Matrix IRCd

An IRCd implementation backed by Matrix. Inspired by PTO!

Join the discussion on the Matrix channel: #matrix-ircd:matrix.org

This is project is almost the inverse of matrix-appservice-irc. matrix-ircd lets you use any standard IRC Client to communicate with Matrix, whereas matrix-appservice-irc is primarily a way to use a Matrix client to communicate with IRC.

Status

This is a work in progress. Matrix IRCd should be stable enough to hack on and test, but has not been tested in production or for any length of time.

See the GitHub issues page for a more detailed breakdown of what is left to do.

Building

Matrix IRCd requires Rust v1.31.0 or later. Building and installing uses the standard cargo commands.

To run a plain debug version:

cargo run -- --url "https://matrix.org"

To build with trace logging:

cargo build --features trace_logging

Usage

IRC Matrix Daemon 0.1.0

USAGE:
    matrix-ircd [OPTIONS] --url <MATRIX_HS>

FLAGS:
    -h, --help       Prints help information
    -V, --version    Prints version information

OPTIONS:
    -b, --bind <BIND>            Sets the address to bind to. Defaults to 127.0.0.1:5999
        --url <MATRIX_HS>        The base url of the Matrix HS
        --password <PASSWORD>    The password of the PKCS#12 file
        --pkcs12 <PKCS12>        Sets the PKCS#12 file to read TLS cert and pkeyfrom

The MATRIX_HS URL should be of the form: https://matrix.org. Plain HTTP is also supported but should only be used for testing and development.

Supplying both pkcs12 and password arguments will cause Matrix IRCd to listen on TLS, otherwise it will use plain TCP.

The credentials for the matrix account are taken from the user name and server password specified by the IRC connection.

Development

Matrix IRCd aims to build with zero standard warning and no clippy warnings.

To run clippy use (after install clippy):

cargo clippy --features clippy

The feature flag disables certain spurious warnings related to third party crates.

Some high level development documentation can be generated by:

cargo doc --open

To generate the full documentation, including private APIs, use:

cargo rustdoc -- --no-defaults --passes "collapse-docs" --passes "unindent-comments" --open