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Installation

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.10+
  • SOCKS5 proxy running on 127.0.0.1:1080

See DEPLOY.md for full podman/container instructions.

cp config/bouncer.example.toml config/bouncer.toml
$EDITOR config/bouncer.toml
make build && make up

Local Setup

cd ~/git/bouncer
make dev

This creates .venv/, installs all dependencies, and registers the bouncer command via editable install.

Verify

bouncer --version

Configuration

cp config/bouncer.example.toml config/bouncer.toml

Edit config/bouncer.toml. Required settings:

Key Description
bouncer.password Password for client authentication
networks.<name>.host IRC server hostname
networks.<name>.nick Your desired IRC nick

Optional but recommended:

Key Default Description
networks.<name>.tls false Enable TLS to IRC server
networks.<name>.port 6667/6697 Server port (auto-set by tls)
networks.<name>.channels [] Channels to auto-join
networks.<name>.autojoin true Join channels after probation

To make bouncer available system-wide:

ln -sf ~/git/bouncer/.venv/bin/bouncer ~/.local/bin/bouncer

Verify:

which bouncer

Dependencies

Installed automatically by make dev:

Package Purpose
python-socks[asyncio] Async SOCKS5 proxy support
aiosqlite Async SQLite for backlog
ruff Linter (dev)
black Formatter (dev)
pytest Tests (dev)
pytest-asyncio Async test support (dev)