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Current Version: 2.0.1 - See Migration Guide to 2.x and ChangeLog for more information

PircBotX is a powerful and flexible Java IRC library forked from the popular PircBot framework, bringing many new up-to-date features and bug fixes in an official alternative distribution.

• Robust, multi-threaded Event-Listener system with over 50 supported IRC events
• Powerful Channel/User Model
• Native SSL support using SSLSocket or STARTTLS
• Standard and reverse/passive DCC Chat and Filesharing
• CTCP VERSION, ACTION, PING, TIME, and FINGER support
• IPv6 support
• Support for op, voice, halfop, superops, and owner modes
• CAP negotiation with native support for SASL, TLS, and away-notify
• WEBIRC support
• Built in Ident server

Checkout the Wiki for tutorials and documentation

##PircBotX in 3 Steps A brief getting started guide

• Download PircBotX
• Create and execute the following class:

import org.pircbotx.Configuration;
import org.pircbotx.PircBotX;
import org.pircbotx.hooks.ListenerAdapter;
import org.pircbotx.hooks.types.GenericMessageEvent;

public class MyListener extends ListenerAdapter {
        @Override
        public void onGenericMessage(GenericMessageEvent event) {
                //When someone says ?helloworld respond with "Hello World"
                if (event.getMessage().startsWith("?helloworld"))
                        event.respond("Hello world!");
        }

        public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
                //Configure what we want our bot to do
                Configuration configuration = new Configuration.Builder()
                                .setName("PircBotXUser") //Set the nick of the bot. CHANGE IN YOUR CODE
                                .setServerHostname("irc.freenode.net") //Join the freenode network
                                .addAutoJoinChannel("#pircbotx") //Join the official #pircbotx channel
                                .addListener(new MyListener()) //Add our listener that will be called on Events
                                .buildConfiguration();

                //Create our bot with the configuration
                PircBotX bot = new PircBotX(configuration);
                //Connect to the server
                bot.startBot();
        }
}

• Join the #pircbotx channel on irc.freenode.net and send ?helloworld . Your bot will respond with Hello world! Since its a GenericMessageEvent, it will also respond when private messaged. Congratulations, you just wrote your first bot!

PircBotX can do so much more! Read the docs for more information

This project is licensed under GNU GPL v3 to be compatible with the PircBot license.

It is assumed that commercial users can buy the commercial license of PircBot which grants "modification of the Product's source-code and incorporation of the modified source-code into your software"

The PircBot developer has ignored multiple emails asking for a less restrictive license and clarification of the commercial license. Users can show support by respectfully asking him directly at . More up to date information is available at in Issue #63