KitnIRC is an IRC framework that attempts to handle most of the monotony of writing IRC bots without sacrificing flexibility.
See the skeleton directory in the root level for a starting code skeleton
you can copy into a new project's directory and build off of, and
Getting Started
for introductory documentation.
KitnIRC is licensed under the MIT License (see LICENSE for details).
Useful reference documents for those working with the IRC protocol as a client: