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Have you had a look at WeeChat + Glowing Bear? The idea is to keep WeeChat running permanently on a server (screen/tmux) and to connect to it from a browser (de

Have you had a look at WeeChat + Glowing Bear? The idea is to keep WeeChat running permanently on a server (screen/tmux) and to connect to it from a browser (desktop or mobile). All the logs and highlights will be there, and read status is synced. No cloud, communication is direct between browser and WeeChat via websockets. Disclosure: I am a maintainer of Glowing Bear. Join us in #glowing-bear if you have questions :)

kuschku 10y ago
That’s the same as Quassel + Quassel-Webserver ;) In the end, as long as the people use a FLOSS IRC client, it’s beneficial for the entire community.
- lorenzhs 10y ago
  Judging by the screenshots it does look quite similar, nice. Do you know whether it works well on mobile? That's one of the main selling points for many users. The tmux+ssh user experience is not that great on mobile :)
  - ultramancool 10y ago
    The weechat android experience is amazing. I actually switched to weechat from irssi and irssi connectbot specifically for it. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubergeek42.WeechatAndroid&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubergeek42... Quassel did not have nearly as nice a client for mobile and I really prefer terminal based clients on non-mobile platforms.
    - kuschku 10y ago
      Quassel has QuasselDroid for mobile, and a plugin for irssi for PC. So, it's comparable.
    - voltagex_ 10y ago
      I've since moved to IRCCloud, but when I tried Weechat Android it was very rough around the edges.
      - lorenzhs 10y ago
        I hear it has improved significantly in the last year or so, development has picked up speed again. And I say that working on the competition ;)
  - kuschku 10y ago
    Well, for quassel, there's also a mobile app. On the Play Store the beta version is quite neat, and the F-Droid version. The normal Play Store version is from 2013, though. I - maintainer of QuasselDroid - am currently working on a next version, though, which will take another few months. For iOS, though, quassel-webserver is the best you'll be able to get, and it's quite meh on mobile.
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eugeneionesco 10y ago
Glowing Bear is friggin' amazing, I've been using it for more than 6 months now and it's pretty much the best irc experience you can get! Thanks!
- skrowl 10y ago
  I also use weechat (on cygwin since they don't have native windows builds) + glowing bear. It's great as long as you're at a PC, but it's missing a way to get notifications (for example when you receive a /msg or /notice) when you're away from the PC but have your mobile with you.
  - lorenzhs 10y ago
    Yeah, that's hard to implement without a central server component or annoying setup. I use IrssiNotifier (despite the name, it also works with WeeChat). It's not great but I get push notifications for highlights on my phone.
    - skrowl 10y ago
      Yeah, it would have to be a push notification. Running an actual IRC client that had to maintain connection on mobile would destroy your battery. Anyone aware of anything that works on mobile that does this?
      - detaro 10y ago
        For quassel there seem to be options: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12065792 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12065792
      - lorenzhs 10y ago
        Well irssinotifier uses Google cloud messaging (is that the current name? The Google push service). It encrypts messages on the server and decrypts them in the client, using a passphrase. It's a technically neat solution but a bit annoying to set up. It has a script for weechat (and of course irssi), not sure about other clients. Or you can use pushbullet /..., there should be scripts for any popular scriptable client

kuschku 10y ago

That’s the same as Quassel + Quassel-Webserver ;) In the end, as long as the people use a FLOSS IRC client, it’s beneficial for the entire community.

lorenzhs 10y ago
Judging by the screenshots it does look quite similar, nice. Do you know whether it works well on mobile? That's one of the main selling points for many users. The tmux+ssh user experience is not that great on mobile :)
- ultramancool 10y ago
  The weechat android experience is amazing. I actually switched to weechat from irssi and irssi connectbot specifically for it. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubergeek42.WeechatAndroid&hl=en https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ubergeek42... Quassel did not have nearly as nice a client for mobile and I really prefer terminal based clients on non-mobile platforms.
  - kuschku 10y ago
    Quassel has QuasselDroid for mobile, and a plugin for irssi for PC. So, it's comparable.
  - voltagex_ 10y ago
    I've since moved to IRCCloud, but when I tried Weechat Android it was very rough around the edges.
    - lorenzhs 10y ago
      I hear it has improved significantly in the last year or so, development has picked up speed again. And I say that working on the competition ;)
- kuschku 10y ago
  Well, for quassel, there's also a mobile app. On the Play Store the beta version is quite neat, and the F-Droid version. The normal Play Store version is from 2013, though. I - maintainer of QuasselDroid - am currently working on a next version, though, which will take another few months. For iOS, though, quassel-webserver is the best you'll be able to get, and it's quite meh on mobile.
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eugeneionesco 10y ago

Glowing Bear is friggin' amazing, I've been using it for more than 6 months now and it's pretty much the best irc experience you can get! Thanks!

skrowl 10y ago
I also use weechat (on cygwin since they don't have native windows builds) + glowing bear. It's great as long as you're at a PC, but it's missing a way to get notifications (for example when you receive a /msg or /notice) when you're away from the PC but have your mobile with you.
- lorenzhs 10y ago
  Yeah, that's hard to implement without a central server component or annoying setup. I use IrssiNotifier (despite the name, it also works with WeeChat). It's not great but I get push notifications for highlights on my phone.
  - skrowl 10y ago
    Yeah, it would have to be a push notification. Running an actual IRC client that had to maintain connection on mobile would destroy your battery. Anyone aware of anything that works on mobile that does this?
    - detaro 10y ago
      For quassel there seem to be options: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12065792 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12065792
    - lorenzhs 10y ago
      Well irssinotifier uses Google cloud messaging (is that the current name? The Google push service). It encrypts messages on the server and decrypts them in the client, using a passphrase. It's a technically neat solution but a bit annoying to set up. It has a script for weechat (and of course irssi), not sure about other clients. Or you can use pushbullet /..., there should be scripts for any popular scriptable client