racpete

racpete is the raddest, baddest irc bot ever written entirely in Racket!

How do I use racpete?

• racpete is primarily tested on Linux machines running racket v6.1 or higher, so a good first step is to install the latest racket runtime.
• Clone the repo onto the machine you want the bot to run on.
• In /src edit config.rkt to contain appropriate values, like channel name, and pete's nick.
• Choose a password which you will use when performing restricted operations such as the .die command that kills the bot. To set this password, overwrite the .racpete.pass file in /src with the password's SHA-512 hash. An easy way to do this on Linux is to change into the /src directory and issue the command echo -n "password" | sha512sum | awk '{ print $1 }' > .racpete.pass where password is your password.
• You're done! To start pete, just execute ./run.bash.

Want to contribute?

Look at the issue tracker for specific ideas of features to implement or bugs to fix.

If you are scared, confused or lonely, feel free to contact bboston7 or johnislarry for general purpose guidance or otherwise sage wisdom.

Potentially Helpful Resources

• Super basic python IRC bot
• IRC Spec
• Racket networking docs
• Simple scheme IRC bot