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# The Lounge
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__What is it?__
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The Lounge is a web IRC client that you host on your own server.
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*This is the official, community-managed fork of @erming 's great initiative, the [Shout ](https://github.com/erming/shout ) project.*
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__What features does it have?__
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- Multiple user support
- Stays connected even when you close the browser
- Connect from multiple devices at once
- Responsive layout — works well on your smartphone
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- _.. and more!_
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__Why the fork?__
We felt that the original [Shout ](https://github.com/erming/shout ) project
"stagnated" a little because its original author wanted it to remain his pet
project (which is a perfectly fine thing!).
A bunch of people, excited about doing things a bit differently than the upstream
project forked it under a new name: “The Lounge”.
This fork aims to be community managed, meaning that the decisions are taken
in a collegial fashion, and that a bunch of maintainers should be able to make
the review process quicker and more streamlined.
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## Install
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```
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sudo npm install -g thelounge
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```
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## Usage
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When the install is complete, go ahead and run this in your terminal:
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```
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lounge --help
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```
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For more information, read the [documentation ](https://thelounge.github.io/docs/ ).
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## Development setup
To run the app from source, just clone the code and run this in your terminal:
```
npm install
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npm start
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```
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You will have to run `npm run build` if you change or add anything in
`client/js/libs` or `client/views.`
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## License
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Available under the [MIT License ](http://mths.be/mit ).
Some fonts licensed under [SIL OFL ](http://scripts.sil.org/OFL ) and the [Apache License ](http://www.apache.org/licenses/ ).