Kirby

A super-clean IRC bot.

License

Copyright 2007 Cloudburst, LLC. See included LICENSE file.

The public certificate for this gem is at rubyforge.org/frs/download.php/25331/evan_weaver-original-public_cert.pem.

Features

  • irb-like interface

  • safe, sandboxed Ruby environment

  • svn and git-atom commit watching

  • silent del.icio.us link saving

  • tolerable channel fault recovery

Kirby is considered feature-locked.

Installation

sudo gem install kirby

Usage

Run kirby [nick] [channel] [server] [delicious_name] [delicious_password].

Optional parameters:

-d

Daemonize.

-no-d

Don’t daemonize.

--silent

Never speak, even for errors.

See the Kirby class for commands.

Crontab example

You can use a crontask to keep Kirby alive at all times.

* * * * * bash -c 'cd /working/directory; kirby -d [options...] &> /dev/null'

Reporting problems

Patches and contributions are very welcome. Please note that contributors are required to assign copyright for their additions to Cloudburst, LLC.

Further resources