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IRC is a complex protocol that's way OTT if you just want something simple for 1:1 communication. -- author of qwebirc

• Monotoko 15y ago
  Thank you for the reply :) I was wondering if it would be possible to just build on an existing web client? I was hoping to move to a community based help desk later, but just have 1:1 for now, I offer both free and paid hosting and it converts quite well so you can hopefully see the need to have a community based aspect as well.
• Zev 15y ago
  I don't know if I would call IRC a complex protocol. But, agreed that it isn't the right tool for this job. One of the many node.js-based chat servers that were so popular to make a few months back might be a better choice.
  • saurik 15y ago
    IRC isn't seem very complex until you actually try to implement it, and it is only when you go to use your client on a second IRC network that you start to realize the true depth of the problem. It is not, however, until you discover two IRC networks that have contradictory implementation decisions that you truly understand just how complex a protocol that was standardized many (many) years after it was implemented by numerous unrelated parties can get.