Blether

What is it? Blether is a web IRC client that you host on your own server. It is a fork of The Lounge because I like to get stuff in quicker than it generally goes into Shout, but that means that it might be a little less stable, and things might break.

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!

Why the fork?

We felt that the original 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.

Install

sudo npm install -g blether

Usage

When the install is complete, go ahead and run this in your terminal:

blether --help

For more information, read the Lounge documentation.

Development setup

To run the app from source, just clone the code and run this in your terminal:

npm install
npm start

You will have to run npm run build if you change or add anything in client/js/libs or client/views.

License

Available under the MIT License.

Some fonts licensed under SIL OFL and the Apache License.