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I still remember vividly spending a week at a cottage in Long Point, Ontario back in 1995. Instead of relaxing and enjoying the weather, \u00a0I wrote this IRC client. Actually, I spent a lot longer on it, probably a few months combined off and on, but it was then that I decided to finish it. Somehow, I end up doing my best work while on vacation.<\/p>\n
The reason this client exists is because I was never really happy with the other text clients back then, and I wanted something which is easier to use more intuitive. I think Rhapsody is a pretty good end result.<\/p>\n
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It’s one of the only unix console applications that I know of that is completely menu driven. Also, I had a large computer collection then, including a few DEC, HP and SGI machines, and I ended up porting this client to about 10 unix OSes. Because it’s mostly self contained and doesn’t require any libraries other than curses, it produces a tiny executable so it’s perfect for small embeded systems. In fact, it’s part of the blueflops<\/a> \u00a0unix on a floppy distribution.<\/p>\n With over 100000 downloads (could be a lot more but I actually stopped caring and lost count after that), pretty good reviews<\/a>, the fact that it’s been ported to so many different OSes and obscure platforms (here<\/a>\u00a0and here<\/a>) and\u00a0forked<\/a>, it’s one of my most successful opensource projects.<\/p>\n For more information please visit the project page here<\/a>.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I still remember vividly spending a week at a cottage in Long Point, Ontario back in 1995. Instead of relaxing and enjoying the weather, \u00a0I wrote this IRC client. Actually, I spent a lot longer on it, probably a few months combined off and on, but it was then that I decided to finish it. … <\/p>\n