Global InformationEggdrop information
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| Developer(s) | Eggheads[1][2] |
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| Initial release | December 1993 |
| Stable release | 1.9.5[3] 
/ 11 March 2023 |
| Preview release | 1.9.2rc2[4]
/ 7 February 2022 |
| Repository |
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| Written in | C, Tcl |
| Operating system | Unix-like |
| Size | 1 MB |
| Type | IRC bot |
| License | GPL-2.0-or-later |
| Website | www |
Eggdrop is a popular IRC bot and the oldest that is still being maintained.[5][6][7]
It was originally written by Robey Pointer in December 1993 to help manage and protect the EFnet channel #gayteen; one Eggdrop bot version was named Valis.[8][9][10]
Eggdrop was originally intended to help manage and protect channels from takeover attempts.[7][11][12][13][14]
- ^ AUTHORS Archived 2013-04-14 at archive.today - List of Eggdrop developers and development history
- ^ THANKS Archived 2013-04-14 at archive.today - List of Eggdrop contributors
- ^ "Release 1.9.5". 11 March 2023. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "Eggdrop Release v1.9.2 Release Candidate 2". 7 February 2022. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
- ^ "Homepage". eggheads.org. Archived from the original on 2008-12-30. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
- ^ Mutton, Paul (July 2004). IRC Hacks. O'Reilly Media. p. 294. ISBN 978-0-596-00687-7.
- ^ a b Bejtlich, Richard (November 2005). Extrusion Detection: Security Monitoring for Internal Intrusions. Professional Series. Addison-Wesley. p. 308. ISBN 978-0-321-34996-5.
- ^ Leonard, Andrew (July 1997). Bots: The Origin of New Species (1st ed.). San Francisco, CA: Hardwired. ISBN 1-888869-05-4.
Meanwhile, back in #gayteen, Pointer's other IRC haunt, a raging power struggle had alienated most of the regular members of the channel
- ^ Leonard, Andrew (April 1996). "Wired 4.04: Bots Are Hot!". Wired Magazine. Condé Nast Publications. p. 5. Retrieved 2008-12-26.
There are bots that greet newcomers to channels with information about the channel. Valis, the gaybot at #gayteen, is such a bot.
- ^ "ABOUT". eggheads.org. Retrieved 2008-12-24.
- ^ Lewis, Chris; Steve Pickavance (February 2006). Selecting MPLS VPN Services. Networking Technology. Cisco Press. p. 266. ISBN 978-1-58705-191-3.
- ^ Piccard, Paul; Brian Baskin; George Spillman; Marcus Sachs (May 2005). Securing IM and P2P Applications for the Enterprise (1st ed.). Syngress Publishing. p. 401. ISBN 978-1-59749-017-7.
- ^ Damer, Bruce (October 1997). Avatars! Exploring and Building Virtual Worlds on the Internet (1st ed.). Peachpit. ISBN 978-0-201-68840-5.
- ^ Clemm, Alexander; Lisandro Zambenedetti Granville; Rolf Stadler (December 2007). Managing Virtualization of Networks and Services. Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer Science+Business Media. p. 1. ISBN 978-3-540-75693-4.