charla is Spanish for chat and is an IRC Server and Daemon written in Python using the circuits Application Framework.

From Source:

$ git clone https://github.com/prologic/charla.git
$ cd charla
$ pip install -r requirements.txt
$ python setup.py develop
$ charla

From Source using Docker Compose and Docker:

$ git clone https://github.com/prologic/charla.git
$ cd charla
$ docker-compose up

Using Docker:

$ docker run -d 7000:7000 prologic/charla

From PyPi (coming soon):

$ pip install charla
$ charla

There is a demo of the development version of charla running at daisy.shortcircuit.net.au on port 7000 if you're interested in testing charla out or want to help out with testing or get involved in the development!

To connect with your favorite IRC Client:

/server daisy.shortcircuit.net.au 7000

note

The server may often get restarted as it's being developed so please be aware of this!