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osflab/osf-irc
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Simple telnet IRC server

v3.0.0(8y ago)3171AGPL-3.0-or-laterPHPPHP ^7.1.0

Since Jan 29Pushed 8y ago1 watchersCompare

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Telnet IRC Server
=================

[](#telnet-irc-server)

A simple IRC server which uses telnet as client.

- [Video: installation and use](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DPWG_JqfoI8) (fr)

Requirements
------------

[](#requirements)

- PHP7.1 or more
- The pcntl extension
- composer

Requirements installation on debian/ubuntu:

```
sudo add-apt-repository -y ppa:ondrej/php
sudo apt update -y
sudo apt install php7.1-cli composer
```

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

```
composer create-project --prefer-dist osflab/osf-irc osf-irc
```

Usage
-----

[](#usage)

**To start the server:**

```
php ./osf-irc/bin/irc-run.php [host_or_ip]
```

Replace `[host_or_ip]` by the address of the network device to bind. If you do not specify this value, the server may bind to localhost, you will not be able to use it from a remote machine.

**For each client:**

- In a new terminal, type `telnet  9999` (replace `` by yours)
- Enter your name + `[enter]`: a number is displayed
- Open a *new terminal* and type `telnet  9999` again
- Enter the number

You can use the first terminal for reading and the second one to write. Repeat this for each client.

Additional information
----------------------

[](#additional-information)

Originally, this component is a demonstration of developing a deamon with PHP, using the pcntl extension. It addresses process management concepts, semaphores and network sockets.

###  Health Score

27

—

LowBetter than 47% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity10

Limited adoption so far

Community8

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity59

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 100% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

###  Release Activity

Cadence

Unknown

Total

1

Last Release

3073d ago

### Community

Maintainers

![](https://www.gravatar.com/avatar/abc3dea1dc84c5b66d10072481ff94a25c852239e3597fde32e86204b636f911?d=identicon)[Guillaume Ponçon](/maintainers/Guillaume%20Pon%C3%A7on)

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Top Contributors

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