user 845496f1b3 feat: markov bigram nick generator for natural-looking identities
Replace uniform random chars with English bigram frequency table.
Enforces max 2 consecutive consonants for pronounceability. Nicks,
idents, and realnames now look like plausible human-chosen words.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 <noreply@anthropic.com>
2026-02-19 18:08:57 +01:00

bouncer

IRC bouncer with SOCKS5 proxy support and persistent message backlog.

Features

  • Connect to multiple IRC networks simultaneously
  • All outbound connections routed through SOCKS5 proxy
  • Persistent message backlog (SQLite) with replay on reconnect
  • Multiple clients can attach to the same network session
  • Password authentication
  • TLS support for IRC server connections
  • Automatic reconnection with exponential backoff
  • Nick collision handling

Quick Start

# Clone and install
cd ~/git/bouncer
make dev

# Copy and edit config
cp config/bouncer.example.toml config/bouncer.toml
$EDITOR config/bouncer.toml

# Run
bouncer -c config/bouncer.toml -v

Connect

From your IRC client, connect to 127.0.0.1:6667 with:

PASS networkname:yourpassword

Where networkname matches a [networks.NAME] section in your config.

Configuration

See config/bouncer.example.toml for a full example.

Documentation

Document Description
docs/INSTALL.md Prerequisites and setup
docs/USAGE.md Comprehensive guide
docs/CHEATSHEET.md Quick reference
docs/DEBUG.md Troubleshooting

Development

make dev      # Install with dev deps
make test     # Run tests
make lint     # Run linter
make fmt      # Format code

License

MIT

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