mod_spox IRC bot

mod_spox is an IRC robot, written in Ruby, and will completely change your prospective on life. mod_spox is proof that doing nothing is complex, and that doing nothing can, in fact, be doing something.

The core of mod_spox is basically a framework for interacting with IRC. By itself, the bot does nothing of value, aside from sucking up bandwidth and resources from the server it is connected to. The core bot can connect to a server, format information from the server, and send information back to the server properly. That’s pretty much it.

The framework provided by mod_spox allows it to quickly transform from a useless bag of bytes to something entertaining, annoying, helpful, and aggravating, occasionally all at the same time. This transformation is accomplished through the use of plugins which use the framework to accomplish feats of greatness.

Critical informations

• Author: spox <spox@rubyforge.org>

• Dev Site

• Rubyforge

• GitHub

Aquiring

• Gem: gem install mod_spox

Aquiring current unstable

Gem:

gem sources -a http://gems.github.com
gem install spox-mod_spox

Source:

git clone git://github.com/spox/mod_spox.git
cd mod_spox/
gem build *.gemspec
gem install ./

Requirements

• Sequel

• ActionTimer

• ActionPool

• spockets

• Database adapter of choice compatible with sequel

Configuration

mod_spox --config

Running

Plain

mod_spox

Debug to STDOUT

mod_spox -V info -d

Daemonize with debug to file

mod_spox -V info -d /home/user/logfiles/mod_spox.log -D

Extending

Plugins HOWTO

Helping

Helpful things if you are feeling helpful:

• Report bugs

• Write unit tests

• New and/or useful plugins

License

mod_spox is licensed under the GPLv3
Copyright (c) 2009 spox <spox@modspox.com>