🌐 ft_irc - Internet Relay Chat Server 🌐

📝 About the Project

This project involves implementing an IRC (Internet Relay Chat) server in C++98, enabling real-time communication between multiple clients. The server supports authentication, channel creation, private messaging, and operator commands.

🚀 Features

• ✅ User authentication (nickname, username)
• ✅ Channel creation and management
• ✅ Private messaging between users
• ✅ Operator commands:
  • 👢 KICK - Eject a client from the channel
  • 📨 INVITE - Invite a client to a channel
  • 📌 TOPIC - Change or view the channel topic
  • 🔧 MODE - Change the channel's mode:
    • i: Invite-only channel
    • t: Restrict TOPIC to operators
    • k: Channel password
    • o: Operator privilege
    • l: User limit to channel

🛠️ Technologies Used

• C++98
• TCP/IP Sockets
• Poll (for non-blocking I/O operations)
• Makefile

🏗️ Build and Execution

# Compile the project
make

# Run the server
./ircserv <port> <password>

📋 Requirements

• Multiple simultaneous clients
• All non-blocking I/O operations
• Communication via TCP/IP (v4 or v6)
• Compatibility with standard IRC clients

👨‍💻 Team

SirAlabar

MrSloth-dev

isilva-t

📚 References

• RFC 1459 - Internet Relay Chat Protocol
• RFC 2812 - Internet Relay Chat: Client Protocol

📊 Project Progress

• Initial project setup
• Basic server implementation
• Client connection management
• User authentication
• Channel implementation
• Basic IRC commands
• Operator commands
• Testing and debugging

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This project was developed as part of the 42 curriculum.

💻 Happy coding! 💻