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README.md

zigeru

zigeru is a IRC bot which implements the following commands:

s/OLD/NEW/ -- posts the previous message by the user, where every occurrence of OLD is replaced by NEW.

00:04 <jassob> hello, world
00:05 <jassob> s/world/IRC/
00:05 <@eru> jassob: "hello, IRC"

!help -- post a usage string as a response.

00:05 <jassob> !help
00:05 <@eru> Send `s/TYPO/CORRECTION/` to replace TYPO with CORRECTION in your last message.

!join #CHANNEL -- make zigeru join #CHANNEL.

# in #eru-test2
00:06 <jassob> !join #eru-test3

# in #eru-test3
00:06 --> jassob (~u@6wh6sdzhnfjx4.dtek.se) has joined #eru-test3
00:06 -- Channel #eru-test3: 2 nicks (0 owners, 0 admins, 1 op, 0 halfops, 0 voiced, 1 regular)
00:06 -- Channel created on ons, 11 mar 2026 00:06:44

Getting started

To enter into a development shell with all the tools needed for interacting with this project, run the following command:

$ nix develop

To run the tests: zig build test.

To run the binary: zig build run.

To build the binary: zig build.

To build the binary statically: zig build -Dtarget=x86_64-linux-musl