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Asyncio IRC bot with decorator-based plugin system.
Zero external dependencies, Python 3.11+.

- IRC protocol: message parsing, formatting, async TCP/TLS connection
- Plugin system: @command and @event decorators, file-based loading
- Bot orchestrator: connect, dispatch, reconnect, nick recovery
- CLI: argparse entry point with TOML config
- Built-in plugins: ping, help, version, echo
- 28 unit tests for parser and plugin system
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Installation

Prerequisites

  • Python 3.11+
  • git

Setup

cd ~/git/derp
make install

This creates a .venv, installs derp in editable mode, and adds dev tools.

make link

Installs derp to ~/.local/bin/. Verify:

which derp
derp --version

Manual Install

python3 -m venv .venv
source .venv/bin/activate
pip install -e .

Configuration

Copy and edit the default config:

cp config/derp.toml ~/.config/derp/derp.toml
# Edit server, nick, channels

Config search order:

  1. Path given via --config
  2. ./config/derp.toml
  3. ~/.config/derp/derp.toml
  4. Built-in defaults