | _ (_)__ ___  __| |_  ___| |_  |_ _| _ \/ __| __ _|__ /
    @ricochet | |   / / _/ _ \/ _| ' \/ -_)  _|  | ||   / (__  \ V /|_ \
    @ricochet | |_|_\_\__\___/\__|_||_\___|\__| |___|_|_\\___|  \_/|___/ devbuild
    @ricochet |
    @ricochet | COMMANDS:
    @ricochet |  * help
    @ricochet |  * id                            -- print your ricochet id
    @ricochet |  * add ID NICKNAME MESSAGE       -- add a contact
    @ricochet |  * delete NICKNAME               -- delete a contact
    @ricochet |  * rename NICKNAME NEW_NICKNAME  -- rename a contact
    @ricochet |  * request list                  -- list incoming requests
    @ricochet |  * request accept ID NICKNAME    -- accept incoming request
    @ricochet |  * request reject ID             -- reject incoming request
    @ricochet |
    @ricochet | Tor status: offline
           -- | ricochet has changed topic for #ricochet to "ricochet:fdmls67o6sf7ok726y5xfrxurhknoul5vg5augtes43w2eue6eu3nbad"
    @ricochet | Tor status: ready
          --> | afriend (~afriend@ricochet:sczutjtt4vobmm2fpc5w5usz5pogrliggdzwmqhgoslvo7zph764sdqd) has joined #ricochet

Online/Offline status

ricochet-irc connects to the Ricochet network when an IRC client is attached. You will appear offline to your contacts as soon as you disconnect from the IRC server.

Changes

CHANGES.md

Miscellaneous notes

Convert Hidden Service key to Ricochet format

echo $(cut -c 33-95 hs_ed25519_secret_key | base64 -w 0)

License

GPLv3

Other

Please report bugs in the issue tracker.

Donations

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