Biboumi – XMPP gateway to IRC

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Biboumi is an XMPP gateway that connects to IRC servers, allowing access to IRC channels using any XMPP client as if they were XMPP MUCs.

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# Biboumi – XMPP gateway to IRC — biboumi 10.0 documentation Source: [https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/) - [https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/#](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/#) - Biboumi – XMPP gateway to IRC - [View page source](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/_sources/index.rst.txt) --- Homepage:[https://biboumi\.codeberg\.page](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/) Forge:[https://codeberg\.org/poezio/biboumi](https://codeberg.org/poezio/biboumi) Biboumi is an XMPP gateway that connects to IRC servers and translates between the two protocols\. It can be used to access IRC channels using any XMPP client as if these channels were XMPP MUCs\. - [Installation](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/install.html)- [Dependencies](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/install.html#dependencies) - [Customize](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/install.html#customize) - [Build](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/install.html#build) - [Install](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/install.html#install) - [Run](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/install.html#run) - [Administrator documentation](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/admin.html)- [Usage](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/admin.html#usage) - [Configuration](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/admin.html#configuration) - [Security](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/admin.html#security) - [End\-user documentation](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html)- [Quick\-start](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#quick-start) - [Addressing](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#addressing) - [Join an IRC channel](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#join-an-irc-channel) - [Connect to an IRC server](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#connect-to-an-irc-server) - [Roster](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#roster) - [Channel messages](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#channel-messages) - [History](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#history) - [List channels](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#list-channels) - [Nicknames](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#nicknames) - [Authentication](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#authentication) - [Private messages](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#private-messages) - [Notices](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#notices) - [Topic](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#topic) - [Invitations](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#invitations) - [Kicks and bans](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#kicks-and-bans) - [Encoding](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#encoding) - [IRC modes](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#irc-modes) - [Ad\-hoc commands](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#ad-hoc-commands) - [Raw IRC messages](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/user.html#raw-irc-messages) - [Contributing to biboumi](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/contributing.html)- [Bug reports, feature requests](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/contributing.html#bug-reports-feature-requests) - [Code](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/contributing.html#code) - [Tests](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/contributing.html#tests) - [Coding style](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/contributing.html#coding-style) - [Developer documentation](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/developer.html)- [End\-to\-end test suite](https://biboumi.codeberg.page/doc/developer.html#end-to-end-test-suite)

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