# Ruby IRC client

**URL:** <https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-irc-client/67460>\
**Category:** Ruby\
**Created:** [September 4, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-irc-client/67460 "2006-09-04T14:44:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![SSMKSM](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@SSMKSM](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSMKSM)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 2:44pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-irc-client/67460/1 "2006-09-04T14:44:12Z")

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Hello,

The other night I was talking to a friend over IRC about how simple  
IRC clients scripting would be if Ruby was used. Well, why not have a  
whole client coded with Ruby? Since my experience/knowledge with Ruby  
is not that great, I’d like to hear some thoughts about this.

Would Ruby be a good choice to code an IRC client? My goal is to  
project/envision something that could rival mIRC. Aspects such as GUI,  
speed, scripting/plugins need to be taken into account.

Hope anyone that is familiar with IRC and Ruby could help me with  
their thoughts and ideas on this.

Regards,

Ricardo Amorim

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**Author:** ![SSMKSM](https://www.ruby-forum.com/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/bc8723/32.png) [@SSMKSM](https://www.ruby-forum.com/u/SSMKSM)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2006, 5:17pm UTC](https://www.ruby-forum.com/t/ruby-irc-client/67460/2 "2006-09-04T17:17:43Z")

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On Sep 4, 2006, at 12:14 AM, |MKSM| wrote:

> Hope anyone that is familiar with IRC and Ruby could help me with  
> their thoughts and ideas on this.

Ruby makes a fine IRC language. I used an IRC Bot as an example in a  
Unit Testing article I wrote:

[http://grayproductions.net/ruby/first\_steps.html](http://grayproductions.net/ruby/first_steps.html)

Hope that gives you some fresh ideas.

James Edward G. II