Local IRC Client (recipe) for Ferdi?
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SlideRuleFan · 2021-11-29 21:45

Is anyone here using Ferdi as a unified messaging platform?  It does a
nice job of unifying Slack and Google (2 of the 3 tools my company
uses), but I can't find a local IRC client for it.  There is a recipe
for IRCCloud, which works pretty well for public-facing IRC, but it
doesn't function as a local IRC client for our internal IRC server.  I
have used chrome plug-ins and other local IRC clients like Xchat and
Pidgin, but nothing for Ferdi.

As an alternative, is anyone using a unified messaging app (for Linux)
that combines Slack, Google Chat and (local) IRC?  I'm not married to
Ferdi.

Thanks,

\--SRF

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WebChronicles · 2021-11-30 07:24

I'm a complete noob to this, so take what I say with a grain of salt,
but since no one else has responded yet hopefully my idea can help out
a bit. By any chance have you tried Matrix? I know they have
connections for Slack and IRC, also they used too for Hangouts, but
I'm not too sure about Google Chat. Maybe you could try something with
them?

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SlideRuleFan · 2021-11-30 15:16

Thanks.  I haven't seen Matrix before.  Matrix looks interesting, but
it looks like you have to set up a "homeserver" for your chat service,
then connect the servers in both directions, one to the messaging
provider ("bridge") and one to your client.  I don't have a place to
host the homeserver.  I'm just looking for a client.  I guess that's
why Slack & Google are popular--they do the hard work for you.

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huddled · 2021-11-30 21:32

> ...but it doesn't function as a local IRC client for our
**internal** IRC server.

You would install it next to that, or in place of it.

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SlideRuleFan · 2021-11-30 22:31

My initial post wasn't well worded.  It may be "our" internal IRC
server, but I don't own it.  I can't put a Matrix or IRCCloud server
anywhere in our network.  I can only use a client.

I did find a Ferdi recipe for [The Lounge](https://thelounge.chat/).
The Lounge runs as a server on localhost, provides a web interface for
your browser, and connects to any IRC server.  It's not a standalone
client, but it's easy enough to fire up the server and let it run in
the background while Ferdi acts as my client.  The only downside is
having to restart The Lounge server if I restart my laptop.

I now have a single messaging front end.  I'd still be interested in
anything that doesn't involve running something like The Lounge's
server on my laptop.

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iv4nh0e · 2022-06-15 15:50

Pidgin would be a unified messaging app. It has plugins for Slack and
Google Chat. Right now there are some problems with Google Chat but it
might be worth having an eye on r/pidgin to see if they fix that.