You can build an irssi docker image like this :
echo -e "FROM debian:bookworm-slim\nRUN apt update && apt install -y irssi ca-certificates\nENTRYPOINT /usr/bin/irssi" | docker build -t irssi -f - .And you can launch it with this command :
docker run -it --rm --network host --add-host=host:host-gateway irssiTo make things simpler, you can add theses lines to your .bashrc/.zshrc :
alias irssi-build='echo -e "FROM debian:bookworm-slim\nRUN apt update && apt install -y irssi ca-certificates\nENTRYPOINT /usr/bin/irssi" | docker build -t irssi -f - .'
alias irssi='docker run -it --rm --network host --add-host=host:host-gateway irssi'So this way you just need to build with irssi-build and launch it with irssi.
Everything was hardcoded in the main.cpp file, so you need a specific environment to test it.
Oh, and it also support only one client.
Start irssi in a docker with the commands above.
So once you are in irssi your real_name, user_name and nick should be root.
Start your ft_irc server on your host.
Next type /connect host on your irssi client, you will see some reply from the server.
To start sending messages, first join the chan #chan (yup, the name is hardcoded...) by typing /join chan in you irssi client.
You can now sent some messages ! Congratulations !!!