announcing (a buggy) BitchatX!

An IRC-style Nostr client for ephemeral geohash channels, inspired by BitchX and Bitchat.

BitchatX commands:

/join, /j - Join a geohash channel

/leave, /part, /l - Leave current channel

/msg, /m - Send message to specific channel

/nick, /n - Change your display name (session only)

/list, /channels - List joined channels

/all - List all channels (joined + listening)

/help, /h, /commands - Show this help

/quit, /q, /exit - Exit BitchatX

notes:

press i to enter input mode.

press escape to exit input mode.

tab nick completion. i.e. der + tab = Derek Ross:

escape + tab to switch channels

/join to switch channels

i did not test nsec login yet.

bugs exist. i will squash later.

i have more features to implement later.

https://github.com/derekross/bitchatx

gotta run! enjoy!

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NGL, this is pretty epic. I still use IRC. :)

I do too, but not like I used to. One of my favorite online radio stations uses IRC as their web page chat interface. I guess it's just too practical to ignore.

"The Troll Room"?

https://sub.fm

I'm going to check out The Troll Room though!

Another bitchat app being promoted by a grifter who has me muted, just like nostr:npub12rv5lskctqxxs2c8rf2zlzc7xx3qpvzs3w4etgemauy9thegr43sf485vg

Still waiting for something else

Stop waiting and do/build something?

I'll wait

Seems like a paradox.

can you hide your nsec from the terminal window title?

i haven't even tested logging in yet with nsec, but i will if that's the case lol.

im working on tons of fixes and features.

yep, i dove in and tested with nsec -- yolo ๐Ÿค“

i've been working on other features sorry :)

/whois

/block

/unblock

/slap

/hug

copy and paste

other fixes

s'all good, just happy you're making this work -- thank you

lmfao

You got jacked ๐Ÿ‘€

Is there any real use case for this?

to chat in an IRC style channel? well, people have been doing it since about 1994...

i only started doing it in 1994. IRC has been around since 1988 though.

Seem to work well. Had to switch light mode to see stuff better.

Also had an older version of rust to had to "rustup update".

Wen BLE mesh support?

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I donโ€™t get it. Does this use mesh networking over Bluetooth ? Or itโ€™s just over the internet ?