This project was developed by:

Alex-mfs

mfortuna

ft_irc is a custom IRC (Internet Relay Chat) server implementation written in C++98, developed as a group project at 42 School. This server complies with the RFC 1459 and RFC 2812 standards and supports multiple clients connecting simultaneously through a single process using poll() for I/O multiplexing.

• RFC-Compliant: Implements major IRC standards
• Multi-Client Support: Handles multiple clients simultaneously
• Channel Operations:
  • Create/join channels (#channel)
  • Channel modes (+i, +t, +k, +o, +l)
  • Topic management
• Private Messaging: Direct messages between users
• Operator Privileges: Channel operators can kick/ban users and manage modes
• Network Communication: Full server-client communication protocol

• C++98 compatible compiler
• Make
• IRC client (HexChat, irssi, etc.) for testing

git clone https://github.com/mfortuna23/ft_irc
cd ft_irc

Running the Server

./ircserver <port> <password>
# Example:
./ircserver 6667 12345

Connecting Clients

# Using HexChat:
# Server: localhost:6667, Password: 12345

# Using netcat:
nc -C localhost 6667
PASS 12345
NICK yournick
USER youruser 0 * :Your Name

RFC 1459: IRC Protocol

RFC 2812: Modern IRC

IRC Docs Horse

This project is part of the 42 School curriculum. All rights reserved.