Eggdrop

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For other uses, see Egg drop (disambiguation).
Eggdrop
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Developer(s) Eggheads
Initial release December 1993
Stable release 1.6.21 (October 26, 2011; 12 years ago (2011-10-26)) [±]
Development status Active
Written in C, Tcl
Operating system Unix-like
Platform Cross-platform
Size 1 MB
Available in English, Multilingual
Type IRC bot
License GPL
Website www.eggheads.org

Eggdrop is a popular IRC bot and the oldest still being maintained.[1][2][3]

Development History

It was originally written by Robey Pointer in December 1993 to help manage and protect the EFnet channel #gayteen; one Eggdrop bot version was named Valis.[4][5][6] Eggdrop was originally intended to help manage and protect channels from takeover attempts and other forms of IRC war.[3][7][8][9][10]

Features

The bot is written in the C programming language and features interfaces for C modules and Tcl scripts that allow users to further enhance the functionality of the bot.[6][11][2]

A large number of Tcl scripts are available to expand the bot's functionality, most of them written by Eggdrop users.[12][13][2] Scripts are available to add and extend support for: online games, stats, user and channel management, information storage and lookup, greeting channel members, tracking last seen times, botnet management, anti-spam, file serving and distribution (usually via the DCC protocol), IRC services (similar to ChanServ and NickServ), and much more.

Eggdrop includes built-in support for sharing user information and channel bans, however a script is required to simultaneously control multiple bots and for bots to coordinate channel management and modes.

The bot also features a botnet, which allows multiple bots to be linked together to share data and act in a coordinated fashion.[6][11][14][15][9] The botnet supports a "party line", which is accessible via DCC CHAT and telnet. People can communicate within the botnet on various channels in an equivalent to a miniature IRC. Channel 0, the default, is referred to as the "party line".[16][9]

Popularity

Over the years Eggdrop has become one of the most popular bots run by IRC users.[17][18][9]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  4. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 6.2 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  10. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  12. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  13. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  14. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  15. ↑ Piccard, et al., p. 390
  16. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  17. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  18. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.

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