Kiwi IRC web client design
Mockups of layout and interaction functionality. Implementation work might be out of scope without any budget, but is naturally welcome.
Darren Whitlen (lead developer): https://github.com/prawnsalad
Source code repository: https://github.com/kiwiirc/kiwiirc
Kiwi IRC is a modern web IRC client built with Node.js and Vue.
The new incarnation of Kiwi IRC is starting to be pretty solid: https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient
The lead developer Darren aka prawnsalad could use a hand with the interface presentation and layout.
I believe with this modern web client approach we can get rid of the image of IRC as a clunky and opaque interaction tool. Having the power of server-side makes all sorts of magical things possible (storage, data processing etc.). The ideal would be to GUIfy everything, so the non-techy user will not have to face any frightening /commands. I guess the hardest will be inventing a GUI for even the ChanServ commands like setting various flags for channels.
Perhaps the first step would be conducting a competitive analysis of new and emerging chat platforms.
Listing open source ones:
Here is a quick route to Kiwi IRC’s channel using the WIP new client: https://kiwiirc.com/nextclient/#irc://irc.freenode.net/kiwiirc
The submitter of this job posting uses the nickname buovjaga.