libircclient1.10

libircclient is a small but powerful library, which implements client-server IRC protocol. It has all features needed to create your own IRC client or bot, including multi-threading support, sync and async interfaces, CTCP/DCC support, colors, SSL connections and so on.

• Full coverage of the IRC protocol using providing functions
• Supports multiple simultaneous connections
• Supports both plain and SSL connections with the optional certificate check
• Comprehensive documentation, examples and FAQ
• Full multi-threading support, the library is thread-safe
• All the processing could be handled by a single thread even if multiple connections are used
• Non-blocking, asynchronous event-based interface implemented with callbacks
• Extra support for the socket-based applications, which use select()
• CTCP support with optional build-in reply code
• Supports CTCP PING necessary to pass the “spoof check” implemented by most IRC servers
• Flexible DCC support, including both DCC chat, and DCC file transfer
• Can both initiate and react to initiated DCC
• Can accept or decline DCC sessions asynchronously
• Written in plain C, very small binary size
• Compatible with RFC 1459 and most IRC clients
• Free software licensed under LGPL license
• Supports Linux as well as any POSIX-compliant Unix, Mac OS X and Microsoft Windows
• Could be compiled with optional IPv6 support
• Cocoa interface by Nathan Ollerenshaw