IRC

How we interact with our users

Table of Contents

Realtime chat #

All our realtime communication happens through IRC: #pico.sh @ libera.chat.

We are pretty friendly and an active group so please do not hesitate to come hang out with us.

If you don't want to use our bouncer and just want to quickly connect to our channel, then we recommend the libera-hosted web client.

NOTE: For libera.chat you must ensure you have a libera account.

Our public bouncer #

We are delighted to provide a public soju instance available to all pico users.

Generate a login token for bouncer #

pico-token-menu

  • SSH into our pico TUI
  • Select "Manage Tokens" submenu
  • Type "n" to generate a new token
  • Save token someplace safe

Supported Clients #

Next you need to pick a client to connect to the bouncer and finish setup:

SSH App #

We integrated senpai into our SSH app. If you have a pico account you can connect via:

1ssh pico.sh -t chat

Web #

We provide pico users with a self-hosted version of gamja.

Log into chat.pico.sh #

  • You'll be redirected to auth.pico.sh
  • Enter the token from above
  • Click submit

Back to chat.pico.sh #

irc-remember-me

  • Click "remember me" (this is important)
  • You'll see an error "Cannot interact with channels and users on the bouncer connection. Did you mean to use a specific network?" that's okay
  • Message BouncerServ (/msg BouncerServ help) to configure the bouncer

Next step is to connect to libera.chat section.

Terminal #

Senpai is a modern terminal client coupled pretty tightly to soju development so it's a great fit for us at pico -- we use it.

senpai (terminal client)

Configure senpai #

Create a config file

1mkdir -p ~/.config/senpai
2touch ~/.config/senpai/senpai.scfg

Edit senpai.scfg

address ircs://irc.pico.sh:6697
nickname <user>
password "<pico-token>"
tls true

Open senpai

1senpai

Next step is to connect to libera.chat section.

Connect to libera #

Using:

  • Network irc.libera.chat
  • Channel #pico.sh

Message BouncerServ #

/msg BouncerServ help

Join a network #

network create -addr irc.libera.chat -nick <user> -enabled false
sasl set-plain -network libera <user> <sasl-pass>
network update libera -enabled true

Join pico #

/j #pico.sh

That's it! Join any other channels or networks using the same method.

References #

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