WeeChat IRC testing server.
Weercd is the WeeChat IRC testing server.
It can be used with any IRC client (not only WeeChat).
In the "flood" mode, various IRC commands are sent in a short time (privmsg, notice, join/quit, ..) to test client resistance and memory usage (to quickly detect memory leaks, for example with client scripts).
Weercd requires Python ≥ 3.6.
It is STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to connect this server with a client in a test environment:
Open a terminal and run server:
python3 weercd.py
Open another terminal and run WeeChat with a temporary home directory:
weechat --temp-dir
Note: the option --temp-dir
(or -t
) has been added in WeeChat 2.4, so with
an older version you can do: weechat --dir /tmp/weechat
(this directory is
not automatically removed on exit).
Optional: install script(s) in WeeChat (for example /script install xxx
).
Add server and connect to it:
/server add weercd 127.0.0.1/7777
/connect weercd
Wait some months…
WeeChat still not crashed and does not use 200 TB of RAM ? Yeah, it's stable! \o/
You can also run Weercd in a container, using Docker or Podman.
To build the container:
make container
To run the container as a daemon:
docker run -p 7777:7777 -d weercd
Copyright © 2011-2023 Sébastien Helleu
This file is part of Weercd, the WeeChat IRC testing server.
Weercd is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 3 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
Weercd is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.
You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with Weercd. If not, see https://www.gnu.org/licenses/.