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{{InfoBoxEntity
| title = Codename IRCat
| image = [[File:ircat-logo.svg|128px]]
| caption = Codename IRCat's full logo
| releasedate = December 8 2024
| lang = Python
| platform = Linux backend
| license = MIT
| dev = Swee
| site = https://ircat.xyz
}}
'''Codename IRCat''' (Sometimes referred as '''IRCat''' although that is the name of [https://github.com/sammdot/ircat a sample code for IRC]) is a modern & modular [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IRCd IRCd] software (Internet Relay Chat Daemon or simply, IRC server software) written in Python to study [https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc1459 RFC 1459] and [https://ircv3.net/ IRCv3] and implement both in Python, it is one of Swee's most successful and still maintained software.

== A new Beginning ==

Codename IRCat is the start of a "new beginning" of Swee's programming path as he begins to mostly make software for TCP-based protocols.

Codename IRCat started as a test TCP server Swee wrote called "Internet Relay Cats," he loaded it up on HexChat and decided to work around the prompts HexChat gave to the TCP server. Later finding the RFC 1459 document and expanding the server.

== Swee Net ==

SweeNet (A.K.A Try IRCat) is home of Codename IRCat's 
core & module testing, its server details and a [https://thelounge.chat The Lounge] web chat shown in the "try" page on [https://ircat.xyz/try ircat.xyz].