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Hosting Shout on Heroku (free tier) doesn't really work that well. The reason is that Heroku seems to be powering down inactive dynos, causing Shout to disconnect. While Heroku will still be supported, the install instructions will be moved to the documentation instead. |
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Shout
What is it?
Shout is a web IRC client that you host on your own server.
What features does it have?
- Multiple user support
- Stays connected even when you close the browser
- Connect from multiple devices at once
- Responsive layout — works well on your smartphone
- .. and more!
Ok, you caught my attention. I want to try it!
Here's a Shout server running in public mode, which allows for anonymous connections:
Try the Demo
Clicking the link above will open http://demo.shout-irc.com/
Install
sudo npm install -g shout
Usage
When the install is complete, go ahead and start the server:
shout
For more information:
shout --help
Screenshot
Configuration
Open the config.json
file by running:
shout config
The settings:
port
The default port to be used.
You can override this by running shout --port 80
public
Set to either true|false
.
When set to false
, a login will be required for connecting users.
User Management
Go ahead and run shout --help
:
$ shout --help
Usage: shout [options] [command]
Commands:
start
Start the server
config
Edit config: '/usr/lib/node_modules/shout/config.json'
list
List all existing users
add <name>
Add a new user
remove <name>
Remove an existing user
reset <name>
Reset user password
edit <name>
Edit user: '/home/erming/.shout/users/<name>/user.json'
Options:
-h, --help output usage information
-h, --host <ip> host
-p, --port <port> port
Pretty simple, huh?
If you want to edit users manually, see users/example/user.json
.
Custom paths
You can define Shout's file storage path via the following options:
- Add an entry called
home
to theconfig.json
file. - Set the environment variable
SHOUT_HOME
before calling the shout executable. - Use the default of
$HOME/.shout
.
Commands
These are the commands currently implemented:
- /close
- /connect
- /deop
- /devoice
- /disconnect
- /invite
- /join
- /kick
- /leave
- /me
- /mode
- /msg
- /nick
- /notice
- /op
- /part
- /query
- /quit
- /quote
- /raw
- /say
- /send
- /server
- /slap
- /topic
- /voice
- /whois
License
Available under the MIT license.