my weekend project, a "framework" for IRC apps/bots

In plain words

IrcTK is a Python framework for building IRC applications and bots. Designed for developers who want to create IRC bots more easily than using standalone libraries, it offers an API inspired by Flask that handles connection management, automatic source reloading during development, and threaded plugin dispatch. The framework was built as a learning project to explore Python programming while addressing the practical need for a bot deployment solution.

written from the facts on this page · September 2026

From the sources

A simple framework for writing IRC applications . Contribute to maxcountryman/irctk development by creating an account on GitHub.

In the maker’s words, at launch

This is a little project I've been working on for a while in order to better learn Python. Although IRC may not exactly be the most exciting medium, I still find it to be fun and useful, this interest lead me to writing a bot. In doing this I realized that what would actually be more interesting would be if I had a…

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