Nefarious IRCu and X3

ButtaKnife · none Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 38

I thought I would take a moment to shamelessly plug the ircd and services that we've been using for 2 years. Nefarious is based on ircu and adds a lot of useful things like shuns, extended account functionality, and more. X3 is based on srvx and implements all of the Nefarious additions, and also includes many other additions to make life easier for users and for staff. The software is very stable on Linux and FreeBSD. http://evilnet.sf.net is the group's SourceForge site. If you're a fan of ircu or are just looking for a good set of software to try, this is my recommendation.

Jobe · Posted: Oct 10, 2008 4:04am Post subject:

/me pets ButtaKnife

Nice plug Very Happy

I have to admit it is my fav combination of IRCd and services. Especially at how fast bugs get fixed when I find them *cough* Wink

*cough*

Plus X3 is so damn flexible I still haven't fully explored it and am STILL learning its treasures.

hooiz · none Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 25

i've always been a fan of the x2/x3 services. i started using x2 back when rubin from afternet was the main developer. back then it would work nicely with ircu. i think it was after nefarious was developed that x2 was upgraded to x3.

that entire bunch from afternet, rubin and the evilnet folks, have always put out quality stuff.

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katsklaw · Guru Joined: 28 Jun 2004 Posts: 1122

rubin still is main dev unless that's changed in the last few minutes.

mentor · Posted: Oct 11, 2008 1:43am Post subject:

I'd have to say it's my favorite combination as well.

My only gripe is that X3 doesn't have an SQL backend (but, then again, neither does srvx). It would make somethings infinitely easier, such as integration with a web interface and other programs. However, this is true for many services packages. Anyway it certainly hasn't stopped me from using it. Who knows...maybe enough wishful thinking my change things ;p ... or I'll eventually break down and tackle it myself hah.

Jobe · Posted: Oct 11, 2008 8:12am Post subject:

ButtaKnife · none Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 38

Modifying X3 for your network's needs is really not that difficult. The code allows for a lot of flexibility and extensibility. Kudos to the srvx developers for their work originally. Since then, the additions by the Evilnet crew have been making our lives better, and then we add our own additions and customizations on top of that.

I really do like how registration is based on accounts rather than nicknames. We enabled nickname registration so that our users could register nicknames to their accounts, but the overall authentication and permissions are still based on the account. Because of the account system, we have been able to implement logins on our website based on the account. We like the idea of everything being based on the account, so we're building on to services and our website with that in mind.

I could keep rambling on about how much I like working with this software, but I think readers get the idea. Smile

TechN9ne · none Joined: 06 Oct 2008 Posts: 19 Location: nerd

my favorite currently is charybdis+atheme

ButtaKnife · none Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 38

hooiz · none Joined: 13 Apr 2004 Posts: 25

i currently run charybdis. the ircd is actively maintained, that's one thing i like about it. secondly, the folks doing it are good at what they do. i believe the primary developers are nenolod and jilles.

at some point, i believe the ircd was being developed for freenode, as a replacement for hyperion. don't quote me on that. the ircd supports channel forwards which come in handy on freenode, or any network for that matter. the ircd is extremely stable.

atheme services were written to work with charybdis. once again, i think the main developers are nenolod and jilles. the services are modular, and highly configurable. just like the ircd, they are rock solid in performance. atheme services also play nicely with other ircd's, such as inspircd. perhaps w00t can elaborate on it's performance there.

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ButtaKnife · none Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 38

I need to try Atheme, but so far based on what I've looked at for commands, I didn't care for it. I did like the XML-RPC feature, though. Charybdis didn't impress me, either, based on what I looked at, but hopefully I can find time to test both out to come to a more. What I do know is that Nef and X3 have excellent performance and scalability. I'm curious how Atheme/Charybdis compare in performance.

HollyW00d · Lurker Joined: 18 Apr 2004 Posts: 140 Location: IRC

I use Nefarious and X3 as well and I won't ever use anything else Smile

Great coders great support.

mouselike · Idler Joined: 09 Dec 2003 Posts: 261

ButtaKnife · none Joined: 26 Apr 2005 Posts: 38

Jobe · Posted: Oct 18, 2008 10:42am Post subject:

In all honesty I'd place my bet on Nefarious performance wise, the extra bloat in its code barely affects performance at all. Hell on some larger networks it out performs other IRCds on networks smaller then said Nefarious networks.