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# The Lounge
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[![#thelounge IRC channel on freenode](https://img.shields.io/badge/freenode-%23thelounge-BA68C8.svg)](https://avatar.playat.ch:1000/)
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[![npm version](https://img.shields.io/npm/v/thelounge.svg)](https://www.npmjs.org/package/thelounge)
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[![Travis CI Build Status](https://img.shields.io/travis/thelounge/lounge/master.svg?label=linux+build)](https://travis-ci.org/thelounge/lounge)
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[![AppVeyor Build Status](https://img.shields.io/appveyor/ci/astorije/lounge/master.svg?label=windows+build)](https://ci.appveyor.com/project/astorije/lounge/branch/master)
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[![Dependencies Status](https://img.shields.io/david/thelounge/lounge.svg)](https://david-dm.org/thelounge/lounge)
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[![Developer Dependencies Status](https://img.shields.io/david/dev/thelounge/lounge.svg)](https://david-dm.org/thelounge/lounge?type=dev)
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2016-12-11 09:14:17 +00:00
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The Lounge is a modern web IRC client designed for self-hosting.
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2016-12-11 09:14:17 +00:00
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To learn more about configuration, usage and features of The Lounge, take a look at [the website](https://thelounge.github.io).
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2016-02-23 19:01:11 +00:00
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2016-12-09 05:51:22 +00:00
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<p align="center">
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<img src="https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/5481612/19623041/9bbaec40-9888-11e6-9961-8f3e0493ba30.png" width="550">
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</p>
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The Lounge is the official and community-managed fork of [Shout](https://github.com/erming/shout), by [Mattias Erming](https://github.com/erming).
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## Installation and usage
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The Lounge requires [Node.js](https://nodejs.org/) v4 or more recent.
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### Running stable releases from npm (recommended)
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Run this in a terminal to install (or upgrade) the latest stable release from
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[npm](https://www.npmjs.com/):
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```sh
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[sudo] npm install -g thelounge
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```
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When installation is complete, run:
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```sh
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lounge start
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```
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For more information, read the [documentation](https://thelounge.github.io/docs/), [wiki](https://github.com/thelounge/lounge/wiki), or run:
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```sh
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lounge --help
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```
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### Running from source
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2015-02-06 11:10:11 +00:00
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2016-10-29 00:13:54 +00:00
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The following commands install the development version of The Lounge:
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```sh
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git clone https://github.com/thelounge/lounge.git
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cd lounge
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npm install
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npm start
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```
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2016-10-29 00:13:54 +00:00
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A word of caution:
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- While it is the most recent codebase, this is not production-ready!
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- It is not recommended to run this as root. However, if you decide to do so,
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you will have to run `npm run build`.
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## Development setup
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Simply follow the instructions to run The Lounge from source above, on your own
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fork.
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Before submitting any change, make sure to:
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- Read the [Contributing instructions](https://github.com/thelounge/lounge/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#contributing)
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- Run `npm test` to execute linters and test suite
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- Run `npm run build` if you change or add anything in `client/js/libs` or `client/views`
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