A lightweight, terminal-based IRC-style chat application written in Go, following Clean Architecture principles. Supports multiple clients, nick management, user lists. Designed for simplicity, extensibility, and easy terminal use.
- Terminal-based IRC-style chat
- Multiple clients support
- Nickname management (
/nick NEWNAME) - List connected users (
/who) - Quit command (
/quit) - Built with Clean Architecture in Go
- Easy to extend (channels, private messages, TLS, etc.)
chat-irc/
├── cmd/
│ ├── server/ # Server entry point
│ └── client/ # Client entry point
├── internal/
│ ├── domain/ # Core entities (Client, Message)
│ ├── usecase/ # Business logic (ChatService)
│ ├── infra/ # TCP server/client infrastructure
│ └── interfaces/ # Interface definitions (ports)
└── go.mod
Make sure you have Go 1.18+ installed.
Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/Facelless/IRC-Terminal.git
cd IRC-Terminal
go run cmd/server/main.go
go run cmd/client/main.go