Docker Image for Pork

A Docker image for running the legacy AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) and IRC client 'pork' by Ryan McCabe.

This currently uses the pork binary found in the Debian Stretch archives, which was the last Debian release to include it.

Running Pork

You can run pork by issuing the following

docker run -v /Users/me/porkfiles:/root \
    -e AIM_SERVER='aim.chivanet.org' \
    -it jgknight/pork:latest

Once it's running, you can issue /help to see the available commands.

/connect myusername
/away I'm not here!
/buddy add_group Bots
/buddy add smartersmarterchild Bots
/profile Welcome to my Profile, <b>%n!</b>
/msg smartersmarterchild Hello!

Pork supports specifying the following env variables (-e):

• AIM_SERVER - address of the OSCAR host to connect to
• AIM_PORT - port number of the OSCAR host to connect to

While the original servers are long gone, you can connect to modern AIM servers such as

• Retro AIM Server - Free open source server for running your own AIM/ICQ service
• ChivaNet Internet Services - Free public AIM service
• NINA - Another popular public AIM service

To Do

• Automate pushing to Docker Hub from GitHub
• Compile from source on a modern OS image
• Collect useful Perl scripts